FRANKLIN LAND TRUST INC: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: FRANKLIN LAND TRUST INC (EIN 22-2744488)
Tax period: 2016-07-01 to 2017-06-30
Filed: 2018-05-10
IRS object ID: 201821309349302612
Schema version: 2016v3.0
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 M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-05-10T12:58:37-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	020354851	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MELANSON HEATH & COMPANY PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	101 MUNSON ST SUITE 120	AddressLine1Txt
City	GREENFIELD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	01301	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2016-07-01	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	RICHARD K HUBBARD	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	4136259151	PhoneNum
Signature	2018-05-10	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	SHERYL L STEPHENS-BURKE CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00085224	PTIN
Phone	4137735405	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2022-09-23 18:48:47Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Change	Yes (X)	AddressChangeInd
Principal Officer	RICHARD K HUBBARD	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	$1,461,399	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	11	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	11	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	9	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	161	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$921,830	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,160,311	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$58,886	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$18,968	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	-$25,279	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$123,211	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$134,467	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,122,895	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,269,499	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	$516,268	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$565,025	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$94,794	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$210,830	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$404,708	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$727,098	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$969,733	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$395,797	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$299,766	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,585,780	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$3,459,182	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$437,599	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$746,963	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$2,148,181	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,712,219	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	THE FRANKLIN LAND TRUST WORKS WITH LANDOWNERS AND COMMUNITIES TO PROTECT THE FARMS, FORESTS AND OTHER NATURAL RESOURCES SIGNIFICANT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, ECONOMY AND RURAL CHARACTER OF OUR REGION.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$756,324	ExpenseAmt
Desc	DURING THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2017, THE FRANKLIN LAND TRUST ASSISTED IN THE PROTECTION OF 7 PROPERTIES TOTALING 359 ACRES. AS OF THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2017, THE FRANKLIN LAND TRUST HAS COMPLETED 390 PROJECTS, TOTALING 30,930 ACRES IN 31 TOWNS THROUGHOUT WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.FLT'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN PERMANENTLY PROTECTING 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	$756,324	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
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	0	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
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	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	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 With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	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	16	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
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	11	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	11	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
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
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	THE ORGANIZATION	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	4136259151	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5 MECHANIC STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	SHELBURNE FALLS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	01370	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (12 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
MARK ALLEN
DIRECTOR	0.30	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
JAAP MOLENAAR
DIRECTOR	0.30	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ALAN SWEDLUND
DIRECTOR	0.30	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
OLAF THORP
TREASURER	0.30	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
NORMA COLI
CLERK	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
PAUL COOPER
PRESIDENT	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
TOM LUCK
VICE PRESIDENT	0.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
HUBBARD RICHARD
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00		$76,801	$0	$5,491	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$76,801	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$5,491	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	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	$70,024	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,090,287	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$74,655	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,160,311	TotalContributionsAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$146	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$146	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$60,000	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$85,425	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	-$25,425	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$25,425	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$25,425	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$238,772	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$106,475	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$132,297	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$132,297	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER INCOME	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$2,170	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$2,170	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$2,170	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,269,499	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	-$23,255	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$132,443	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$83,465	TotalAmt
Program Services	$58,426	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,693	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$8,346	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$407,599	TotalAmt
Program Services	$338,698	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,731	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$60,170	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,142	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,428	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$216	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,498	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$23,952	TotalAmt
Program Services	$19,826	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$618	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,508	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$39,867	TotalAmt
Program Services	$32,293	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,993	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,581	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$42,861	TotalAmt
Management And General	$42,861	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$23,011	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,707	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,086	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,218	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$30,055	TotalAmt
Management And General	$30,055	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,805	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,132	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$440	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,233	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,193	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,546	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$960	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,687	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,057	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,526	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$403	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,128	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,831	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,567	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$3,264	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$714	TotalAmt
Management And General	$714	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$25,446	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,612	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,272	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,562	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,143	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,406	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$457	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,280	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
DIRECT PROJECT EXPENSES	$225,857	$225,857
DUES	$3,024	$2,029	$995
MISCELLANEOUS	$2,311	$1,871	$324	$116
STEWARDSHIP	$1,400	$1,400

