There is a Baltimore City Fair Election Fund. The Fund is a continuing, nonlapsing fund established under the authority of <cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="I|§15">City Charter Article I, § 15</cite> {“Special fund for fair elections”}. As set forth in <cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="I|§15|(a)|(2)">City Charter Article I, § 15(a)(2)</cite>, the purposes of the Fund include:providing direct funding to candidates for public office who meet certain qualifications; providing technical assistance and training to individuals seeking to make use of public campaign funding; publicizing the availability of public campaign funding; and administering a public campaign funding program. The Fund consists of:money appropriated to the Fund in the annual Ordinances of Estimates; grants or donations made to the Fund; any unspent money remaining in a certified candidate’s publicly funded campaign account after the candidate is no longer a candidate for office; any public contribution plus interest returned to the Fund by a participating candidate who withdraws from participation; interest earned on money in the Fund; and proceeds from fees and fines collected under this subtitle. The Fund may only be used for the purposes specified in subsection (c) of this section. Ord. 20-338