Great American Outdoors Group, LLC

Great American Outdoors Group, LLC

Great American Outdoors Group, LLC

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Great American Outdoors Group is the parent company of Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's. The company sells outdoor gear for enthusiasts of fishing, hunting, camping and golfing. The original Bass Pro store in Springfield, Missouri brings in over 4 million visitors yearly and is one of the state's top tourist attraction. The company also owns Tracker Marine, which manufactures and sells boats for fishermen, and Big Cedar Lodge, a resort in the Ozark Mountains.

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View Scores for Each Issue

  • 2.82 Life
  • 5.00 Basic Freedoms
  • 5.00 2nd Amendment
  • 5.00 Civil-Safe Society
  • 5.00 Education
  • 4.99 Environment

Overall score: 4.26

  1. Life 2.82
  2. Basic Freedoms 5.00
  3. 2nd Amendment 5.00
  4. Civil-Safe Society 5.00
  5. Education 5.00
  6. Environment 4.99

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Life 2.82

10/27/22

In 2019 Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $5,483 to The Salvation Army in 2019, which is a pro-life organization.

In 2019 Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $10,000 to The Nature Conservancy, which supports Planned Parenthood (assessed from 2018 - 990).

Basic Freedoms 5.00

10/27/22

In 2019 Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $5,483 to The Salvation Army, which is an openly Christian organization.

10/27/22

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $6,061 in outdoor gear to YMCA - Camp Reed, which is a Christian organization.

10/27/22

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $10,000 to Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry, which is an openly Christian organization.

10/27/22

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $19,500 to the Barnabas Foundation, which is an openly Christian organization.

2nd Amendment 5.00

10/27/22

Bass Pro Shops partnered with the NRA to help create the NRA National Sporting Arms Museum in Springfield, MO. Bass Pro Shops donated the space and designed and built the 7,500-square-foot museum while NRA provided the firearms, text and storylines for the exhibits. Accessed 10/27/2022.

10/27/22

In 2019 Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $15,000 to the Kids Safe Foundation, which supports the 2nd Amendment and promotes and teaches gun safety for children.

10/27/22

Bass Pro shops & Cabela’s have not advocated on 2nd Amendment issues directly, however both stores online and retail locations sell firearms and ammunition.

10/27/22

Bass Pro Shops hosts events, seminars and classes at all retail locations to improve their hunting and shooting skills, including hunter safety education and concealed carry weapons classes. Accessed 10/27/2022.

10/27/22

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $100,000 to The Sportsmen’s Alliance fully supports the 2nd Amendment and believes that it is one of the key underpinnings of hunting in this country, and moreover, it is the bedrock upon which our country was founded and why we retain our freedoms today.

10/27/22

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $50,000 to the USA Clay Target League, which is an organization that provides clay target shooting sports to secondary and postsecondary schools.

10/27/22

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $9,713 to the Hudson Rod and Gun Club which supports the 2nd Amendment.

Civil-Safe Society 5.00

10/27/22

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas both offer military discounts.

10/27/22

Great American Outdoors Group fundraised $2,000,000 for Patriot's Park, which is a series of memorials including the Vietnam War Memorial, Gold Star Families Memorial and Korean War Memorial at the College of the Ozarks campus in nearby Hollister, Missouri.

10/27/22

In 2019 Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $15,000 to Frets4Vets, which is a veteran counseling service.

In 2019 Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $15,000 to Warrior Events, which is a non profit that supports veterans and their families.

10/27/22

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $7,500 to the Freedom and Hope Foundation, which supports wounded veterans.

10/27/22

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $7,000 to the Worth Boys Camp of the Police Department, which supports the Rock Hill Police Department and build community relationships.

10/27/22

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $7,732 to Alaska's Healing Hearts, which is a national organization offering year-round outdoor recreational opportunities for America’s brave wounded warriors and their families.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $8,426 to Outdoor Buddies Inc, which offers outdoor recreational activies to disabled veterans.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $7,000 to Operation Reboot Outdoors, Inc., which offers outdoor recreational activities to veterans.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $7,559 to Angling with Officers which supports law enforcement.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $7,500 to Cast for Kids which has special programming for wounded Veterans and their families.

Education 5.00

10/27/22

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $5,786 to Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas which supports STEAM education.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $7,000 to the Main 4H Foundation which supports STEAM education.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $5,293 to the Boy Scouts of America Tecumseh Council, which supports STEAM education.

