MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC: Form 990, tax year 2014

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Organization: MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC (EIN 04-2104702)
Tax period: 2014-07-01 to 2015-06-30
Filed: 2015-11-12
IRS object ID: 201523169349302162
Schema version: 2014v5.0
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 F
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule L
Schedule M
Schedule O
Schedule R

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2015-11-12T10:47:05-06:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2015-06-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	042571780	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ALEXANDER ARONSON FINNING & CO PC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	21 EAST MAIN STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	WESTBORO	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	01581	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	042104702	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	MASS	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	7812599500	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	208 SOUTH GREAT ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	LINCOLN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	01773	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	GARY R CLAYTON	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	7812599500	PhoneNum
Signature	2015-11-12	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	JOHN BUCKLEY CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00830631	PTIN
Phone	5083669100	PhoneNum
Preparation	2015-11-12	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2014	TaxYr
Build TS	2016-02-25 16:41:14Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	GARY R CLAYTON	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	208 SOUTH GREAT ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	LINCOLN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	01773	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$35,535,509	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	HTTP://WWW.MASSAUDUBON.ORG/	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1896	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	LAND & HABITAT CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	26	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	26	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	1117	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	12300	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$351,763	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$267,078	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$18,006,593	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$15,714,071	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$7,188,976	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$7,554,506	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$3,138,315	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$4,528,005	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$1,241,524	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$1,269,553	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$29,575,408	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$29,066,135	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$191,441	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$246,985	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$17,114,454	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$18,328,283	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$26,999	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$30,923	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$1,730,885	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$7,427,731	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$7,899,222	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$24,760,625	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$26,505,413	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$4,814,783	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$2,560,722	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$243,744,134	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$242,474,582	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$9,093,358	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$11,190,528	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$234,650,776	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$231,284,054	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	TO PROTECT THE NATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS FOR PEOPLE AND FOR WILDLIFE THROUGH EDUCATION, LAND CONSERVATION, ADVOCACY, AND HABITAT STEWARDSHIP.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$17,642,254	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$246,985	GrantAmt
Revenue	$7,078,006	RevenueAmt
Desc	ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARY STEWARDSHIP: MASS AUDUBON MAINTAINS 25 FIELD OFFICES AND STAFFED WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES (INCLUDING 19 SANCTUARIES WITH NATURE CENTERS) AND AN ADDITIONAL 31 UNSTAFFED WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES WHICH ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC VISITATION. MASS AUDUBON SANCTUARIES SERVE AS THE BASE FOR NATURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION COURSES AND PROGRAMS, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT AND OTHER CONSERVATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES. AS OF JUNE 30, 2015, MASS AUDUBON PROTECTS 35,755 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE IN MASSACHUSETTS, OWNING APPROXIMATELY 30,191 ACRES IN FEE AND PROTECTING THE REMAINDER WITH CONSERVATION EASEMENTS. THESE DIVERSE PROTECTED HABITATS RANGE FROM THE BERKSHIRES TO CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS AND HELP PRESERVE THE BIODIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS. MASS AUDUBON ACTIVELY PURSUES DONATIONS AND PURCHASES OF ADDITIONAL CONSERVATION LAND AND IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CONSERVATION LANDOWNERS IN THE COMMONWEALTH. AN ESTIMATED 425,000 VISITORS CAME TO ENJOY MASS AUDUBON PROPERTIES IN FY 2015.MASS AUDUBON IS THE LARGEST NON-GOVERNMENTAL PROVIDER OF NATURE EDUCATION IN THE STATE. MASS AUDUBON DEVELOPS EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY MATERIALS FOR STUDENTS, TEACHERS, LEGISLATORS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. IN FY 2015, MASS AUDUBON TAUGHT NATURE PROGRAMS TO MORE THAN 202,000 CHILDREN AND ADULTS, ENROLLED 9,500 CHILDREN IN ITS DAY AND RESIDENTIAL NATURE CAMPS, AND CONDUCTED SCIENCE/NATURE TRAINING FOR MORE THAN 700 TEACHERS. SPECIAL EVENTS ATTRACTED ANOTHER 17,000 PARTICIPANTS. IN ADDITION, MASS AUDUBON WAS FORTUNATE TO HAVE MORE THAN 12,300 VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTE MORE THAN 137,500 HOURS OF SERVICE IN FY 2015.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$2,602,741	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$113,679	RevenueAmt
