The SCFD board today approved 2007 funding grants for cultural organizations.
The distributions were as follows:
Voters in the seven-county metro area created the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District in 1988 to collect taxes to support scientific and cultural organizations. The tax district has since funded more than 300 organizations via the 0.1 percent (1 on every $10) retail sales and use tax.
The tax money goes to organizations that “provide for the enlightenment and entertainment of the public through the production, preservation, exhibition, or advancement of art, music, theater, dance, zoology, botany, natural history or cultural history.”
The SCFD board includes eleven members: one from each county in the district and four appointed by the governor.
