2025-08-15T12:37:32-04:00 2024-09-30 205788602 GLASER AND COMPANY LLC 1859 SUMMERVILLE AVE STE 800 CHARLESTON SC 29405 990 2023-10-01 263038383 GULLAHGEECHEE CULTURAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR COMMISSION INC GULL 8438184587 PO BOX 787 BEAUFORT SC 29901 DJUANNA BROCKINGTON INTERIM EXEC DIR 8438184587 2025-08-15 true false ERIK M GLASER CPA P00724565 8438490179 2025-08-15 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X DJUANNA BROCKINGTON 713 CRAVEN STREET BEAUFORT SC 29902 1062689 false X HTTP://GULLAHGEECHEECORIDOR.ORG X 2007 SC TO PRESERVE, PROMOTE, AND PROTECT THE UNIQUE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE GULLAH GEECHEE PEOPLE. WE ARE DEDICATED TO FOSTERING UNDERSTANDING, APPRECIATION, AND RESPECT FOR THE TRADITIONS, (CONT. 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THE PURPOSE OF THE GULLAH GEECHEE CULTURAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR NHA IS TO PRESERVE, SHARE AND INTERPRET THE HISTORY, TRADITIONAL CULTURAL PRACTICES, HERITAGE SITES, AND NATURAL RESOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH GULLAH GEECHEE PEOPLE OF COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. 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PROGRAMS 107592 107592 EDUCATIONAL EVENTS 49498 49498 CULTURE KEEPERS PROGRAM 5540 5540 MISCELLANEOUS 4374 3522 852 4816 3940 876 906215 786145 70788 49282 37964 220598 5000 2970 41725 32917 19063 8808 62027 232376 13160 0 13160 X 62027 219216 62027 219216 62027 232376 156474 715 X false false false X 306835 332327 526221 921040 1062385 3148808 306835 332327 526221 921040 1062385 3148808 3148808 26 26 3148834 8584 1.00000 1.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 41725 32917 8808 8808 FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION TO NURTURE PRIDE AND FACILITATE AND AN UNDERSTANDING AND AWARENESS OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GULLAH GEECHEE HISTORY AND CULTURE WITHIN GULLAH GEECHEE COMMUNITIES. TO SUSTAIN AND PRESERVE LAND, LANGUAGE, AND CULTURAL ASSETS WITHIN THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, NORTH CAROLINA, AND FLORIDA. TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON THE VALUE AND IMPORTANCE OF GULLAH GEECHEE CULTURE. TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AMONG GULLAH GEECHEE PEOPLE. FORM 990 CONTINUED - PART 1 MISSION: LANGUAGE, ARTS, AND HISTORY OF THIS VIBRANT COMMUNITY. THROUGH EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE STRIVE TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE GULLAH GEECHEE PEOPLE TO AMERICAN CULTURE AND HISTORY. WE ARE COMMITTED TO EMPOWERING GULLAH GEECHEE INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CULTURAL EXPRESSION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. CENTRAL TO OUR MISSION IS THE CELEBRATION OF DIVERSITY AND THE PROMOTION OF INCLUSIVITY. WE AIM TO CREATE A WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE SPACE WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS CAN COME TOGETHER TO LEARN, SHARE, AND CELEBRATE THE RICH HERITAGE OF THE GULLAH GEECHEE CULTURE. AS STEWARDS OF THIS INVALUABLE CULTURAL LEGACY, WE WORK TIRELESSLY TO ENSURE THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS INHERIT A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE GULLAH GEECHEE HERITAGE. WE BELIEVE THAT BY HONORING THE PAST AND EMBRACING THE FUTURE, WE CAN BUILD A MORE INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE SOCIETY WHERE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ALL CULTURES ARE VALUED AND CELEBRATED. FORM 990, PART III CONTINUED FROM PART III, LINE 4A: WE CONVENE PUBLIC MEETINGS FOUR TIMES A YEAR TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT WORK THAT IS BEING DONE TO PRESERVE, SHARE AND INTERPRET THE HISTORY, TRADITIONAL CULTURAL PRACTICES, HERITAGE SITES, AND NATURAL RESOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH GULLAH GEECHEE PEOPLE. WE ISSUE A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER THAT SERVES AS A PLATFORM FOR SHARING INFORMATION FROM THESE MEETINGS AND ABOUT THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE ACROSS THE CORRIDOR TO FURTHER THESE GOALS. YOU CAN READ A LIST OF SOME OF OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS HERE. INFORMATION ABOUT UPCOMING PUBLIC MEETINGS CAN BE FOUND HERE. PUBLIC MEETINGS HELP US TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO DIRECTLY SUPPORT WORK AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. THE