PLACER LAND TRUST: Form 990, tax year 2015

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Organization: PLACER LAND TRUST (EIN 68-0223143)
Tax period: 2015-07-01 to 2016-06-30
Filed: 2017-02-02
IRS object ID: 201730339349300823
Schema version: 2015v3.0
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	2017-02-02T16:56:30-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2016-06-30	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	2015-07-01	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	2016-10-21	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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2015	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	$3,429,510	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	10	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	10	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	8	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	150	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$805,853	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,645,010	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$199,054	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$263,488	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$212,568	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$310,421	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$23,600	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$25,080	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,241,075	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$2,243,999	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$512,334	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$589,409	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$61,470	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$449,241	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$413,314	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$961,575	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$1,002,723	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$279,500	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$1,241,276	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$69,480,313	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$68,986,961	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$3,836,038	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$2,517,611	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$65,644,275	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$66,469,350	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	LAND CONSERVATION	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$725,174	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$263,488	RevenueAmt
Desc	THE ORGANIZATION ACQUIRES AND MANAGES LAND, AND ACQUIRES AND MONITORS CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, IN THE PLACER COUNTY REGION FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ORGANIZATION OWNS VERNAL POOL PRESERVES IN WESTERN PLACER COUNTY INCLUDING DOTY RAVINE PRESERVE AND SWAINSONS GRASSLAND PRESERVE, ON WHICH IT PROTECTS ENDANGERED SPECIES, CONTROLS NON-NATIVE INVASIVE SPECIES, RESTORES AND ENHANCES VERNAL POOL AND ASSOCIATED HABITAT, REDUCES FUEL LOADS, AND CONDUCTS EDUCATIONAL TOURS. AS ANOTHER EXAMPLE, THE ORGANIZATION OWNS CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON OAK WOODLANDS PRESERVES IN CENTRAL PLACER COUNTY INCLUDING LIBERTY RANCH BIG HILL PRESERVE AND BETTENCOURT PRESERVE ON WHICH IT PROTECTS HABITAT AND BIODIVERSITY BY MONITORING AND ENFORCING THE TERMS OF PERPETUAL CONSERVATION EASEMENTS THAT RESTRICT DEVELOPMENT, DEFORESTATION, AND OTHER LAND USES THAT ARE HARMFUL TO THE PRESERVES' CONSERVATION VALUES.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$41,558	ExpenseAmt
Desc	PLACER LAND TRUST BUILDS NEW TRAILS AND MAINTAINS EXISTING ONES FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES SUCH AS HIKING, RUNNING, MOUNTAIN BIKING, AND HORSEBACK RIDING ON DESIGNATED PROPERTIES UNDER OUR JURISDICTION. WE ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN BUILDING 20 MILES OF NEW TRAILS THROUGH 3,000 ACRES OF PERMANENTLY PROTECTED WILDERNESS IN THE SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS. WE BELIEVE THAT TIME SPENT IN NATURE GREATLY IMPROVES QUALITY OF LIFE, CAN HAVE HEALTH BENEFITS SUCH AS REDUCING ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION, AND INCREASIN	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expenses	$766,732	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	false	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	19	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	8	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	10	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	10	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 (15 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
TOM MCMAHAN
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
RICH FERRERIA
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROBERT GILLIOM
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JIM HAAGEN-SMIT
SECRETARY	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
GREGG MCKENZIE
TREASURER	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
LARRY WELCH
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MEHREY VAGHTI
VICE PRESIDENT	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BARBARA BRENNER
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LARRY MENTH
TREASURER	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DOUG HOUSTON
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
GINA GIAMBRUNO
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JEFF DARLINGTON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00		Yes (X)	$102,300	$0	$3,069
CHARLES LEININGER
DIRECTOR	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOHN MARIN
DIRECTOR	2	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$102,300	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$3,069	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
Government Grants	$565,000	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,080,010	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$142,636	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,645,010	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt
CONVEYANCE FEES	900099	$166,937
GRAZING LEASES	900099	$36,551
MITIGATION FUNDING	900099	$60,000

