FRANKLIN LAND TRUST INC: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization: FRANKLIN LAND TRUST INC (EIN 22-2744488)
Tax period: 2019-07-01 to 2020-06-30
Filed: 2021-05-12
IRS object ID: 202131329349301513
Schema version: 2019v5.2
Note: A later return for the same period supersedes this one.
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2021-05-12T08:24:55-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2020-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	060903326	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WHITTLESEY PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	14 BOBALA RD	AddressLine1Txt
City	HOLYOKE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	01040	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2019-07-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	222744488	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FRANKLIN LAND TRUST INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	FRAN	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	4136259151	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 450	AddressLine1Txt
City	SHELBURNE FALLS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	01370	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	THOMAS S CURREN	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	4136259151	PhoneNum
Signature	2021-05-11	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	TIMOTHY GAINES	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01245615	PTIN
Phone	4135363970	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2019	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	THOMAS S CURREN	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 450	AddressLine1Txt
City	SHELBURNE FALLS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	01370	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,106,272	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	FRANKLINLANDTRUST.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1986	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	LAND PRESERVATION	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	10	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	10	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	9	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	200	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,499,132	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$931,344	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$0	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$23,794	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	-$25,922	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$156,203	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$25,830	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,679,129	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$931,252	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$591,439	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$590,782	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$117,178	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$561,861	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$312,466	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,153,300	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$903,248	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$525,829	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$28,004	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$3,566,022	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$3,721,002	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$44,223	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$173,769	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$3,521,799	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$3,547,233	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	THE FRANKLIN LAND TRUST WORKS TO CONSERVE FARMS, FORESTS, WILDLANDS, AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES SIGNIFICANT TO THE QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY AND RURAL CHARACTER OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$735,653	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	-$25,904	RevenueAmt
Desc	DURING THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2020, THE FRANKLIN LAND TRUST (FLT) ASSISSTED IN THE PROTECTION OF 7 PROPERTIES TOTALING 383.44 ACRES. AS OF THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2020, FLT HAS COMPLETED 422 PROJECTS, TOTALING 33,085.24 ACRES IN 32 TOWNS THROUGHOUT WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.FLT'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN PERMANENTLY PROJECTING THESE LANDS BENEFITS THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING WILDLIFE HABITAT, CLEAN AIR AND WATER, PRODUCTIVE FARMS AND WOODLANDS, AND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. SUPPORT FROM FLT MEMBERS, DONORS AND FOUNDATIONS IS CRITICAL TO CONSERVING THESE VITAL RESOURCES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$735,653	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	Yes (1)	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (1)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	8	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	9	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	10	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	10	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	0	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	0	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	0	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	THOMAS S CURREN	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	4136259151	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 450	AddressLine1Txt
City	SHELBOURNE FALLS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	01370	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (11 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
PAUL COOPER
PRESIDENT	0.50	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
TOM LUCK
VICE PRESIDENT	0.50	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JAAP MOLENAAR
TREASURER	0.50	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
OLAF THORP
DIRECTOR	0.30	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ANTHONY BORTON
DIRECTOR	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JAN CARR
DIRECTOR	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
NINA COLER
DIRECTOR	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RUAH DONNELLY
DIRECTOR	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LLOYD CRAWFORD
DIRECTOR	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BARBARA MILLER
DIRECTOR	0.30	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
THOMAS CURREN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00		Yes (X)	$101,250	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$101,250	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	0	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$548,628	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$382,716	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$931,344	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$25,143	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$25,143	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$5,835	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$56,900	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	-$51,065	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$51,065	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$51,065	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$143,932	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$118,120	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$25,812	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$25,812	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER INCOME	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$18	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$18	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$18	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$931,252	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$25,904	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$25,812	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$98,250	TotalAmt
Program Services	$78,600	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,913	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$14,737	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$428,762	TotalAmt
Program Services	$343,010	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,438	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$64,314	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,016	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,812	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,052	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,152	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$42,754	TotalAmt
Program Services	$34,203	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,138	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,413	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,500	TotalAmt
Management And General	$14,500	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,490	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$17,490	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$23,198	TotalAmt
Program Services	$17,675	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,098	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,425	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,897	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,924	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$493	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,480	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,602	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,284	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$829	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,489	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,562	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,850	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$178	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$534	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,974	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,974	ProgramServicesAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$144	TotalAmt
