PLACER LAND TRUST: Form 990, tax year 2016

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Organization: PLACER LAND TRUST (EIN 68-0223143)
Tax period: 2016-07-01 to 2017-06-30
Filed: 2018-03-08
IRS object ID: 201810679349300111
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 C
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule M
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2018-03-08T08:54:52-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MICHAEL SHIMIZU CPA	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	433 GLADSTONE CT	AddressLine1Txt
City	ROSEVILLE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	957476468	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	680223143	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	PLAC	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	5308879222	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	11641 BLOCKER DRIVE	AddressLine1Txt
City	AUBURN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	95603	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	FRED YEAGER	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	5308879222	PhoneNum
Signature	2017-09-07	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	MICHAEL SHIMIZU	PreparerPersonNm
Phone	9169103439	PhoneNum
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	104.220.153.5	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2018-03-08	IPDt
IP Tm	08:54:33	IPTm
IP Timezone	PS	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	6C9B1A35775087DBDB8A6D25ECA509C7F6C27838	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	6C9B1A35775087DBDB8A6D25ECA509C7F6C27838	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2016	TaxYr
Build TS	2021-01-29 14:40:06Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	JEFF DARLINGTON	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	11641 Blocker Drive Suite 220	AddressLine1Txt
City	Auburn	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	95603	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$3,075,006	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.placerlandtrust.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1991	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	CA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	LAND CONSERVATION	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	9	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	9	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	10	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	200	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,645,010	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,345,570	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$263,488	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$260,419	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$310,421	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$133,034	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$25,080	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$40,568	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,243,999	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,779,591	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$589,409	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$585,068	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$85,034	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$413,314	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$343,649	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,002,723	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$928,717	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,241,276	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$850,874	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$68,986,961	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$70,608,382	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$2,517,611	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$2,625,015	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$66,469,350	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$67,983,367	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	LAND CONSERVATION	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$589,087	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$262,011	RevenueAmt
Desc	THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF PLACER LAND TRUST (PLT) IS TO PROTECT AGRICULTURAL AND NATURAL LAND FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE PLACER COUNTY REGION THROUGH ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT OF LAND AND/OR CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. OVER THIS FISCAL YEAR PLT HAS PROTECTED AN ADDITIONAL 362 ACRES THROUGH FOUR PROJECTS, BRINGING THE CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF LAND PROTECTED TO NEARLY 8,500 ACRES. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR INCLUDE PROTECTION OF 1) SEVERAL PROPERTIES OWNED BY PG&E OR OTHER PARTNERS TO KEEP FOR PERPETUITY OUTDOOR RECREATION, OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION, SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY AND/OR PROTECTION OF NATURAL, HISTORIC, AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, AT THE SAME TIME AS CONTINUATION OF HYDROELECTRIC PRODUCTION, AND 2) THE FOURTH OF FIVE PARCELS OF AN HISTORIC COMMERCIAL BEEF CATTLE RANCH IN PLACER COUNTY THAT HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE 1859.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$13,537	ExpenseAmt
Desc	HABITAT STEWARDSHIP AND ENHANCEMENT-PLACER LAND TRUST ACTIVELY MANAGES PROPERTIES IT OWNS TO ENSURE PUBLIC BENEFIT IS PROTECTED FOR NOW AND FOREVER. WHERE AND WHEN CONDITIONS AND FUNDING ALLOW, WE WORK TO ENHANCE THE PUBLIC VALUE OF OUR PROPERTIES BY RESTORING WILDLIFE HABITAT, CONTROLLING NON-NATIVE INVASIVE WEEDS, REDUCING FUEL LOADS, IMPROVING PUBLIC ACCESS, ETC. FOR EXAMPLE, WE OWN VERNAL POOL PRESERVES IN WESTERN PLACER COUNTY INCLUDING DOTY RAVINE AND SWAINSONS' GRASSLAND PRESERVES, ON WHI	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$90,114	ExpenseAmt
Desc	WE BELIEVE THAT TIME SPENT IN NATURE GREATLY IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE AND RESEARCH SUPPORTS ITS MANY HEALTH BENEFITS. WE FOCUS ON CREATING OPPORTUNITIES THAT INCREASE ACCESS TO THE OUTDOORS ON OUR PRESERVES, INCLUDING 1) BUILDING OF TRAILS FOR HIKING, RUNNING, MOUNTAIN BIKING, AND HORSEBACK RIDING; 2) DOCENT-LED HIKES AND TOURS; AND 3) LAND STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SCOTCH BROOM CLEARING, TREE PLANTING, OR TRAIL MAINTENANCE. OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS ARE PRIMARILY VOLUNTEER-LED, AND TARGETED TO	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$692,738	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (true)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	Yes (true)	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (true)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	Yes (true)	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (true)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (true)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	Yes (true)	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Transaction With Control Ent	false	TransactionWithControlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	17	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	10	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (true)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	9	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	9	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
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	5308879222	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	11641 BLOCKER DRIVE SUITE 220	AddressLine1Txt
City	AUBURN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	CA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	95603	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (12 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
FRED YEAGER
PRESIDENT	4.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KEELA CLARK
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RICH FERRERIA
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROBERT GILLIOM
TREASURER	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JIM HAAGEN-SMIT
SECRETARY	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KAREN KEENE
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BARBARA BRENNER
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MEHREY VAGHTI
VICE PRESIDENT	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DOUG HOUSTON
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JEFF DARLINGTON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00		Yes (X)	$111,727	$0	$3,352
CHARLES LEININGER
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOHN MARIN
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$111,727	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$3,352	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd
All Other Contributions	$1,345,570	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$305,287	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,345,570	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt
CONVEYANCE FEES	900099	$205,184
GRAZING LEASES	900099	$40,235
MITIGATION FUNDING	900099	$15,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$260,419	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$156,043	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$156,043	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$1,239,115	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$1,262,124	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	-$23,009	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-$23,009	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	-$23,009	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$72,267	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$33,291	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$38,976	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$38,976	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Insurance reimbursement	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$1,592	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,592	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$1,592	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,779,591	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$262,011	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$172,010	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$111,727	TotalAmt
Program Services	$86,734	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,368	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$12,625	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$394,534	TotalAmt
Program Services	$306,277	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$43,675	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$44,582	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,034	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,118	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,443	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,473	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$26,460	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,541	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,929	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,990	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$39,313	TotalAmt
Program Services	$30,519	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,352	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,442	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,212	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,212	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$42,498	TotalAmt
Program Services	$29,918	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$12,580	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$55,484	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$55,484	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,767	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,912	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,413	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,442	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,022	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,228	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$888	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$906	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$40,990	TotalAmt
Program Services	$31,821	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,537	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,632	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,895	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,434	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$461	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$7,647	TotalAmt
Program Services	$6,762	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$346	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$539	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,404	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,901	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,503	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,985	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,633	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,659	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,693	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
RESTORATION	$10,474	$10,474	$0	$0
TRAIL DEVELOPMENT	$24,425	$24,425	$0	$0
COMMUNITY OUTREACH	$30,856	$30,856	$0	$0
REAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT	$19,294	$19,294	$0	$0