Desc	MEMBER SERVICES: IN ADDITION TO THE MEMBER SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE NETWORK OF SANCTUARIES REFERENCED IN PROGRAM SERVICE ONE, MASS AUDUBON PRODUCES A NEWSLETTER FOUR TIMES PER YEAR FOR MEMBERS (CONNECTIONS), AN ANNUAL MEMBER PUBLICATION, A COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL REPORT, PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS, AND PUBLICATIONS TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF WILDLIFE, NATURE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. FOR EXAMPLE, IN FY 2014 MASS AUDUBON UPDATED FOR PUBLICATION THE FIFTH EDITION OF THE DEFINITIVE REPORT ENTITLED "LOSING GROUND" WHICH CALCULATES AND ANALYZES THE CAUSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOSS OF OPEN SPACE IN MASSACHUSETTS, LAST PUBLISHED IN FY 2009. ALSO IN FY 2014, MASS AUDUBON PUBLISHED THE SECOND STATE-WIDE BREEDING BIRD ATLAS DETAILING CHANGES IN BREEDING BIRDS IN THE STATE SINCE THE DATA FROM THE FIRST ATLAS WAS PUBLISHED. IN FY 2013, MASS AUDUBON COMPLETED A REPORT ENTITLED THE STATE OF THE BIRDS, A FIRST-EVER, COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE STATUS OF ALL OF THE BREEDING AND WINTERING BIRD SPECIES IN MASSACHUSETTS AND DOCUMENTING THE CHANGES IN BIRDLIFE IN MASSACHUSETTS IN RECENT YEARS.IN ADDITION, THE MASS AUDUBON WEBSITE (WWW.MASSAUDUBON.ORG) OFFERS A WIDE VARIETY OF INFORMATION ON CONSERVATION, LAND PROTECTION, ADVOCACY, CLIMATE CHANGE/ENERGY CONSERVATION AND THE NATURAL WORLD. CURRENTLY, MASS AUDUBON HAS 21 SANCTUARY E-NEWSLETTERS AND 10 OTHER E-NEWSLETTERS ON SPECIFIC TOPICS. MASS AUDUBON ALSO OPERATES A GIFT SHOP IN LINCOLN WHICH SELLS MERCHANDISE RELATED TO NATURE AND NATURE EDUCATION TO BOTH MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$998,515	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$362,821	RevenueAmt
Desc	CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND LAND PROTECTION: MASS AUDUBON UTILIZES AND DEVELOPS SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE TO SUPPORT A LONGSTANDING TRADITION AS A SCIENCE-BASED ORGANIZATION FOR ITS EDUCATION, LAND PROTECTION, ADVOCACY AND STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES. CURRENT RESEARCH AND/OR ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT WORK FOCUSES ON THE PROTECTION AND STEWARDSHIP OF SELECTED MASSACHUSETTS HABITATS SUCH AS GRASSLANDS, COASTAL HEATHLANDS AND SALT MARSHES. IN ADDITION, STATEWIDE MONITORING OF KEY GROUPS OF ORGANISMS LIKE BIRDS, AMPHIBIANS, INVERTEBRATES AND PLANTS CONTINUES ACROSS THE STATE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AN IMPORTANT BASELINE TO EVALUATE CHANGING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND DEVELOPMENT. MASS AUDUBON HAS ALSO DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTS AN INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT STRATEGY TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF ITS LANDS AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR OTHER LANDOWNERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.MASS AUDUBON LANDS PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE DELIVERY OF ITS MISSION AND ITS LAND PROTECTION EFFORTS FOCUS ON CONSERVING ECOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT TRACTS OF LAND ADJACENT TO EXISTING WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES, THEREBY PROTECTING AND ENHANCING THEIR BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY AND VIABILITY AS PROGRAM SITES. MASS AUDUBON ALSO ADVANCES THE PROTECTION OF SELECTED HIGH PRIORITY FOCUS AREAS BEYOND ITS EXISTING WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES AND LOCAL AND REGIONAL LAND TRUSTS. COLLECTIVELY, THESE PROTECTION PRIORITIES INCLUDE A WIDE RANGE OF MASSACHUSETTS HABITATS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$592,548	ExpenseAmt
Desc	ADVOCACY: MASS AUDUBON EDUCATES ELECTED AND APPOINTED STATE, FEDERAL, AND LOCAL OFFICIALS; CITIZENS; AND OUR MEMBERS ON THE VALUE AND CONDITION OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN MASSACHUSETTS, MOTIVATING THEM TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT HELP PROTECT THE NATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS. IN DOING SO, MASS AUDUBON FOCUSES ON SEVERAL KEY PROGRAMMATIC AREAS: THE ESTABLISHMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF SOUND CONSERVATION LAWS, POLICIES, AND REGULATIONS; LAND AND WATER RESOURCE PLANNING AND SOUND OCEAN AND FOREST MANAGEMENT; AND MUNICIPAL AND REGIONAL COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, IN FY 2015 MASS AUDUBON: (1)CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR 1% OF THE STATE'S OPERATING BUDGET TO BE COMMITTED TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS, ULTIMATELY SECURING A COMMITMENT FROM GOVERNOR BAKER TO MEET THIS GOAL BY THE END OF HIS TERM.(2)SERVED AS A STATE APPOINTED MEMBER OF THE GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS ACT (GWSA) IMPLEMENTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE WORKING FOR THE REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND TOOK THE LEAD ON BRINGING THE NEW BAKER ADMINISTRATION UP TO SPEED ON GWSA AND CLIMATE ADAPTATION ISSUES DURING ITS TRANSITION AND FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE. (3)HELD A STATE HOUSE LEADERSHIP FORUM ON CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCY IN COORDINATION WITH LEGISLATIVE LEADERS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AS THE FOUNDING LEADER AND CO-CHAIR OF THE 30+ MEMBER MASSACHUSETTS CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION COALITION. OUR PRIORITY CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION LEGISLATION UNANIMOUSLY PASSED IN THE STATE SENATE, AND WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR ITS PROGRESS TOWARD FINAL PASSAGE.(4)THROUGH ADVOCACY'S SHAPING THE FUTURE OF YOUR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, ENGAGING 500 INDIVIDUALS IN HALF OF THE CITIES AND TOWNS IN MASSACHUSETTS DISCUSSING AND HOLDING PUBLIC WORKSHOPS ON TOPICS LIKE LOW-IMPACT DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCY, AND HELPED SPEARHEAD A STREAM CROSSING ASSESSMENT BASED ON THE MASSACHUSETTS STREAM CROSSING STANDARDS.(5)SERVED AS THE "ENVIRONMENTAL REPRESENTATIVE" AND GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTEE TO MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL EROSION COMMISSION.(6)SERVED AS THE "ENVIRONMENTAL REPRESENTATIVE," GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTEE TO AND CHAIRMAN OF THE MASSACHUSETTS OCEAN MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION.(7)ASSISTED WITH THE "YES ON 2" BOTTLE BILL UPDATE BALLOT CAMPAIGN.(8)SERVE AS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT COALITION STEERING COMMITTEE WORKING WITH 158 COMMUNITIES TO PROTECT OPEN SPACE, PROVIDE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND PRESERVE HISTORIC RESOURCES IN THE COMMONWEALTH.