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Funder Type
Private Foundation
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IT Classification
B - Readily funds technology as part of an award
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Authority
National Film Preservation Foundation
Summary
The NFPF helps archives, historical societies, libraries, museums, and universities preserve and make available American films that are not likely to survive without public support. Films preserved through our programs are used in education and seen widely through screenings, exhibits, DVDs, television broadcasts, and the Internet.
The NFPF offers several types of preservation grants supporting the creation of preservation and access copies of American orphan films of historic and cultural interest. Basic Preservation Grants are the best choice for most institutions. Offered annually, these grants award cash and in some cases services donated by laboratories and post-production houses. The larger Matching Grants enable experienced preservationists to undertake more extensive projects. Matching Grants require that recipients contribute or match” one-fifth of the total costs. The Avant-Garde Masters Grants, funded through the generous support of The Film Foundation, target the preservation of motion pictures significant to the development of the avant-garde in America.
History of Funding
Previous grantees can be seen at https://www.filmpreservation.org/nfpf-grants/awarded-grants.
Additional Information
Basic Preservation Grants: The National Film Preservation Foundation invites applications for the spring round of its Basic Preservation Grants. These grants are awarded to nonprofit and public institutions for laboratory work to preserve culturally and historically significant film materials. The grant must be used to pay for new laboratory work involving the creation of:
- New film preservation elements (which may include soundtracks) and
- Two new public access copies, one of which must be a film print.
- Closed captioning for sound films destined for online or television exhibition.
The funds can be applied only to work commissioned after the grant start date. Funds must be used exclusively for preservation expenses and may not be applied to staffing, operational, or shipping costs (with the special exception of nitrate materials).
Matching Grants: The National Film Preservation Foundation invites applications for its federally funded Matching Grants. Matching grants fund complex, large-scale preservation, reconstruction, or restoration projects involving a single film or film collection of special cultural, historic, or artistic significance. The grants may be requested by nonprofit or public institutions with film preservation experience and the current capacity to carry out large preservation efforts. The grant funds may be used to pay for the creation of:
- New film preservation elements, including protection of the sound track for sound films
- Two new public access copies, one of which must be a film print.
- For silent-era films, the reconstruction or translation of English-language intertitles.
- Closed captioning for sound films destined for online or television exhibition.
Applicants must be prepared to contribute at least one-fifth of the total out-of-pocket laboratory expenses from other sources. The funds can be applied only to work commissioned after the grant start date. Funds must be used exclusively for preservation expenses and may not be applied to staffing, operational, or shipping costs (with the special exception of nitrate materials).
Avant-Garde Masters Grants: This grant supports the preservation of a film or films by a single filmmaker or from a cinematic group significant to the development of avant-garde film in America. Works made within the last twenty years are not eligible. Applications should show how the proposed titles have made a significant contribution to American experimental film or, if the works are lesser known today, demonstrate how the films will contribute to a better understanding of avant-garde film history. Proposals must also explain why the proposed films are in need of preservation and include plans detailing how the films will be made available to the public and the scholarly community.
Eligibility Details
Eligible applicants are public and nonprofit organizations.
Basic Preservation Grants: Grants are available to public and 501(c)3 nonprofit institutions in the United States that provide public access to their collections, including those that are part of federal, state or local government. The grants target orphan films (1) made in the United States or by American citizens abroad and (2) not protected by commercial interests.
Matching Grants: Grants are available to public and 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations that have completed at least one NFPF grant and have the capacity to plan, manage, and complete a complex, large-scale film preservation effort. Large projects must involve the preservation, reconstruction, or preservation of a single film or film collection of special cultural, historic, or artistic significance that (1) was made in the United States or by American citizens abroad and (2) is not protected by commercial interests. Materials originally created for television or video are not eligible, including works produced with funds from broadcast or cable television entities.
Avant-Garde Masters Grants: Grants are available to public and 501(c)3 nonprofit archives in the United States, including those that are part of federal, state, or local government. The grants target avant-garde films made in the United States or by American citizens abroad and not physically preserved by commercial interests. Materials originally created for television or video are not eligible, including works produced with funds from broadcast or cable television entities.
Deadline Details
Basic Preservation Grants: The registration deadline is May 8, 2020. Applications are to be submitted by June 12, 2020.
Matching Grants: The registration deadline is May 8, 2020. Applications are to be submitted by June 12, 2020.
Avant-Garde Masters Grants: The registration deadline was May 3, 2019. Applications were to be submitted by June 28, 2019.
Award Details
Basic Preservation Grants: The cash award ranges from $1,000 to $20,000.
Matching Grants: Applicants may request cash stipends of between $20,001 and $75,000 to fund laboratory work and must "match" the NFPF grant with outside cash support equal to one-fifth of the total project costs.
Avant-Garde Masters Grants: This grant will fund several preservation projects ranging between $5,000 and $50,000.
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