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$49,696	TotalAmt
Program Services	$35,679	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,768	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,249	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$928,717	TotalAmt
Program Services	$692,738	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$150,945	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$85,034	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,075	BOYAmt
EOY	$775	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$666,631	BOYAmt
EOY	$931,406	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$119,950	BOYAmt
EOY	$129,368	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,274	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,795	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$187,374	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$93,457	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$100,215	BOYAmt
EOY	$93,917	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,622,575	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,683,085	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$61,473,241	BOYAmt
EOY	$61,764,036	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$68,986,961	BOYAmt
EOY	$70,608,382	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$604,441	BOYAmt
EOY	$673,968	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$41,979	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,170	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,068	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,904,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,904,000	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,517,611	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,625,015	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,360,935	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,438,714	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$5,138,965	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,068,369	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$59,969,450	BOYAmt
EOY	$60,476,284	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$66,469,350	BOYAmt
EOY	$67,983,367	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$68,986,961	BOYAmt
EOY	$70,608,382	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$850,874	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$663,143	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	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 (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	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	$1,057,393	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$843,679	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$805,853	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,540,010	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$929,632	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,176,567	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,057,393	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$843,679	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$805,853	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,540,010	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$929,632	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,176,567	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$1,201,717	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$3,974,850	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$181,060	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$818,947	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$212,568	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$415,717	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$196,278	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,824,570	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$7,001,137	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.56770	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.54750	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind
Public Support Total509	$0	PublicSupportTotal509Amt
Public Support CY509	0	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0	InvestmentIncomeCYPct

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 C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Volunteers	false	VolunteersInd
Paid Staff Or Management	false	PaidStaffOrManagementInd
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisementsInd
Mailings Members	false	MailingsMembersInd
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcastInd
Grants Other Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsOtherOrganizationsInd
Grants Other Organizations	$5,000	GrantsOtherOrganizationsAmt
Direct Contact Legislators	false	DirectContactLegislatorsInd
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrationsInd
Other Activities	false	OtherActivitiesInd
Total Lobbying Expenditures	$5,000	TotalLobbyingExpendituresAmt
Not Described Section501c3	false	NotDescribedSection501c3Ind