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$263,488	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$152,229	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$152,229	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$1,325,683	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$1,167,491	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$158,192	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$158,192	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$158,192	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$43,100	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$18,020	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$25,080	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$25,080	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,243,999	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$263,488	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$335,501	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$122,523	TotalAmt
Program Services	$98,263	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$14,507	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$9,753	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$393,666	TotalAmt
Program Services	$315,720	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$46,610	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$31,336	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,620	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,518	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,257	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$845	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,939	TotalAmt
Program Services	$18,397	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,716	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,826	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$39,661	TotalAmt
Program Services	$31,808	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,696	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,157	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$23,431	TotalAmt
Program Services	$23,431	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,226	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,226	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$42,178	TotalAmt
Program Services	$21,714	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$20,464	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$51,245	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$51,245	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,673	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,173	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,093	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,407	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,164	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,164	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,686	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$314	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$41,372	TotalAmt
Program Services	$33,180	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,899	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,293	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,627	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,627	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$0	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,789	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,732	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,336	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$721	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$287	TotalAmt
Program Services	$0	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$287	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,748	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,720	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,028	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$16,070	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,888	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,903	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,279	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
RESTORATION	$28,839	$28,839	$0	$0
TRAIL DEVELOPMENT	$41,558	$41,558	$0	$0
COMMUNITY OUTREACH	$36,698	$36,698	$0	$0
REAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT	$25,484	$25,484	$0	$0

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$35,925	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,592	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$13,794	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,539	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,002,723	TotalAmt
Program Services	$766,732	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$174,521	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$61,470	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,464	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,075	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$622,108	BOYAmt
EOY	$666,631	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$92,478	BOYAmt
EOY	$119,950	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,289	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,274	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$180,705	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$80,490	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$89,435	BOYAmt
EOY	$100,215	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,552,200	BOYAmt
EOY	$6,622,575	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$62,118,339	BOYAmt
EOY	$61,473,241	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$69,480,313	BOYAmt
EOY	$68,986,961	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$477,288	BOYAmt
EOY	$604,441	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,750	BOYAmt
EOY	$3,000	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$6,170	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,355,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,904,000	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,836,038	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,517,611	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,674,804	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,360,935	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,906,811	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,138,965	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$59,062,660	BOYAmt
EOY	$59,969,450	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$65,644,275	BOYAmt
EOY	$66,469,350	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$69,480,313	BOYAmt
EOY	$68,986,961	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$1,241,276	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$416,201	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	$741,783	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,057,393	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$843,679	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$805,853	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,540,010	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,988,718	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$741,783	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,057,393	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$843,679	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$805,853	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,540,010	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,988,718	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$1,361,717	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$3,627,001	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$159,376	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$181,060	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$818,947	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$212,568	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$263,488	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$1,635,439	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$6,624,157	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.54750	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.50150	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	19	TotalEasementsCnt
Total Acreage	3380.0	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	$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 Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

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 Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

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 Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

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

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$532,658	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$2,000	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$10,857	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$446	OtherExpendituresAmt
End Year Balance	$545,069	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.31000	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.34000	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.35000	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	$141,190	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$68,002	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$73,188	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$39,515	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$12,488	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$27,027	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$100,215	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Assets Org OtherAssetsOrgGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt
REAL PROPERTY	$30,677,070
CONSERVATION EASEMENTS	$30,796,171

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Other Assets	$61,473,241	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	$1,794,573	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	-$416,201	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Other Revenue	$18,020	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	-$398,181	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$2,192,754	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	$51,245	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$51,245	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$2,243,999	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$969,498	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$18,020	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$18,020	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$951,478	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld2	$51,245	InvestmentExpensesNotIncld2Amt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$51,245	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$1,002,723	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	$43,100	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$43,100	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$1,400	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$6,888	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$6,150	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$3,582	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$43,100	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$43,100	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$1,400	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$6,888	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$6,150	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$3,582	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$18,020	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$25,080	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Qualified Contrib Other QualifiedContribOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	2	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$142,636	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	APPRAISALS AND ESTIMATES	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	2	Form8283ReceivedCnt
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.