GULLAH GEECHEE PEOPLE THE GULLAH GEECHEE PEOPLE ARE DESCENDANTS OF AFRICANS WHO WERE ENSLAVED ON THE RICE, INDIGO AND SEA ISLAND COTTON PLANTATIONS OF THE LOWER ATLANTIC COAST. MANY CAME FROM THE RICE-GROWING REGION OF WEST AFRICA. THE NATURE OF THEIR ENSLAVEMENT ON ISOLATED ISLAND AND COASTAL PLANTATIONS CREATED A UNIQUE CULTURE WITH DEEP AFRICAN RETENTIONS THAT ARE CLEARLY VISIBLE IN THE GULLAH GEECHEE PEOPLES DISTINCTIVE ARTS, CRAFTS, FOODWAYS, MUSIC, AND LANGUAGE. GULLAH GEECHEE IS A UNIQUE, CREOLE LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN THE COASTAL AREAS OF NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. THE GULLAH GEECHEE LANGUAGE BEGAN AS A SIMPLIFIED FORM OF COMMUNICATION AMONG PEOPLE WHO SPOKE MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES INCLUDING EUROPEAN SLAVE TRADERS, SLAVE OWNERS AND DIVERSE, AFRICAN ETHNIC GROUPS. THE VOCABULARY AND GRAMMATICAL ROOTS COME FROM AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN LANGUAGES. IT IS THE ONLY DISTINCTLY, AFRICAN CREOLE LANGUAGE IN THE UNITED STATES AND IT HAS INFLUENCED TRADITIONAL SOUTHERN VOCABULARY AND SPEECH PATTERNS. ARTS, CRAFTS AND MUSIC THE ANCESTORS OF THE GULLAH GEECHEE PEOPLE BROUGHT TO THIS COUNTRY A RICH HERITAGE OF AFRICAN CULTURAL TRADITIONS IN ART, FOODWAYS AND MUSIC. ? TODAYS GULLAH GEECHEE ARTS AND CRAFTS ARE THE RESULT OF PRODUCTS DESIGNED BY THEIR ANCESTORS OUT OF NECESSITY FOR DAILY LIVING SUCH AS MAKING CAST NETS FOR FISHING, BASKET WEAVING FOR AGRICULTURE AND TEXTILE ARTS FOR CLOTHING AND WARMTH. DEEPLY ROOTED IN MUSIC TRADITIONS BROUGHT TO THE AMERICAS BY ENSLAVED AFRICANS, THEIR MUSIC EVOLVED OUT OF THE CONDITIONS OF SLAVERY THAT CHARACTERIZED THEIR LIVES. THE INFLUENCE AND EVOLUTION OF MUSICAL FORMS THAT AROSE OUT OF GULLAH MUSIC CAN BE HEARD IN MANY MUSICAL GENRES SUCH AS SPIRITUALS AND GOSPEL MUSIC, RAGTIME, RHYTHM AND BLUES, SOUL, HIP HOP AND JAZZ. SPIRITUAL EXPRESSION RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY HAVE A SUSTAINING ROLE IN GULLAH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LIFE. ENSLAVED AFRICANS WERE EXPOSED TO CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS PRACTICES IN A NUMBER OF WAYS AND INCORPORATED ELEMENTS THAT WERE MEANINGFUL TO THEM INTO THEIR AFRICAN ROOTED SYSTEM OF BELIEFS. THESE VALUES INCLUDED BELIEF IN A GOD, COMMUNITY ABOVE INDIVIDUALITY, RESPECT FOR ELDERS, KINSHIP BONDS AND ANCESTORS; RESPECT FOR NATURE, AND HONORING THE CONTINUITY OF LIFE AND THE AFTERLIFE. LOWCOUNTRY PLANTATIONS FREQUENTLY HAD A PRAISE HOUSE OR SMALL STRUCTURE WHERE SLAVES COULD MEET FOR RELIGIOUS SERVICES. FOODWAYS THE TRADITIONAL GULLAH GEECHEE DIET CONSISTED OF ITEMS AVAILABLE LOCALLY SUCH AS VEGETABLES, FRUITS, GAME, SEAFOOD, LIVESTOCK; ITEMS IMPORTED FROM EUROPE, ITEMS IMPORTED FROM AFRICA DURING THE SLAVE TRADE (OKRA, RICE, YAMS, PEAS, HOT PEPPERS, PEANUTS, SESAME BENNE SEEDS, SORGHUM AND WATERMELON), AND FOOD INTRODUCED BY NATIVE AMERICANS SUCH AS CORN, SQUASH, TOMATOES AND BERRIES. RICE BECAME A STAPLE CROP FOR BOTH GULLAH GEECHEE PEOPLE AND WHITES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN COASTAL REGIONS. MAKING USE OF AVAILABLE FOOD (OR RATIONS), MAKING A LITTLE GO A LONG WAY, SUPPLEMENTING WITH FISH AND GAME, LEFTOVERS FROM BUTCHERING AND COMMUNAL STEWS SHARED WITH NEIGHBORS WERE AFRICAN CULTURAL PRACTICES. AFRICAN COOKING METHODS AND SEASONINGS WERE ALSO APPLIED IN GULLAH GEECHEE HOMES AND PLANTATION KITCHENS. BECAUSE PLANTATION COOKS WERE PRIMARILY ENSLAVED WOMEN, MUCH OF THE FOOD TODAY REFERRED TO AS SOUTHERN COMES FROM THE CREATIVITY AND LABOR OF ENSLAVED COOKS FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED FOR A COMMENT PERIOD. ONCE QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD ARE ADDRESSED, THE FORM 990 IS ISSUED AND EFILED. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C ANNUALLY THE BOARD IS ASKED TO CERTIFY AND DISCLOSE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. FURTHER, THE BOARD IS ENCOURAGED TO DISCUSS DURING THE YEAR IF ANY CHANGES ARISE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A THE COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS REVIEWED AS PART OF THE BOARDS ANNUAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 PROVIDED UPON REQUEST AT THE ORGANIZATION'S CORPORATE OFFICE. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G OTHER CONTRACTS 3,500 0 18,500 CONSULTANTS AND CONTRACTORS 161,497 2,382 10,000 TOTAL 164,997 2,382 28,500