Seabrook Village Foundation

What Seabrook Village Foundation does

Seabrook Village Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered at 660 Trade Hill Road in Midway, Georgia, that operates an authentic 15-acre African-American cultural museum village depicting rural Reconstruction-era life (1865-1930) in coastal Georgia's Gullah Geechee community. Founded as the Seabrook School Foundation in 1990 by concerned citizens and Seabrook alumni and reorganized under its current name, the foundation manages seven restored historical structures on the main site (the Seabrook School, Sam Ripley's Corn Crib, Gibbons-Woodard House, Bowens House and Chicken Coop, Bowens Barn and Tool Gallery, and Delegal-Williams House), and since 2021 has also stewarded the adjacent 12-acre Martha Randolph Stevens Park. Its collections include the Willis Hakim Jones African-American Material Culture Collection, the George Ginter Antique Tool Collection, and the Cyrus Bowens Grave Art, with interpretation grounded in oral histories from descendant families whose roots extend back over 150 years.

The revenue model is donations-led: the foundation accepts online contributions with suggested tiers of $10, $25, $50, $100, $250, and $500, supplemented by gift shop sales at the Education Pavilion and grant funding. Go-to-market is event-driven heritage tourism paired with educational programming: K-12 schools, post-graduate programs, Girl Scout troops, and regional visitor information centers (Kingsland, Savannah) drive tour demand, complemented by recurring seasonal events (cane grinding, syrup making, rice planting, Old Timey Days, Country Christmas) and a Summer History Camp launched in 1994. After on-site activity ceased in 2017 due to declining volunteers and funding and the property sustained tornado damage in 2020, a descendant-led revival reorganized the foundation in 2021 and, in September 2024, secured a Georgia Power Foundation grant (part of a $1M shared water-resource pot with The Trust for Public Land) to establish a living shoreline ecosystem. The 15-acre site carries Georgia Register (2002) and National Register of Historic Places (2004) listings on Bowens Farm, and the foundation has not publicly disclosed annual financial figures.

Name

Seabrook Village Foundation

Legal name

Seabrook Village Foundation

Website

https://seabrookvillagefoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Seabrook Village Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit operating a 15-acre authentic African-American Reconstruction-era cultural museum village in Midway, Georgia, serving K-12 schools, heritage tourists, and youth organizations through field trips, special events, and donation-supported programming.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Living History Museum / Cultural Heritage Education

NAICS

Historical Sites (712120), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712)

akta.pro primary industry

Museums & Heritage Sites (History, Science, Specialty) (BPAGAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Historic Preservation & Landmarks Conservation (BPAGAHAE), Historic Sites, Heritage Landmarks & Archaeological Sites (THAJACAC), Archaeological Sites & Heritage Interpretation Centers (THAJADAG)

Keywords

• Living history museum
• Cultural heritage education
• Educational field trips
• Heritage site tours
• African-American history preservation

Headquarters

HQ city

Midway

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Contributions: The organization accepts monetary donations through its website with suggested amounts ranging from $10 to $500, supporting its mission of preserving African-American cultural heritage.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Seabrook Village Foundation operates a 15-acre living history museum on the Georgia coast that depicts rural African-American life in a Reconstruction-era Gullah Geechee coastal community from 1865 to 1930. The site features seven restored historical structures (including the Seabrook School, Gibbons-Woodard House, Bowens House, Barn, Chicken Coop, Sam Ripley's Corn Crib, and Delegal-Williams House) and offers guided tours, level-specific K-12 and post-graduate educational field trips, a Summer History Camp, seasonal cultural events, and a gift shop. The foundation also manages the nearby 12-acre Martha Randolph Stevens Park (The Landing).