Program Services	$144	ProgramServicesAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,296	TotalAmt
Program Services	$13,837	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$865	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,594	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,064	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,601	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$913	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,550	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	DIRECT PROJECT EXPENSE	Desc
Total	$187,739	TotalAmt
Program Services	$187,739	ProgramServicesAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$903,248	TotalAmt
Program Services	$735,653	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$50,417	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$117,178	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$200	BOYAmt
EOY	$200	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$173,106	BOYAmt
EOY	$291,676	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$199,213	BOYAmt
EOY	$232,055	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$60,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$50,000	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$15,616	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$1,949,087	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$172,380	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,719,381	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,776,707	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,273,822	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,214,448	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$140,300	BOYAmt
EOY	$140,300	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,566,022	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,721,002	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$44,223	BOYAmt
EOY	$37,809	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$135,960	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$44,223	BOYAmt
EOY	$173,769	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,308,692	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,333,844	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$213,107	BOYAmt
EOY	$213,389	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,521,799	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,547,233	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,566,022	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,721,002	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$28,004	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$2,570	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$921,830	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,160,311	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,117,588	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,499,132	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$948,505	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,647,366	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$921,830	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,160,311	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,117,588	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,499,132	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$948,505	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,647,366	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$5,647,366	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$18,968	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$146	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$10,974	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$28,881	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$25,143	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$84,112	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$123,211	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$134,467	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$64,963	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$83,414	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$22,573	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$428,628	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$6,160,106	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.91680	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.89650	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preservation Public Use	Yes (X)	PreservationPublicUseInd
Protection Natural Habitat	Yes (X)	ProtectionNaturalHabitatInd
Preservation Open Space	Yes (X)	PreservationOpenSpaceInd
Total Easements	145	TotalEasementsCnt
Total Acreage	9052.80	TotalAcreageCnt
Modified Easements	0	ModifiedEasementsCnt
States Easements Held	1	StatesEasementsHeldCnt
Written Policy Monitoring	Yes (1)	WrittenPolicyMonitoringInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,416,683	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$1,416,683	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$442,136	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$101,646	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$340,490	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$90,268	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$70,734	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$19,534	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$1,776,707	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$928,682	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	-$2,570	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported	-$2,570	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$931,252	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$931,252	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$903,248	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$903,248	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$903,248	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART II, LINE 5:	THE ORGANIZATION FOLLOWS THE POLICY OF CAPITALIZING AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION RESTRICTIONS AT COST IF PURCHASED. DONATED AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION RESTRICTIONS ARE RETIRED WHEN RECEIVED AND ARE THEREFORE NOT REFLECTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
PART II, LINE 9:	THE ORGANIZATION FOLLOWS THE POLICY OF CAPITALIZING AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION RESTRICTIONS AT COST IF PURCHASED. DONATED AGRICULTURAL PRESERVATION RESTRICTIONS ARE RETIRED WHEN RECEIVED AND ARE THEREFORE NOT REFLECTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	BIKE TOUR	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$143,932	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$143,932	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$118,120	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$143,932	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$143,932	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$118,120	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$118,120	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$25,812	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	A COPY OF THE FORM 990 WAS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS VIA EMAIL. THE BOARD MEMBERS REVEIW THE FORM 990 AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK AT THEIR DISCRETION BEFORE THE RETURN IS FILED.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	THE CONFLICT OF INTERST DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE SIGNED ANNUALLY.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE ON FILE WITH THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C	THERE WERE NO CHANGES TO THE OVERSIGHT OR SELECTION PROCESSES DURING THE YEAR

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Related Tax Exempt Org IdRelatedTaxExemptOrgGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MASSACHUSETTS WOODLANDS INSTITUTE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 450	AddressLine1Txt
City	SHELBURNE FALLS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	01370	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	043562879	EIN
Primary Activities	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT	PrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile State	MA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Exempt Code Section	501(C)(3)	ExemptCodeSectionTxt
Public Charity Status	LINE 7	PublicCharityStatusTxt

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NO	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Controlled Organization	0	ControlledOrganizationInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts Rylts	0	ReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth Org	0	GiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth Org	0	GiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other Org	Yes (1)	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	0	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	0	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	0	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	0	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	0	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	0	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	0	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	0	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	0	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	0	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	Yes (1)	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	0	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	0	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp

Other Organization Name OtherOrganizationName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MASSACHUSETTS WOODLANDS INSTITUTE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transaction Type	D	TransactionTypeTxt
Involved	$50,000	InvolvedAmt
Method Of Amount Determination	LOAN AMOUNT	MethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt