FRANKLIN LAND TRUST INC: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization: FRANKLIN LAND TRUST INC (EIN 22-2744488)
Tax period: 2014-07-01 to 2015-06-30
Filed: 2016-03-15
IRS object ID: 201640769349300104
Schema version: 2014v6.0
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 L
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2016-03-15T00:00:00-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-06-30	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	51 DAVIS STREET SUITE 1	AddressLine1Txt
City	GREENFIELD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	01301	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2014-07-01	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	5 MECHANIC STREET 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	2016-02-22	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	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-08-17 19:52:53Z	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	5 MECHANIC STREET PO BOX 450	AddressLine1Txt
City	SHELBURNE FALLS	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	01370	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,788,890	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	13	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	13	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	10	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	140	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$885,433	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$618,115	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$2,754	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$29,413	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$24,612	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$55,384	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$112,580	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$93,260	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,025,379	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$796,172	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	$512,134	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$497,919	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$160,341	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$317,691	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$293,992	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$829,825	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$791,911	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$195,554	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$4,261	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$2,463,121	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,807,404	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$714,998	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$1,055,020	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,748,123	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,752,384	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	$570,394	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$29,413	RevenueAmt
Desc	DURING THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2015, THE FRANKLIN LAND TRUST ASSISTED IN THE PROTECTION OF 5 PROPERTIES TOTALING 286 ACRES. AS OF THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2015, THE FRANKLIN LAND TRUST HAS COMPLETED 361 PROJECTS, TOTALING 28,982 ACRES IN 29 TOWNS THROUGHOUT WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$570,394	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	Yes (1)	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	0	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	Yes (1)	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	13	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	10	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	13	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	13	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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	RICHARD HUBBARD	PersonNm
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 (14 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 COLAR
DIRECTOR	0.30	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
RUAH DONNELLY
DIRECTOR	0.30	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MICHAEL MCCUSKER
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
CHARLES COHN
TREASURER	0.30	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
HUBBARD RICHARD
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	40.00		$73,107	$0	$5,314	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$73,107	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$5,314	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
All Other Contributions	$618,115	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$618,115	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	STEWARDSHIP	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$29,413	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$29,413	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$29,413	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,640	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$2,640	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$974,391	OtherAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$921,647	OtherAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other	$52,744	OtherAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$52,744	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$52,744	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$157,581	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$71,071	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$86,510	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$86,510	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	OTHER INCOME	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$6,750	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$6,750	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$6,750	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$796,172	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$88,907	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$89,150	ExclusionAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$78,144	TotalAmt
Program Services	$54,700	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,907	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$19,537	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$344,992	TotalAmt
Program Services	$221,327	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$29,589	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$94,076	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,537	TotalAmt
Program Services	$5,654	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$680	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,203	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$21,692	TotalAmt
Program Services	$15,184	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,085	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$5,423	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$44,554	TotalAmt
Program Services	$28,507	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,337	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11,710	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$12,025	TotalAmt
Management And General	$12,025	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$49,416	TotalAmt
Program Services	$49,416	ProgramServicesAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,032	TotalAmt
Program Services	$3,522	ProgramServicesAmt
Fundraising	$1,510	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$48,167	TotalAmt
Program Services	$28,776	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,785	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$16,606	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,317	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,653	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$666	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,998	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$22,238	TotalAmt
Program Services	$18,902	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$890	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,446	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,733	TotalAmt
Program Services	$9,733	ProgramServicesAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$28,065	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,488	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,929	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,648	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$8,998	TotalAmt
Program Services	$7,198	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$900	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$900	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
DIRECT PROJECT EXPENSES	$84,261	$84,261
STEWARDSHIP	$7,823	$7,823
DUES	$4,407	$4,187	$220
MISCELLANEOUS	$510	$63	$64	$383

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$791,911	TotalAmt
Program Services	$570,394	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$61,176	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$160,341	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$115,538	BOYAmt
EOY	$309,430	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$282,897	BOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$61,600	BOYAmt
EOY	$39,000	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$128,759	BOYAmt
EOY	$602,933	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$137,775	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$1,612,892	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$65,172	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,452,473	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,547,720	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$100,765	BOYAmt
EOY	$98,619	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$321,089	BOYAmt
EOY	$71,927	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,463,121	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,807,404	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,360	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,681	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$73,588	BOYAmt
EOY	$86,948	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$495,050	BOYAmt
EOY	$540,000	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$136,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$419,391	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$714,998	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,055,020	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,657,977	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,620,394	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$90,146	BOYAmt
EOY	$131,990	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,748,123	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,752,384	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$2,463,121	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,807,404	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$4,261	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
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	$382,832	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$614,735	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$965,203	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$885,433	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$618,115	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,466,318	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$382,832	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$614,735	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$965,203	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$885,433	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$618,115	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,466,318	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$524,276	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$2,942,042	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$32,785	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$14,459	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,355	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$24,612	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$55,384	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$133,595	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$38,242	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$74,428	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$152,190	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$112,580	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$93,260	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$470,700	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$4,070,613	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$91,648	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.72280	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.69320	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	128	TotalEasementsCnt
Total Acreage	8154.00	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	4890.00	StaffHoursSpentEnforcementCnt
Expenses Incurred Enforcement	$100,267	ExpensesIncurredEnforcementAmt

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,035,273	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$1,035,273	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$488,908	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$24,203	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$464,705	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$58,969	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$40,969	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$18,000	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$29,742	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$29,742	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$1,547,720	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	AmtAmt
OTHER LIABILITIES	$10,475
REVOLVING LOAN FUNDS	$140,000
PROJECT FUNDS RECEIVED IN ADVANCE	$260,808
COMPENSATED ABSENCES	$8,108

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$419,391	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$867,243	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Revenue	$71,071	OtherRevenueAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$71,071	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$796,172	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$796,172	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$862,982	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Other Expenses Included	$71,071	OtherExpensesIncludedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$71,071	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$791,911	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$791,911	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (3 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
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.
PART XI, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	DIRECT EXPENSES RELATING TO SPECIAL EVENTS & ACTIVITIES REPORTED ON PAGE 9
PART XII, LINE 2D - OTHER ADJUSTMENTS:	DIRECT EXPENSES RELATING TO SPECIAL EVENTS & ACTIVITIES REPORTED ON PAGE 9

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	BIKE TOUR	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$149,919	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$149,919	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$63,494	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Other Events Total	2	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$7,662	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$7,662	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$7,577	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$157,581	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$157,581	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$71,071	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$71,071	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$86,510	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp

Name Of Interested NameOfInterested

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	CHARLES COHN	PersonNm

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship Description	TREASURER	RelationshipDescriptionTxt
Transaction	THE TREASURER IS ALSO THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL ADVISOR FOR THEIR FIDELITY AND VANGUARD BANK ACCOUNTS. AS THE ORGANIZATION'S FINANCIAL ADVISOR, HE RECEIVES NO COMPENSATION FOR HIS SERVICES.	TransactionDesc
Sharing Of Revenues	0	SharingOfRevenuesInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (4 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11	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	0	LoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth Org	0	LoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related Organization	0	DivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other Org	0	AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other Org	0	AssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset Exchange	0	AssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth Org	0	RentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth Org	0	RentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth Org	0	PerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other Org	0	PerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of Facilities	0	SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees Sharing	0	PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other Org	0	ReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other Org	Yes (1)	ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other Org	0	TransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other Org	0	TransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp

Other Organization Name OtherOrganizationName

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Transaction Type	Q	TransactionTypeTxt
Involved	$99,411	InvolvedAmt
Method Of Amount Determination	ACTUAL COSTS	MethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt