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Individual Giving

Thank you for helping to sustain Denver Film, or your favorite Denver Film program, through charitable giving. Your support helps us continue to enrich Denver’s cultural arts landscape with a Mile High home for film lovers!

Please find our newly-expanded individual giving offerings below. We currently offer general-operating and program-specific support opportunities.

Have any questions, or care to customize your support package? Please email Rachelle Neal, Development Coordinator, at rachelle@denverfilm.org.

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Program Specific Support

Become a Friend of Our Festivals

Festival support with program-specific benefits. Enjoy elevated access and recognition alongside a community of like-minded film lovers! Additional benefits include recognition in festival pre-show video and other digital festival materials and access to special events by invitation. (Available for mini-festivals. Ticket benefit values are presented as estimates and are subject to change. Tickets must be reserved and are available on a first-come, first-served basis.)

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CinemaQ Film Festival:
Friends of CinemaQ

$250
Deductible value: $190 | Benefit value: $60

Includes CinemaQ Festival Pass and (2) tickets to any regular/matinee CinemaQ screening at the Denver Film Festival.

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Women+Film Festival:
Premiere Circle

$500
Deductible value: $350 | Benefit value: $150

Includes Women+Film Festival Pass and (3) tickets to any regular/matinee Women+Film screening at the Denver Film Festival. Also includes select networking opportunities and deepest discounts for all Women+Film special events.

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Denver Silent Film Festival:
Friends of Silent

$250
Deductible value: $190 | Benefit value: $60

Includes Denver Silent Festival Pass and (2) tickets to any regular/matinee screening at the Denver Film Festival.

Individual Film Support

Robust support for your favorite festival. This opportunity allows you to put your name behind a film, issue, or community that resonates with you! Additional benefits include name recognition in festival pre-show video and other digital festival materials, name recognition in promotional materials related to supported screening, verbal recognition before supported screening, badgeholder access where offered, and access to special events by invitation. For corporate/organizational support, please click here. (Film choices are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Ticket benefit values are presented as estimates and are subject to change. Tickets must be reserved and are available on a first-come, first-served basis.)

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CinemaQ Film Festival

$500
Deductible value: $350 | Benefit value: $150

Includes 12 tickets to the supported screening.

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Women+Film Festival

$1,000
Deductible value: $850 | Benefit value: $150

Includes 12 tickets to supported screening.

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Denver Film Festival

$1,500
Deductible value: $1,300 | Benefit value: $200

Includes 12 tickets to supported screening.

Interested? Email our Development Coordinator Rachelle Neal at rachelle@denverfilm.org to learn more.

General Operating Support

Leadership Circle

Allow your gift to support the widest breadth of Denver Film programs by joining our Leadership Circle. Donors making these general-operating contributions enjoy a variety of benefits, from year-round theatrical tickets to Denver Film Festival tickets and pass holder access opportunities, where offered. Also includes access to special events by invitation, recognition in Annual Report, and access to member discounts for tickets above and beyond the included benefits. (Ticket benefit values are presented as estimates and are subject to change. All tickets, including redemption of *flexible ticket credits, must be reserved and are available on a first-come, first-served basis.)

Enthusiast

$1,000
Deductible value: $825 | Benefit value: $175.

Includes 6 DFF regular or matinee tickets and 20 tickets for year-round theatrical screenings at the Sie FilmCenter.

Supporter

$2,500
Deductible value: $2,075 | Benefit value: $425.

Includes 2 DFF special presentation tickets, 8 DFF regular or matinee tickets, 4 regular mini-festival tickets, and 45 tickets for year-round theatrical screenings at the Sie FilmCenter.

Aficionado

$5,000
Deductible value: $4,000 | Benefit value: $1,000.

Includes 4 DFF red carpet tickets, 4 DFF special events tickets, 20 DFF regular or matinee tickets, 2 DFF awards brunch tickets, 8 regular spotlight fest tickets, and 50 tickets for year-round theatrical screenings at the Sie FilmCenter. Donors at this level may choose to customize their ticket designations within the prescribed benefit value and will receive concierge ticket reservation benefits.

Connoisseur

$7,500
Deductible value: $5,750 | Benefit value: $1,750.

Includes 4 DFF red carpet tickets, 8 DFF special events tickets, 40 DFF regular or matinee tickets, 2 DFF awards brunch tickets, 10 regular mini-fest tickets, 75 tickets for year-round theatrical screenings at the Sie FilmCenter, and $250 in flexible ticket credits*. Donors at this level may also choose to customize their ticket designations within the prescribed benefit value, and will receive concierge ticket reservation benefits.

Benefactor

$10,000
Deductible value: $7,500 | Benefit value: $2,500.

Includes 6 DFF red carpet tickets, 12 DFF special events tickets, 50 DFF regular or matinee tickets, 2 DFF awards brunch tickets, 12 regular mini-fest tickets, 100 tickets for year-round theatrical screenings at the Sie FilmCenter, and $500 in flexible ticket credits*. Alternatively, donors at this level may also choose to customize their ticket designations within the prescribed benefit value, and will receive concierge ticket reservation benefits.

Visionary

$20,000
Deductible value: $14,000 | Benefit value: $6,000.

We will work closely with you to completely customize your ticket benefits across all Denver Film programs! Includes the opportunity to be the Presenting Sponsor of a program (as available). Donors at this level will receive concierge ticket reservation benefits.

To donate, email our Development Coordinator Rachelle Neal at rachelle@denverfilm.org.

Donor-Advised Fund Grants or IRA Qualified Charitable Distributions

Consider supporting Denver Film with a fully-deductible, unrestricted donation of any size. You may also select any of the above offerings to support through your DAF/IRA and waive ticket benefits, while receiving commensurate recognition and access benefits therein.
Denver Film’s EIN is 84-0771070 and checks may be mailed to: Denver Film, Sie FilmCenter,
Attn: Rachelle Neal, 2510 East Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80206.

Gifts may be made by check, stock transfer, ACH/wire transfer, and credit card payments (in single or monthly installments).

The Impact of Supporting Independent Film. Peek behind the scenes at what your donation to Denver Film can do. $15 Fuel the Popcorn Machine: Helps us keep the popcorn machine running. Yes — the smell that makes you happy costs money. $35 Support a 35mm Screening Moment: Helps cover the cost of our trained projectionists caring for, checking, and presenting 35mm prints. $50 Preserve the Denver Film Archive: Supports the digitization of our history in support of our 50th Anniversary in 2027. $100 Keep Our Screens Bright All Day: Covers lamp time — the unsexy but essential cost that makes every movie glow. $125 Support a Day of Subtitles or Accessibility Tech: Accessibility isn’t optional. Helps equip a full day of inclusive screenings. $250 Sponsor a Community Screening: Helps offer low- or no-cost screenings to community partners. $350 Bring One Film to the Sie FilmCenter: Costs about $350 to bring a classic film to the Sie. Your gift can put a movie on our screens. $750 Fund a Festival Filmmaker Stipend: Help an indie filmmaker get to Denver and share their film with our audience
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End Credits Society

Designating a legacy gift to Denver Film in your will allows your favorite nonprofit to continue to serve future generations.

Would you like for your gift to honor the memory or living legacy of a special cinephile in your life? You may designate your gift for memorial or honorary recognition, to be featured on materials such as Denver Film’s Annual Report, website, and sponsorship tiles (if applicable).

Email our Development Coordinator Rachelle Neal at rachelle@denverfilm.org for more information.