The Al Larvick Conservation Fund (ALCF, or “The Fund”) operates a grant program for the conservation of home and amateur audiovisual materials (moving image: analog film and video only) and their digital capture. Grants are open to individuals, institutions and organizations. The program currently makes awards under the two separate categories outlined below. Grants are open for submission year around.

The national grant is awarded on an annual basis. The application deadline each year are June 1st. The regional grant is given on a biennial basis. The application deadline is December 1st every other year. The next regional grant will be awarded in 2025.

Any application submitted after these respective deadlines will be considered for the following grant cycle. Award recipients are contacted individually and then announced via Newsletter, Facebook and other advertising.

Grant recipients are contacted individually and are announced via Newsletter, Facebook and other advertising.

Al Larvick regional Grant (ALRG)

Through the Al Larvick Regional Grant (formerly the Al Larvick North Dakota Grant), the Fund offers a budget total of up to $5,000 by a sponsoring state of the art film and video lab, to one or more applicants. Grant money is to be applied to the preservation of cultural histories through the conservation, education and public accessibility of home and amateur analog audiovisual materials.

This grant is limited to collections reflecting life in the upper midwest states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Montana. The Fund accommodates most analog and obsolete audiovisual media formats. This grant is financially supported by its sponsor, The MediaPreserve, other partner vendors, and the Fund's donors. Learn more here about ALCF's sponsoring partner. (Please note that grant monies are paid to partner vendors to cover grant related costs and are not dispensed directly to grantees. This grant is for moving image and audio recordings only. The fund does not support the digitization of still imagery).

Al Larvick National Grant (ALNG)

Through the Al Larvick National Grant, the Fund offers a budget total of up to $5,000 by sponsoring state of the art film and video labs and vendors, to one or more applicants. This grant is limited to works depicting lives of Americans and primarily outside of areas covered by the regional grant. The Fund accommodates most analog and other obsolete  audiovisual media formats. Grant money is to be applied to the preservation of cultural histories through conservation, education and the public accessibility of home and amateur analog audiovisual materials.

This grant is limited to works depicting lives of Americans and primarily outside of areas covered by the regional grant. The Fund accommodates most analog and other obsolete  audiovisual media formats. This grant is financially supported by its sponsors, Learn more here about ALCF's sponsoring partners. (Grant monies are paid directly to the vendors to cover grant related costs and are not dispensed to grantees. This grant is for moving image and audio recordings only. The fund does not support the digitization of still imagery).

GRANT Funds may be APPLIED TO:

  • Evaluation of original materials

  • Repair and cleaning of original materials as appropriate

  • Digitization to high resolution archival level standard formats (dependent upon original format)

  • Return original materials and packaging (boxes, cases, canisters, cores, reels, media)

  • One drive (Mac/PC formatted)

  • Digitally captured files including a 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) via FedEx.

Grantees will receive a ALCF Personal Archiving Best Practices Guide for reference.