Colorado Business Committee for the Arts

A nonprofit organization

$5,617 raised by 37 donors

37% complete

$15,000 Goal

Celebrate giving season with a donation to CBCA! Thanks to the generosity of Colorado Gives Foundation and Southwest Airlines®, CBCA is offering a special prize to one of our supporters. Donate to CBCA between December 2-9, 2025 and it could be yours!

What's the prize?!

Two (2) Roundtrip Airline Tickets from Colorado Gives Foundation and Southwest Airlines®, the official airline of Colorado Gives Day

  • Valid for travel between any domestic city and any domestic city
  • Valid for travel between December 10, 2025 and December 8, 2026
  • Your e-pass includes two FREE checked bags!

One lucky winner will be contacted on Wednesday, December 10, the day after Colorado Gives Day. Donate now!


Colorado Business Committee for the Arts (CBCA) advocates for arts and culture in Colorado because we want to live, work, laugh, and create in a society where beauty, community, and creativity are valued and celebrated. We know that arts and culture are not only drivers of our economy but drivers of connections in our homes, neighborhoods, and across our state. We want our communities to be happy, healthy, and safe, but also full of wonder and curiosity and be eager to engage with one another. Saying YES to arts and culture is how that happens. CBCA is proud to support our entire creative ecosystem.

With your support, we can continue advocating for a Colorado where arts, culture, and society thrive.

Say YES to a thriving Colorado with a donation today!


If you would like to be entered to win the roundtrip tickets but need to request a free entry option, contact Membership & Development Manager, Sarah Braverman at sbraverman@cbca.org.

Thank you to the Colorado Gives Foundation and Southwest Airlines®, the official airline of Colorado Gives Day.

About Colorado Business Committee for the Arts (CBCA) 

As an advocate, convener, and connector, CBCA's mission is to advance Colorado's creative economy by connecting business and the arts. This mission is accomplished through arts engagement, advocacy, research, training, and volunteerism. CBCA is guided by the following core values: creativity, collaboration, education, inclusiveness, and cultural vitality.

While CBCA was originally founded in 1985 with a focus on corporate philanthropy and business support for nonprofit cultural organizations, the scope has evolved to uplift the mutually beneficial intersection of arts and business in Denver and across Colorado. Our work has expanded to serve the Colorado arts community broadly, including individual artists, creative entrepreneurs and a variety of arts-based businesses.

Your generosity makes this work possible. We invite you to join our community of arts and cultural champions and make your donation to CBCA. 



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Mission

CBCA advances Colorado’s creative economy by connecting business and the arts.

Background Statement

In 1984, Denver developer John Madden, Jr. brought together a distinguished, forward-thinking group of Colorado business leaders who believed in the importance and value of arts and culture. They were inspired by David Rockefeller’s national Business Committee for the Arts, which was formed in 1967 by a group of business leaders committed to demonstrating corporate social responsibility through supporting the arts. Under this model, CBCA was created in 1985 with the mission to educate, motivate and recognize business support for and participation in the arts in Colorado.

CBCA was originally founded with a strong focus on the inherent benefits of nonprofit arts on the business community with services and programming primarily serving the private sector. CBCA has evolved to serve the mutually beneficial intersection of arts and business with industry-leading programs, trainings and cultural opportunities for members and the broad community. The organization’s work has also expanded to include the for-profit creative industries with programming, resources and professional development for individual artists and creative enterprises.

CBCA remains a successful membership organization of leading Colorado companies, individuals, artists and arts organizations.

Organization Data

Summary

Organization name

Colorado Business Committee for the Arts

other names

CBCA

Year Established

1985

Tax id (EIN)

74-2368958

Category

Arts, Culture & Humanities

Organization Size

Medium Organization

Address

1325 S. Colorado Blvd. Suite 605
Denver, CO 80222

Service areas

Denver County, CO, US

CO, US

Phone

720428 6720

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