D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 10-A, § 1413
1413.1 In Washington, DC, CAH is the primary public arts and cultural funding agency. It provides programs and services, including grants, professional opportunities, and educational enrichment, to individuals and nonprofit organizations within the District. All CAH initiatives focus on a four-part framework of advancing inclusion, diversity, equity, and access. CAH is supported primarily by District government funds, supplemented by federal block grants and other special funds awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). In addition, the Commission may receive contributions and donations through the District’s Arts and Humanities Enterprise Fund. The District also provides the majority of CAH’s funding as part of its annual operating budget.
District funding for the arts should be distributed through a fair and transparent process and support the delivery of services to the broadest possible spectrum of the community, with a particular emphasis on underserved communities.
Continue to implement and refine CAH grant programs that support both individual creators and nonprofit cultural organizations.
Whenever possible, the District will provide clear documentation for the production, presentation, and administration of the costs for licenses, permits and taxes that includes information on any reductions or waivers available.
Support a flexible permitting process for arts and cultural events that helps facilitate highly accessible engagement opportunities while continuing to ensure the public health and safety of the events.
Continue providing grant funding through CAH and community affairs agencies.
Explore new sources for cultural funding that increase the impact of the District’s grant funding through a new form of support, such as the models and programs outlined in the DC Cultural Plan, including social impact investment, public-private partnerships, and leverage funds.
SOURCE: District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984, effective April 10, 1984 (D.C. Law 5-76; 31 DCR 1049 (March 9, 1984)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984 Land Use Element Comprehensive Plan
Amendment Act of 1984, effective March 16, 1985 (D.C. Law 5-187; 32 DCR 873 (February 15, 1985)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1989, effective May 23, 1990 (D.C. Law 8-129; 37 DCR 55 (January 5, 1990)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1989 NCPC-Recommended Amendments, and Closing of Public Alleys in Square 669, S.O. 88-452, Act of 1990, effective May 23, 1990 (D.C. Law 8-132; 37 DCR 2213 (April 6, 1990)); as amended by District Government Land Use Temporary Amendment Act of 1994, effective October 1, 1994 (D.C. Law 10-190; 41 DCR 5360 (August 12, 1994)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendments Act of 1994, effective October 6, 1994 (D.C. Law 10-193; 41 DCR 5536 (August 19, 1994)); as amended by District of Columbia Comprehensive Plan Act of 1984 Land Use Amendment Act of 1994, effective March 21, 1995 (D.C. Law 10-235; 42 DCR 30 (January 6, 1995)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 1996, effective April 18, 1996 (D.C. Law 11-110; 43 DCR 530 (February 9, 1996)); as amended by Second Technical Amendments Act of 1996, effective April 9, 1997 (D.C. Law 11-255; 44 DCR 1271 (March 7, 1997)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 1998, effective April 27, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-275; 46 DCR 1441 (February 19, 1999)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 1999, effective April 12, 2000 (D.C. Law 13-91; 47 DCR 520 (January 28, 2000)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2006, effective March 8, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-300; 54 DCR 924 (February 2, 2007)); as amended by Technical Amendments Act of 2008, effective March 25, 2009 (D.C. Law 17-353; 56 DCR 1117 (February 6, 2009)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2010, effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-361; 58 DCR 908 (February 4, 2011)); as amended by Comprehensive Plan Amendment Act of 2021, effective August 21, 2021 (D.C. Law 24-20; 68 DCR 006918 (July 16, 2021)).