Beyond Academia LLC is the parent business that funds BAFS and our Community Presence programs. Since we never charge admission for our events, we rely entirely on the generosity of our community to support our Instructors and Featured Performers. While much of our budget theoretically comes from the larger donors listed below, even a financially disadvantaged individual can participate by becoming a Supporting Member of the Free Skool for just $20.

Primary Sponsors

BCAA GRN_MED logo
Grant & Fiscal Sponsor   bouldercountyarts.org
2019 BCAA Endowment Grant to BAFS $1000

Boulder Public Library BPL2

Residency Sponsor  boulderlibrary.org

Epic-Level Chair Sponsors

Jessica Rigney – 2018, 2019

“In my chest run flights of elk. That they
pound roughly is not enough for me.”

Gary G’inker – 2018, 2019

“follow your poems to the lips of god”

2019 Members

Small Green Business Members

Off Her Rocker Antiques

Supporting Members

Jake Riley
Gork
Taliesin Bozik
Matt Clifford
Margaret Saunders
Marcus If
Sarah Rodriguez
Thomas Ivory Jr.

2018 Members

Small Green Business Members

Blue Owl Books

Supporting Members

Matt Clifford x2
Marcus If x2
Sam Albala
Margaret Chancellor
Corrine Chancellor
Sarah Rodriguez x2
Roseanna Frechette
Eric Fischman
Ira Liss
Eliza Beth Whittington
Jonathan Montgomery
Sarah Rodriguez
Andrew Weaver
Jake Riley
Gork
Seth Walker
Brice Maiurro x2
June Lucarotti
Reed Bye x2
Clint Locks x2
Jim Steele x2

2017 Members

Small Green Business Members

Stasia Press
Punch Drunk Press Ltd.
Black & Grey Magazine

Supporting Members

Jessica Rigney
Jonathan Montgomery – Boulder Poetry Tribe
Mark Curci
Caitlan Mitchell
Brendyn Beaver
Sarah Rodriguez
Cicada Musselman
Clint A. Locks
Nancey Stohlman
Marcus If
Jack Collom
Pamela Twining
Thomas R. Peters Jr.
Ira Liss
Andy Clausen
Rachel Anne Harding
Cooper Braun-Enos
Eric Fischman
June Lucarotti
Roseanna Frechette
Matt Clifford
Brian Utesch