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$592,548	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$21,836,058	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	Yes (1)	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	Yes (1)	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	Yes (1)	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	Yes (1)	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	Yes (1)	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	Yes (1)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	Yes (1)	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	Yes (1)	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	Yes (1)	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	Yes (1)	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	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	Yes (1)	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	Yes (1)	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	Yes (1)	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	Yes (1)	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	178	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	1117	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (1)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	Yes (1)	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contri Discl	Yes (1)	QuidProQuoContriDisclInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	Yes (1)	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	Yes (1)	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	0	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	Yes (1)	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	26	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	26	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	Yes (1)	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (1)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (1)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (1)	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	Yes (1)	LocalChaptersInd
Policies Reference Chapters	Yes (1)	PoliciesReferenceChaptersInd
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	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CT	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	FL	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NJ	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	NY	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	OH	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	RI	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	VA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Own Website	Yes (X)	OwnWebsiteInd
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	BANCROFT POOR - MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	7812599500	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	208 SOUTH GREAT ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	LINCOLN	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	01773	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (34 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	OfficerOfficerInd
ROBERT BALL
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CATHERINE CAMPBELL
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JARED CHASE
CHAIRMAN/ DIRECTOR	4.50	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	0.50	Yes (X)
RICHARD S CHUTE
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DONALD COOPER
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
PAULA CORTES
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
NICHOLAS D'ARBELOFF
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
THOMAS DEMARCO
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BIRGITTA DICKERSON
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
NINA DOGGETT
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KATHLEEN EMRICH
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
NORA F HUVELLE
VICE CHAIR/DIRECTOR	3.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)
CHRISTOPHER KLEM
VICE CHAIR/DIRECTOR	3.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)
ERIK KNUTZEN
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BETH KRESSLEY GOLDSTEIN
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
VIRGINIA LAWRENCE
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ALLEGRA LOWITT
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
WILLIAM MADAR
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
KEVIN MCLELLAN
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
DEBORAH MILLER
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
HELEN POUNDS
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JAMES SAALFIELD
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ANNE SNYDER
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JAMES SPERLING
TREASURER/DIRECTOR	3.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0		Yes (X)
DAVID STRAUS
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ROSAMOND VAULE
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
HENRY G TEPPER
PRESIDENT	39.50		$240,650	$0	$16,197	0.50	Yes (X)
GARY R CLAYTON
VP FOR PROGRAMS	40.00		$142,961	$0	$21,056		Yes (X)
BANCROFT R POOR
VP FOR OPERATIONS	39.50		$137,711	$0	$24,365	0.50	Yes (X)
NORA FRANK
VP FOR PHILANTROPY	40.00		$123,084	$0	$24,973		Yes (X)
JAN O'NEIL
DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP	40.00		$87,654	$0	$21,771		Yes (X)
ELAINE KILE
ASSISTANT CORPORATE SECRETARY	40.00		$54,091	$0	$8,777		Yes (X)
ELLEN MCBRIDE
CORPORATE SECRETARY	40.00		$49,391	$0	$8,437		Yes (X)
KRISTIN BARR
ASSISTANT CORPORATE SECRETARY	20.00		$12,933	$0	$2,194		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$848,475	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$127,770	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	5	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (2 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
COLONIAL BARN RESTORATION
269 OLD BAY ROAD	BOLTON	MA	01740	CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR	$333,225
PRIME BUCHHOLZ & ASSOCIATES
273 CORPORATE DRIVE SUITE 250	PORTSMOUTH	NH	03801	INVESTMENT CONSULTANTS	$109,941

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$3,438,887	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$271,681	FundraisingAmt
Government Grants	$1,209,894	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$10,793,609	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$1,623,228	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$15,714,071	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
SANCTUARIES	722320	$7,078,006	$7,078,006
SCIENCE	722320	$362,821	$362,821
MEMBER SERVICES	722320	$113,679	$113,679

