Funding to Preserve Cultural and Historical Traditions in New York (USA)
GrantID: 73721
Grant Funding Amount Low: $5,000
Deadline: Ongoing
Grant Amount High: $5,000
Summary
🎯 Organization’s Mission
The mission of the Al Larvick Conservation Fund is to preserve historical and cultural heritage through conservation, education, and the public accessibility of American analog and obsolete home movie, amateur cinema, and community recording collections.
📝 Background Information
Founded in 2014, the Al Larvick Conservation Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving and digitizing home and amateur audiovisual materials. The fund focuses on preserving personal and community histories captured on analog formats such as 8mm, Super 8, 16mm film, and various video and audio media.
💰 Types of Grants
Al Larvick National Grant (ALNG): Supports the preservation of home and amateur audiovisual materials depicting American life, primarily outside the upper Midwest.
Al Larvick Regional Grant (ALRG): Focused on collections from North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana, supporting the preservation of regional cultural histories.
📌 Funding Areas and Interests
Conservation and digitization of analog audiovisual materials.
Public accessibility and education regarding home and amateur audiovisual heritage.
Collaboration with state-of-the-art film and video labs and vendors.
✅ Eligibility Criteria
Open to individuals, institutions, and organizations.
Applicants must have home and amateur audiovisual materials in need of conservation and digitization.
For the ALRG, collections must reflect life in the upper Midwest states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana.
For the ALNG, collections should depict American life, primarily outside the areas covered by the regional grant.
💵 Funding Amounts
Grant Amounts: Up to $5,000.
Grant Funds May Be Applied To:
Evaluation of original materials.
Repair and cleaning of original materials.
Digitization to high-resolution archival-level standard formats.
Return of original materials and packaging.
Provision of one drive (Mac/PC formatted).
Digitally captured files, including primary (archival/little to no compression) and access files (more compressed but internet-friendly).
Shipping costs to and from sponsoring vendor(s) and/or lab(s).
📅 Proposal Deadlines
Al Larvick National Grant (ALNG):
Annual application deadline: June 1st.
Al Larvick Regional Grant (ALRG):
Biennial application deadline: December 1st every other year. The next regional grant will be awarded in 2025.
📈 Grants Awarded Annually or Not
Yes, the ALNG is awarded annually.
The ALRG is awarded biennially, with the next cycle in 2025.
This grant may be available to individuals and organizations in New York that are actively involved in Arts, Culture, History & Humanities. To locate more funding opportunities in your field, visit The Grant Portal and search by interest area using the Search Grant tool.
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