MEMBERSHIP DETAILS
JOIN A GROWING NETWORK
The Collaborative of the SCFD is your membership community created for SCFD-funded organizations. The Collaborative’s mission is simple but powerful:
“To do together what we cannot do alone.”
WHO CAN ENROLL?
Any SCFD-funded organization (Tier I, Tier II, Tier III) can opt-into membership. Dues levels and associated benefits vary.
WHEN DOES MEMBERSHIP BEGIN?
September 1, 2026-August 31, 2027
Enrollment period is June 11-Aug 3, 2026 for September 1 start.
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
EVENTS
Connect with peers, learn from nonprofit and other sector professionals, and share your own successes while visiting other organization locations
4 – 6 sessions per year
Special meetings for the leadership (executive level staff, board of directors) of your organization to meet and have conversations around pressing topics
- Facilitated sessions with topics driven by members
- Opportunities to interface with Andrea Albo and SCFD staff and hear about Road to Reauthorization
2 – 3 sessions per group per year
90-minute sessions designed to help you connect with others either within a specific area of work or based on a specific topic
Roundtable groups include:
- Community Engagement
- Development
- Education
- Bilingual Educators
- Volunteer Services
- Marketing
- DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access)
- and more!
8+ sessions per year
High value sessions with experts created around the needs of the membership, industries, and the current climate
Examples of previous professional development sessions include:
- Marketing When You’re the Whole Department
- Pricing Strategies
- Financial 101: Budgeting
- Future-Ready in 2026: Your Succession Planning Reset
- How do We Engage All These People?
- Accessible Communication with Patrons Who Have Hearing Loss & Intro to Assistive Listening Systems
~4 sessions per year
Sessions open to staff across all departments and member organizations to create a rare space for cross-functional connection, shared learning, and partnership-building around specific topics
RESOURCES
Access to year-round tools, discounts, listings, and other member-only resources
The TRG Arts Joint Database is a TRG Community Network that allows you to upload your patron list to gain access to demographics, buying habits, and crossover with other organizations.
- Current Consumer Research: Data Center anonymizes previous ticketing/fundraising patron data from your organization and compares it to your peers when part of a TRG Community Network. This allows you better understand your current patrons and increase the likelihood that your existing consumers will return.
Campaign Preparation: Combine consumer data from multiple sources and then segment your lists based on specific consumer behaviors to create targeted mail, email, and phone campaigns. Ensure your lists are up-to-date by using our routine National Change of Address updates.
New Prospect Discovery: Grow your consumer base by joining a TRG Community Network. You’ll be able to discover and target new prospects most likely to respond to your campaigns through our permission-based list trading tool. Also leverage digital ad campaigns by utilizing our partnership with Mogo Arts
- Twice a month member discount offer letter
- Sent out to a listserv of 900+ contacts
- Let your staff benefit from discounted events from fellow SCFD organizations
- Widen your own audience by offering promotional discounts.
- Exclusive participatory membership needs
- Tabling opportunities
- Relevant industry specific community engagement events
- Onboarding videos for new staff
- List of all of membership benefits
- Direct links to RSVP to upcoming events
- Archival recordings, slide decks, and other resources from professional development sessions that occur throughout the year
- And more as we continue to develop the page!
LEADERSHIP
Gain leadership experience and community visibility.
Staff from your organization are able to apply to serve as members of The Collaborative’s Board of Directors (including positions like Board Officers and Liaisons)
Each organization has one vote in the annual general election for the Board of Directors
The Collaborative often looks internally to members to present on topics, participate in panels, and recommend topics. These are opportunities to showcase your own individual expertise or what your organization is doing to the larger membership.
By being an active participant in this community, you will have many opportunities to raise awareness of your organization and its work and impact in the community
GRANTS
See more information about the grant
See current and previous grant recipients
Purpose:
- Encourage membership collaboration and engagement across all tier members to develop innovative programs that serve and expand program access to communities in the 7- SCFD counties.
- Create learning opportunities for all members through facilitated collaboration sessions with grantees sharing project development process: mid-grant and end of grant through presentation/panelist discussion
By application
*For Full Level Members Only
Pathways Grant is an internal grant given to Full Level members to assist in scholarships to schools, nonprofit community programs and transportation to programs in the 7-SCFD counties. Scholarships are given at the discretion of the organization and follow guidelines set forth by the program.
FULL LEVEL
Tier I and Tier II
5% Of SCFD Award with Cap of $16,000
ASSOCIATE LEVEL
Tier II
1.25% of SCFD Award with Cap of $5,300
CULTURAL PARTNER LEVEL
Tier III
Based on SCFD Reported Income for most recently completed fiscal year
Full and Associate Levels are available to any Tier III organization who meets the 2025 Tier II Threshold
CULTURAL PARTNER LEVEL DUES
For Tier III SCFD-Funded Organizations
Get In Touch
email: info@CollaborativeSCFD.org
phone: (303) 946 2089
address: PO Box 102995 Denver, CO 80250 USA