Product overview

Seabrook Village Foundation operates a single unified cultural heritage experience — a living history museum village on the Georgia Coast. The core offering is the 15-acre historical village with seven restored structures depicting African-American life from 1865-1930, complemented by educational programs for K-12 students, summer history camps, special seasonal events, and a gift shop. The foundation also manages the 12-acre Martha Randolph Stevens Park. There is no modular or platform-based product architecture; visitors experience the village through guided or self-guided tours, educational field trips, and special programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Seabrook Village Cultural Museum Tours Guided and self-guided tours of an authentic African-American historical village depicting life from 1865-1930, featuring restored buildings including the Seabrook School (1891), Gibbons-Woodard House, Bowens House, Bowens Barn and Tool Gallery, Bowens Chicken Coop, Sam Ripley's Corn Crib, and Delegal-Williams House. The tour experience is offered to heritage tourists and group visitors at the 15-acre site.
• Educational Field Trip Programs Level-specific educational programs for grades K-12 and post-graduate students covering history, folklore, restoration, architecture, crafts, and found art, delivered as hands-on interpretative field trips on-site at the 15-acre museum village. Rates are available on request via the foundation.
• Summer History Camp Annual summer history camp program for children featuring hands-on historical activities and interpretive experiences at the Seabrook Village site.
• Martha Randolph Stevens Park (The Landing) Twelve-acre park also known as 'The Landing' that provided African Americans access to the tidal marshes critical to the story of Seabrook's unique coastal Gullah Geechee culture. The foundation is currently working to restore the site for public use following prior vandalism.
• Special Cultural Events Seasonal events including cane grinding, syrup making, rice planting, Old Timey Days, and Country Christmas, designed to attract heritage tourists and repeat visitors to the museum village.
• Gift Shop On-site gift shop located at the Education Pavilion offering museum-related merchandise; available to students in chaperoned groups of five or less during site operating hours.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 30,000 school children participated in hands-on interpretative field trips

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Georgia Department of Natural ResourcescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Cyrus Bowens Grave Art collection was permanently gifted to Seabrook Village Foundation by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. The collection is permanently displayed at the site and represents a significant component of the village's cultural artifacts.
• The Trust for Public LandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-recipient of Georgia Power Foundation $1 million grant for water resource projects in Georgia, alongside Seabrook Village Foundation.
• Kingsland and Savannah Visitor Information CentersminorGTM or Marketing PartnerStaff from Kingsland and Savannah Visitor Information Centers conducted familiarization tours at Seabrook Village. Following the tours, they agreed to recommend Seabrook Village as a heritage tourism attraction to visitors through their centers.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Pin Point Heritage Museum: Savannah-area museum operated by a descendant community documenting a Post-Civil War Gullah Geechee settlement — directly comparable in mission, audience, and authentic descendant-led interpretation approach.
• Sapelo Island Cultural & Revitalization Society: Georgia-based nonprofit preserving the Gullah Geechee heritage of Hog Hammock on Sapelo Island through interpretation, historic structures, and community-driven storytelling — directly comparable as a coastal Georgia Gullah Geechee heritage site.
• Penn Center, Inc. A 501(c)(3) on St. Helena Island, South Carolina, serving as the ancestral home of the Gullah Geechee community with heritage interpretation, education, and cultural preservation programs — directly comparable in mission, audience, and Gullah Geechee cultural focus.

Regional players

• Fort Pulaski National Monument (NPS): National Park Service site near Savannah, GA operating a Civil War-era fort with educational programming and field trips — comparable as a coastal Georgia historic destination competing for similar school and heritage tourism visitors.
• Historic Savannah Foundation: Savannah-based preservation nonprofit operating heritage properties and educational programming in coastal Georgia — shares regional tourism ecosystem, preserved historic structures, and education-focused revenue mix with Seabrook Village.
• Coastal Heritage Society: Savannah-based nonprofit operator of historic sites and museums in coastal Georgia including Old Fort Jackson — comparable as a regional heritage site operator running educational field trips and seasonal events.

Broad incumbents

• National Civil Rights Museum: Major African-American history institution at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis covering civil rights history; broader in scope and scale but overlaps in delivering curated African-American history educational experiences and school-group field trips.
• Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History: Large African-American history museum in Detroit serving school groups and tourists; comparable in mission to preserve and interpret African-American heritage though operating at substantially larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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