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$969,733	TotalAmt
Program Services	$756,324	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$118,615	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$94,794	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$235,008	BOYAmt
EOY	$195,077	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$24,100	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,066,987	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$120,192	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$136,275	BOYAmt
EOY	$124,000	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$1,740,458	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$117,933	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,649,649	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,622,525	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$208,731	BOYAmt
EOY	$300,293	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$211,825	BOYAmt
EOY	$150,300	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,585,780	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,459,182	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,468	BOYAmt
EOY	$19,465	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$27,797	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$705,000	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$15,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$20,000	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$386,334	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,498	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$437,599	BOYAmt
EOY	$746,963	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,837,773	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,257,790	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$310,408	BOYAmt
EOY	$454,429	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,148,181	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,712,219	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,585,780	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,459,182	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$299,766	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$26,519	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$237,753	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
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	$965,203	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$885,433	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$618,115	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$921,830	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,160,311	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,550,892	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$965,203	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$885,433	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$618,115	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$921,830	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,160,311	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,550,892	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$144,559	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$4,406,333	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$6,355	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$24,612	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$55,384	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$18,968	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$146	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$105,465	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$152,190	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$112,580	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$93,260	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$123,211	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$134,467	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$615,708	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$5,272,065	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$106,753	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.83580	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.76810	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	134	TotalEasementsCnt
Total Acreage	8655.00	TotalAcreageCnt
Historic Structure Easements	0	HistoricStructureEasementsCnt
Historic Strctr Easements Aftr	0	HistoricStrctrEasementsAftrCnt
Modified Easements	0	ModifiedEasementsCnt
States Easements Held	1	StatesEasementsHeldCnt
Written Policy Monitoring	Yes (1)	WrittenPolicyMonitoringInd
Staff Hours Spent Enforcement	3403.00	StaffHoursSpentEnforcementCnt
Expenses Incurred Enforcement	$79,534	ExpensesIncurredEnforcementAmt
Section170h Rqr Stsfd	Yes (1)	Section170hRqrStsfdInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Investment Cost Or Other Basis	$188,150	InvestmentCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$981,201	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$1,169,351	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$501,635	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$57,433	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$444,202	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$69,472	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$60,500	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$8,972	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$1,622,525	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER LIABILITIES	Desc
Amt	$2,498	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$2,498	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,296,018	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$26,519	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$26,519	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$1,269,499	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$1,269,499	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$969,733	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$0	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$969,733	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$969,733	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 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.
PART X, LINE 2:	FRANKLIN LAND TRUST, INC. IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAX UNDER SECTION 501(A) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AS AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 510(C)(3). THE ORGANIZATION HAS ALSO BEEN CLASSIFIED AS AN ENTITY THAT IS NOT A PRIVATE FOUNDATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 509(A) AND QUALIFIES FOR DEDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS. THE ORGANIZATION FOLLOWS FASB ASC 740-10, ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES, WHICH CLARIFIES THE ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES AND PRESCRIBES A RECOGNITION THRESHOLD AND MEASUREMENT ATTRIBUTE FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENT RECOGNITION AND MEASUREMENT OF TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN A TAX RETURN. FASB ASC 740-10 DID NOT HAVE A MATERIAL IMPACT ON THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE ORGANIZATION'S FEDERAL FORM 990 (RETURN OF ORGANIZATION EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX) ARE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE IRS, GENERALLY FOR THREE YEARS AFTER FILING. THE ORGANIZATION RECOGNIZES INTEREST RELATED TO UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS IN INTEREST EXPENSE AND PENALTIES THAT ARE INCLUDED WITHIN REPORTING EXPENSES. DURING THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2017, THE ORGANIZATION HAD NO INTEREST OR PENALTIES ACCRUED RELATED TO UNRECOGNIZED TAX BENEFITS.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	BIKE TOUR	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$201,964	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$201,964	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$96,782	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	GOLF TOURNAMENT	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$36,808	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$36,808	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$9,693	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$238,772	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$238,772	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$106,475	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$106,475	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$132,297	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	4	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$15,835	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	AVERAGE SHARE PRICE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Real Estate Residential RealEstateResidentialGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$56,900	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	APPRAISAL	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Desc	VARIOUS ITEMS	Desc
Contribution	0	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$1,920	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	ESTIMATED VALUE	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	0	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	0	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

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 REVIEW THE 990 AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK AT THEIR DISCRETION BEFORE THE RETURN IS FILED.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	CONFLICT OF INTEREST 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, PAGE 12, PART XII, LINE 12C	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SELECTS AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO AUDIT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE THEN REVIEWED BY THE BOARD PRIOR TO COMPLETION.

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 (2 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxt	InvolvedInvolvedAmt	Method Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
MASSACHUSETTS WOODLANDS INSTITUTE
Q	$17,154	ACTUAL COSTS
MASSACHUSETTS WOODLANDS INSTITUTE
D	$93,000	LOAN AMOUNT