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The Fund is established upon the following principles:
(a) It is the City's goal to achieve cultural equity, where every art form, from all segments of the population, has the opportunity to develop to its maximum potential.
(b) The Fund programs should be implemented through a public process.
(c) A healthy arts environment thrives at all levels. The productive vitality of individual artists, small and mid-size arts organizations, and grassroots cultural groups is as important to the City as the strength of the large-budget arts institutions.
(d) The arts play a vital economic role in San Francisco. The Fund is established to assist in keeping all the arts healthy.
(e) The Fund is established in the belief that the many cultural traditions which meet in San Francisco can thrive side by side and enrich each other.
(Added by Ord. 354-93, App. 11/12/93)
There is hereby established a Cultural Equity Endowment Fund.
(a) Any unexpended balances remaining in the allocation to the Fund at the close of any fiscal year shall be deemed to be provided for a specific purpose within the meaning of Charter Section 9.113, shall earn interest on these balances, and shall be carried forward and accumulated in the Fund for the purposes set forth in this Chapter 68.
(b) Subject to the budgetary and fiscal provisions of the Charter, the San Francisco Arts Commission is hereby authorized and directed to expend the monies appropriated to or received by the Fund and to implement and administer the Fund programs.
(c) The monies in the Fund shall be expended for the following four programs:
(1) Cultural Equity Initiatives Program;
(2) The Program for Commissions to Individual Artists;
(3) Project Grants to Small and Mid-size Organizations; and
(4) The Facilities Fund.
(d) The Arts Commission may evaluate and review the demands for and by cultural and artistic programs and the level of resources available for such programs, and may determine the percentage of Fund monies allocated to each of the four programs. The Arts Commission shall not be required to fund all four programs every year if the Arts Commission determines, after review and evaluation, that demand for and by the program does not warrant expenditure.
The Cultural Equity Initiatives Program shall be used to support arts organizations which are deeply rooted in and able to express the experiences of historically underserved communities such as: African American; Asian American; disabled; Latino; lesbian and gay; Native American; Pacific Islander; and, women. Awards may be made for the following types of projects:
(1) Creation of new programs;
(2) Expansion of existing programs;
(3) Technical assistance to improve an arts organization's management and artistic effectiveness;
(4) Training programs;
(5) Development of artistic projects;
(6) Marketing;
(7) Acquisition of equipment necessary for the arts organization's artistic services; and,
(8) Cross-cultural collaborations among individual artists or arts organizations.
(Added by Ord. 354-93, App. 11/12/93)
The Commissions to Individual Artists Program shall provide support to individual artists to stimulate production and dissemination of works of art in all disciplines and all neighborhoods of San Francisco. The majority of Commissions to Individual Artists in any year shall be to artists who are deeply rooted in and able to express the experiences of historically underserved communities such as African American; Asian American; disabled; Latino; lesbian and gay; Native American; Pacific Islander; and, women.
(Added by Ord. 354-93, App. 11/12/93)
Project Grants shall be awarded to small and mid-size arts organizations to stimulate the production and dissemination of works of art in all disciplines in the City and County of San Francisco. The majority of grants in any program year shall be made to arts organizations fostering artistic expression that is deeply rooted in and reflective of historically underserved communities such as: African American; Asian American; disabled; Latino; lesbian and gay; Native American; Pacific Islander; and, women.
(Added by Ord. 354-93, App. 11/12/93)
The Facilities Fund Program shall provide grants, loans and technical assistance to tax-exempt organizations for projects which provide appropriate and affordable facilities for artists and arts organizations. The majority of grants or loans in any program year shall be made to arts organizations fostering artistic expression which is deeply rooted in and reflective of historically underserved communities, such as African American; Asian American; disabled; Latino; lesbian and gay; Native American; Pacific Islander, and, women, or tax-exempt organizations which provide live/work units to low- and moderate-income artists.
(Added by Ord. 354-93, App. 11/12/93)
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