BASS PRO SHOPS & CABELAS OUTDOOR FUND

2024 · Form 990 · revenue $7.6M · expenses $10.3M · assets $14.2M

EIN

83-0691791

Address

2500 E KEARNEY ST, SPRINGFIELD, MO 65898-0001

Website

ABOUT.BASSPRO.COM/CONSERVATION

NTEE code

T30

Exempt type

501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)

Ruling date

May 2019 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)

IRS status

Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗

Tax-deductible donations

Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗

Foundation status

Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))

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Mission

THE OUTDOOR FUND'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES IN CONSERVING FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT, INTRODUCING NEW AUDIENCES TO THE OUTDOORS, AND PROTECTING OUR HUNTING AND FISHING HERITAGE.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 12 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

12 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

People by year

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who the money went to

Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.

Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

Connected to

Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.

• JOHNNY MORRIS OZARKS HERITAGE PRESERVE Springfield, MO · 3 people in common (Collin O'Mara, Dale Hall, John P Morris) · related organization (Schedule R)
• JOHNNY MORRIS WONDERS OF WILDLIFE FOUNDATION Springfield, MO · 3 people in common (Collin O'Mara, Dale Hall, John P Morris) · related organization (Schedule R)
• AMERICAN NATIONAL FISH & WILDLIFE MUSEUM Springfield, MO · 3 people in common (Dale Hall, Robert Ziehmer, Sara Parker Pauley)
• DOGWOOD CANYON FOUNDATION Springfield, MO · 3 people in common (Collin O'Mara, Dale Hall, Megan Stack) · related organization (Schedule R)
• SOUTHEASTERN ASSOCIATION OF FISH & WILDLIFE AGEN ELLINGTON AGRI CTR Aiken, SC · 2 people in common (Robert Ziehmer, Sara Parker Pauley)
• JOHNNY MORRIS FOUNDATION Springfield, MO · 2 people in common (John P Morris, Megan Stack) · related organization (Schedule R)
• CABELAS OUTDOOR FUND Springfield, MO · 2 people in common (John P Morris, Robert Ziehmer)
• ASSOCIATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES Washington, DC · 1 person in common (Sara Parker Pauley)
• NATIONAL DEER ASSOCIATION Bogart, GA · 1 person in common (John P Morris)
• CONGRESSIONAL SPORTSMENS FOUNDATION Washington, DC · 1 person in common (John P Morris)
• MISSOURI CONSERVATION HERITAGE FOUNDATION Jefferson Cty, MO · 1 person in common (Sara Parker Pauley)
• BASS PRO CARES FUND Springfield, MO · 1 person in common (Megan Stack)
• CENTER FOR SPORTFISHING POLICY Baton Rouge, LA · 1 person in common (John P Morris)
• MIDWEST ASSOCATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES Pratt, KS · 1 person in common (Sara Parker Pauley)
• AMERICAS WILDLIFE ASSOCIATION FOR RESOURCE EDUCATION AWARE Washington, DC · 1 person in common (Sara Parker Pauley)
• NATIONAL DEER ASSOCIATION GROUP RETURN Bogart, GA · 1 person in common (John P Morris)
• CONSERVATION ENHANCEMENT FUND Jefferson Cty, MO · 1 person in common (Sara Parker Pauley)
• FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEASTERN FISH AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES Aiken, SC · 1 person in common (Sara Parker Pauley)

Funders of this organization

Not reported: no grants to this organization appear in the filings we have (tax years 2010 to 2025).

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Who funds organizations like this

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

State business registration

• BASS PRO SHOPS & CABELA'S OUTDOOR FUND CORPORATION FL, Foreign nonprofit corporation (FORNP), Active, formed 2024-04-09

The same business name in the same state, from the state’s official registry data.