Missouri · Public charity
Cabelas Outdoor Fund
Promotion of conservation and of hunting, fishing, camping, boating, and other sporting and recreational activities.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2019
- 27
- Itemized grants FY2019
- 27
- Organizations funded FY2019
- 48%
- First-time grantees FY2019
- Itemized, FY2019
- $1.9M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2019
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2019
- $300,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 27
- FY2017 to FY2019
- States reached, FY2019
- 20
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2019, 48% of the organizations Cabelas Outdoor Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2019, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $499k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2019 | 27 | $1.9M | 48% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $1.6M | 74% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $2.4M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation | $1,050,000 | 3 | 10% |
| USA Clay Target League | $550,000 | 2 | 13% |
| National Baptist Convention USA Inc | $500,000 | 2 | n/a |
| NRA Foundation Inc | $500,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The United States Sportsmen's Alliance Foundation Inc | $450,000 | 3 | 15% |
| Pheasants Forever | $450,000 | 3 | n/a |
| National Wild Turkey Federati | $300,000 | 3 | n/a |
| National Archery in Schools Programs Inc | $200,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc | $175,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Dallas Ecological Foundation | $175,000 | 2 | 22% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Cabelas Outdoor Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 36 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund · Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc · NRA Foundation Inc · Whitetails Unlimited Inc · National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Weatherby Foundation International Inc · Dsc Foundation Inc · National Forest Foundation · Midway USA Foundation Inc · Greater Houston Community Foundation · Servant Foundation · Shell USA Company Foundation
How this is measured
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About Cabelas Outdoor Fund
- How much does Cabelas Outdoor Fund give?
- Cabelas Outdoor Fund reported 27 itemized grants totaling $1,884,107, out of $2,043,238 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 27 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
- What does Cabelas Outdoor Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (44%), Animals (22%), Environment (15%).
- Who are Cabelas Outdoor Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation ($1.1M), USA Clay Target League ($550k), National Baptist Convention USA Inc ($500k).
- Does Cabelas Outdoor Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2019, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Cabelas Outdoor Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Inc, NRA Foundation Inc.
- Where is Cabelas Outdoor Fund based?
- Cabelas Outdoor Fund is based in MO.
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