Environment 4.99

10/27/22

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $350,000 to the Congressional Sportsmans Foundation. CSF’s mission is to work with Congress, governors, and state legislatures to protect and advance hunting, angling, recreational shooting and trapping which supports environmental conservation.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $100,000 to The Everglades Foundation works to restore and protect America’s Everglades through science, advocacy & education which supports environmental conservation.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $302,000 to Wonders of Wildlife which supports environmental conservation through their exhibits and work with conservation partners.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $15,000 to Forever Foundation for Texas Wildlife, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, dedicated to providing ethical environmental education about wildlife and habitat conservation to Texans of all ages.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $5,305 to Pass it On - Outdoor Metnors, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to giving children the chance to experience the great outdoors

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $83,000 to The Arbor Day Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit conservation and education organization.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $83,000 to The Arbor Day Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports the Paris Climate Agreement.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $100,00 to the Wild Sheep Foundation whose mission is to enhance wild sheep populations, promote scientific wildlife management, educate the public and youth on sustainable use and the conservation benefits of hunting while promoting the interests of the hunter.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $50,000 to The Boone and Crockett Club whose mission is to promote the conservation and management of wildlife, especially big game, and its habitat, to preserve and encourage hunting and to maintain the highest ethical standards of fair chase and sportsmanship in North America. 

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $50,000 to The Center for Sportfishing Policy’s whose role is to affect public policy related to the conservation of marine resources with broad abilities to pursue political solutions.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $375,000 to Ducks Unlimited whose mission is to conserve, restore, and manage wetlands and associated habitats for North America's waterfowl. 

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $200,500 to the National Wild Turkey Federation whose mission is the conservation of the wild turkey and the preservation of our hunting heritage.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $200,000 to Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation whose mission is to ensure the future of elk, other wildlife, their habitat and our hunting heritage.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $100,000 to the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, which supports environmental conservation.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $100,000 to the Wild Salmon Center which supports environmental conservation.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $902,775 to the Audubon Society which supports the Clean Power Plan which includes a carbon tax. 

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $902,775 to the Audubon Society, specifically toward conserving wildlife and habitat.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $144,491 to Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever whose mission is to conserve pheasants, quail, and other wildlife through habitat improvements, public access, education, and conservation advocacy.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $23,000 to the Quail and Upland Wildlife Federation which supports environmental conservation.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $36,154 to Trout Unlimited Inc whose mission is to care for and recover rivers and streams so our children can experience the joy of wild and native trout and salmon.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $10,000 to Elevate Youth Inc which supports environmental conservation and stewardship.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $10,000 to the Galveston Bay Foundation, which supports environmental stewardship and conservation.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $10,000 to the James River Basin Partnership, which supports environmental stewardship and conservation.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $125,000 to the Mule Deer Foundation, which supports environmental stewardship and conservation.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $50,000 to The South Carolina Waterfowl Association, which is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that exists to enhance and perpetuate South Carolina’s wildlife heritage through education and habitat conservation. 

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $10,000 to the Ballard Family Nature Center Inc., which supports environmental stewardship and conservation.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $10,000 to the Booth Society, which supports environmental stewardship and conservation.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $10,000 to Fishing's Future, which supports environmental stewardship and conservation.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $50,000 to Florida State Parks Foundation, which supports environmental stewardship and conservation.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $25,000 to the Houston Safari Club Foundation whose mission is to preserve the sport of hunting through education, conservation and the promotion of our hunting heritage.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $20,000 to Kinnickinnic River Land Trust, which supports environmental stewardship and conservation.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $5,786 to Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas which supports environmental stewardship and conservation.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $10,000 to the Outdoors Empowered Network, which supports environmental stewardship and conservation.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $7,000 to Outside Las Vegas Foundation, which supports environmental stewardship and conservation.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $7,290 to the Western Reserve Land Conservancy, which supports environmental stewardship and conservation.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $5,273 to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, which supports environmental stewardship and conservation.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $5,293 to the Boy Scouts of America Tecumseh Council, which supports environmental stewardship and conservation.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $10,000 to the Native Village of Ruby, which supports environmental stewardship and conservation.

Bass Pro Shops & Cabelas Outdoor Fund donated $48,461 to Recreation Boating and Fishing Foundation, whose mission includes to protect, conserve and restore this nation's aquatic natural resources.

10/27/22

Cabela's partners alongside more than 250 leading conservation organizations, restoring millions of acres of habitat with programs that have significantly increased wildlife populations for hundreds of native species across the continent.

10/27/22

Bass Pro Shops and Cabelas utilizes sustainable practices in the conservation of carbon emissions, water, materials, and biodiversity, which demonstrates environmental stewardship.

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