Notgrass History

What Notgrass History does

Notgrass History is a privately held, family-owned homeschool curriculum publisher founded in 1999 and headquartered in Gainesboro, Tennessee, with a team of approximately 9 employees. The company produces a Christ-centered, Bible-based history and social studies curriculum spanning elementary (grades 1–4), middle school (grades 5–8), and high school (grades 9–12), comprising 11 named core courses — including Our 50 States, Our Great Big World, Our Star-Spangled Story, America the Beautiful, From Adam to Us, Uncle Sam and You, and the Exploring series covering U.S. history, world history, world geography, economics, and government — supplemented by audio supplements, Bible studies, books, digital downloads, historical DVDs, songs, and a mobile web app. The technology stack is a standard e-commerce publishing platform (shop.notgrass.com) augmented by a mobile web application; no AI/ML, API, or proprietary platform infrastructure is disclosed.

The business model is direct-to-consumer one-time curriculum sales rather than subscriptions. Distribution runs through the company's own e-commerce storefront, physical bookstores, and third-party online retailers, all serving a primarily domestic US market with a stated worldwide service reach. Marketing and community building are anchored by the Charlene Notgrass Blog, the Ray Notgrass Podcast, an email newsletter, YouTube/video content, free quick start guides, and a presence at homeschool conventions and curriculum fairs. The primary customer segment is individual homeschool families seeking open-and-go, no-teacher's-manual material usable across multiple children, with Christian schools as a secondary vertical. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company is bootstrapped with no external funding, no institutional investors, no M&A activity, and no disclosed leadership changes, operating as a self-sustaining lifestyle-scale publisher.

Name

Notgrass History

Legal name

Notgrass History

Website

https://history.notgrass.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Notgrass History is a family-owned, bootstrapped Christian homeschool curriculum publisher (founded 1999, ~9 employees, Gainesboro, TN) selling one-time history and social studies courses for grades 1–12 directly to homeschool families and Christian schools via e-commerce, bookstores, and online retailers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Homeschool Curriculum

NAICS

Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital/Blended K–12 Courseware & Interactive Textbooks (EDAGAAAJ)

Keywords

• Homeschool curriculum publishing
• Christian education materials
• History curriculum
• Bible-based curriculum
• Homeschool textbooks

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Curriculum Sales: Revenue generated from selling homeschool curriculum products including full curriculum packages, audio supplements, Bible studies, books, historical DVDs, and digital resources. Products are designed for use across multiple grade levels and can be used with one child or multiple children together.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Notgrass History is a Christian homeschool curriculum publisher that produces Bible-based history education materials for elementary (grades 1-4), middle school (grades 5-8), and high school (grades 9-12) students. The company sells complete, stand-alone curriculum packages including textbooks, audio supplements, Bible studies, books, historical DVDs, and digital resources through its own e-commerce shop, with the tagline "Teaching the Heart, Soul, and Mind."

Product overview

Notgrass History is a homeschool curriculum publisher offering a comprehensive Bible-based history education program spanning elementary (grades 1-4), middle school (grades 5-8), and high school (grades 9-12). The curriculum includes stand-alone courses organized by grade level: elementary products include Our Great Big World, Our 50 States, and Our Star-Spangled Story; middle school offerings include America the Beautiful, From Adam to Us, and Uncle Sam and You; high school courses include Exploring America, Exploring Economics, Exploring Government, Exploring World Geography, and Exploring World History. The company also provides supplementary resources including Audio Supplements, Bible Studies, Books, Digital Resources, Historical DVDs, a Mobile Web App, and Songs. All curriculum is designed with a Christian worldview, integrating literature and primary sources, and is marketed as flexible, open-and-go material requiring no teacher's manual.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Our Great Big World

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Homeschool Buyers Co-op: Homeschool Buyers Co-op is a group-buying and review platform serving homeschool families - not a publisher, but an ecosystem participant that aggregates purchasing power and drives discovery for curriculum providers like Notgrass.

Direct peers

• Memoria Press: Memoria Press is a classical Christian education publisher offering K-12 curriculum including history programs. It shares the faith-based homeschool target customer and emphasizes a literature-rich, traditional pedagogy similar to Notgrass's approach.
• Alpha Omega Publications: Alpha Omega Publications offers Christian homeschool curriculum including LIFEPAC workbooks and Switched-On Schoolhouse, with history/social studies among core subjects. It competes directly with Notgrass for Christian homeschool families seeking structured, faith-based programs.
• Master Books: Master Books (a division of New Leaf Publishing) publishes creation-based Christian homeschool curriculum including history programs. It targets the same faith-based homeschool demographic with comparable direct-to-consumer distribution.
• BJU Press: BJU Press publishes Christian K-12 textbooks and homeschool curriculum, including history/social studies programs. It serves both homeschool families and Christian schools, mirroring Notgrass's dual-segment approach.
• Sonlight Curriculum: Sonlight is a Christian homeschool literature-based curriculum publisher offering history and other subjects across K-12. Both companies serve the same Christ-centered homeschool family segment with literature-integrated history courses sold direct-to-consumer.
• Apologia Educational Ministries: Apologia produces award-winning Christian homeschool curriculum with a strong focus on science and biblical worldview. While science-led, it shares the same faith-based homeschool family customer base and direct-to-consumer sales motion as Notgrass.
• The Good and the Beautiful: The Good and the Beautiful offers faith-based homeschool curriculum spanning multiple subjects (history, science, language arts) for K-12. It directly competes with Notgrass in the Christian homeschool space with a similar open-and-go, parent-friendly design philosophy.
• Abeka (Pensacola Christian College): Abeka is one of the largest Christian curriculum publishers, producing K-12 materials used by both homeschool families and Christian schools. It directly competes with Notgrass for faith-based homeschool curriculum dollars and shares a similar distribution model.

Regional players

• Christian Liberty Academy / CLASS Supplements: Christian Liberty Academy provides Christian homeschool curriculum and satellite school programs serving the same faith-based homeschool demographic. While smaller in scale, it overlaps with Notgrass on history and supplemental subjects for Christian homeschool families.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/notgrass

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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