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Pt II-B Line 1	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	Placer Land Trust issued a grant to another tax-exempt organization for the purpose of the other organization conducting lobbying activities.	ExplanationTxt

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	22	TotalEasementsCnt
Total Acreage	3665.0	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 (true)	WrittenPolicyMonitoringInd
Staff Hours Spent Enforcement	239	StaffHoursSpentEnforcementCnt
Expenses Incurred Enforcement	$3,787	ExpensesIncurredEnforcementAmt
Section170h Rqr Stsfd	Yes (true)	Section170hRqrStsfdInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$623,325	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$285,987	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$53,473	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$3,745	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$959,040	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$632,703	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,550	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$7,065	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$3,863	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$623,325	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$631,103	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$100	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$2,810	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$1,310	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$632,703	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$582,570	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$145	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$50,174	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$1,786	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$631,103	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$545,069	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$7,545	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$31,231	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$1,275	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$582,570	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.29000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.46000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.25000	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (true)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	false	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$147,859	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$76,436	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$71,423	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$39,515	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$17,021	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$22,494	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$93,917	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
REAL PROPERTY	$30,677,070
CONSERVATION EASEMENTS	$31,086,966

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$61,764,036	TotalBookValueOtherAssetsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	DUE TO OTHER AGENCIES	Desc
Amt	$1,904,000	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$1,904,000	TotalLiabilityAmt
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,420,541	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$663,143	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Other Revenue	$33,291	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$696,434	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$1,724,107	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$55,484	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$55,484	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$1,779,591	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$906,524	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$33,291	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$33,291	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$873,233	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$55,484	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$55,484	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$928,717	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt II, Line 9	THE ORGANIZATION CAPITALIZES CONSERVATION EASEMENTS IN ITS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. EASEMENTS ARE CAPITALIZED AT ACQUISITION COST (INCLUDING PRE-ACQUISITION EXPENSES) WHILE CONTRIBUTED EASEMENTS ARE CAPITALIZED AT THEIR ESTIMATED FAIR MARKET VALUE AT THE DATE OF ACQUISITION.
Pt II, Line 5	THE ORGANIZATION HAS A WRITTEN POLICY THAT IT WILL MONITOR THE LEGAL COMPLIANCE OF EASEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH EACH EASEMENT AGREEMENT. THE POLICY INCLUDES STEPS FOR MONITORING, INSPECTION, AND ENFORCEMENT OF PROVISIONS.
Pt II, Line 3	NO CHANGES
Pt V, Line 4	ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE USED TO FUND LAND CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES AS SPECIFIED BY DONOR RESTRICTION OR DESIGNATION BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Pt XI, Line 2d	EVENT DIRECT EXPENSES
Pt XII, Line 2d	EVENT DIRECT EXPENSES

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	CONSERVATOR	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$72,267	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$72,267	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Non Cash Prizes Event1	$8,291	NonCashPrizesEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$17,007	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$7,993	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$72,267	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$72,267	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Events	$8,291	NonCashPrizesTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$17,007	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$7,993	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$33,291	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$38,976	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Clothing And Household Goods ClothingAndHouseholdGoodsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$8,291	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	ESTIMATED FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Qualified Contrib Other QualifiedContribOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	3	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$290,796	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	ESTIMATED FMV	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	ContributionContributionCnt	Noncash Contributions Rpt F990NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt	Method Of Determining RevenuesMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
DONATED RADIO TIME	1	$5,000	ESTIMATED FMV
VIDEOGRAPHY SERVICES	1	$1,200	ESTIMATED FMV

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

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (7 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Pt XII, Line 2c	NO CHANGE IN THE OVERSIGHT PROCESS THIS YEAR.
Pt VI, Line 11b	A DRAFT OF THE FORM 990 IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BEFORE IT IS FILED.
Pt VI, Line 12c	ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMPLETE AN ANNUAL QUESTIONNAIRE TO MONITOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY.
Pt VI, Line 15a	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMPLETES AN ANNUAL EVALUATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S PERFORMANCE WITH INPUT FROM VARIOUS SOURCES, INCLUDING STAFF, ORGANIZATION VOLUNTEERS, AND SUPPORTERS OF THE ORGANIZATION. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS COMPARES COMPENSATION TO COMPENSATION OF SIMILAR ORGANIZATION AS IS AVAILABLE. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DISCUSSES PROPOSED ADJUSTMENTS AND VOTES ON A COMPENSATION AMOUNT. THESE DISCUSSIONS ARE DOCUMENTED IN MINUTES.
Pt VI, Line 18	THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS FORM 990 AND RELATED DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
Pt VI, Line 19	THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
Pt XII, Line 2c	THIS PROCESS DID NOT CHANGE FROM LAST YEAR.