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$7,554,506	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$967,478	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$226,563	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$740,915	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$491,255	RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$491,255	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$491,255	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$125,200	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$366,055	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$8,932,568	SecuritiesAmt

Less Cost Oth Basis Sales Expnss LessCostOthBasisSalesExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$5,372,041	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$3,560,527	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,560,527	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$3,560,527	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$288,218	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$271,681	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$121,970	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$166,248	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$166,248	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gaming Gross Income	$45,790	GamingGrossIncomeAmt
Gaming Direct Expenses	$6,653	GamingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$39,137	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$39,137	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$1,541,623	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$968,710	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$572,913	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$572,913	ExclusionAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$29,066,135	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$7,554,506	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$351,763	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$5,445,795	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$126,201	TotalAmt
Program Services	$126,201	ProgramServicesAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$120,784	TotalAmt
Program Services	$120,784	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,088,513	TotalAmt
Program Services	$367,480	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$552,129	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$168,904	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$13,822,983	TotalAmt
Program Services	$11,900,849	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$920,985	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,001,149	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$686,735	TotalAmt
Program Services	$595,678	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$39,568	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$51,489	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,681,468	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,371,186	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$153,459	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$156,823	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,048,584	TotalAmt
Program Services	$860,887	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$101,713	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$85,984	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$94,335	TotalAmt
Program Services	$33,448	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$25,909	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$34,978	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$43,980	TotalAmt
Program Services	$300	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$43,680	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$30,923	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$30,923	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$225,609	TotalAmt
Management And General	$225,609	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$533,717	TotalAmt
Program Services	$395,458	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$138,259	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$69,471	TotalAmt
Program Services	$66,973	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$663	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,835	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,268,581	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,110,660	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$70,659	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$87,262	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$125,615	TotalAmt
Program Services	$98,050	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$20,269	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$7,296	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$537,102	TotalAmt
Program Services	$503,627	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$30,061	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,414	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$156,031	TotalAmt
Program Services	$137,831	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$14,702	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$3,498	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$64,502	TotalAmt
Program Services	$47,682	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$16,158	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$662	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,084	TotalAmt
Program Services	$782	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$302	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,023,631	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,882,802	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$90,853	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$49,976	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$339,889	TotalAmt
Program Services	$296,449	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$35,440	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$8,000	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
TAXES	$19,670	$19,670
REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE	$686,887	$26,868	$660,015	$4
PROGRAM SUPPLIES	$355,308	$8,960	$339,596	$6,752
VEHICLE EXPENSE	$347,136	$9,742	$335,102	$2,292

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,006,674	TotalAmt
Program Services	$584,218	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$392,812	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$29,644	FundraisingAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$26,505,413	TotalAmt
Program Services	$21,836,058	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,938,470	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,730,885	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$6,660	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,010	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,041,102	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,357,871	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,742,023	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,559,553	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$703,212	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,833,307	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$236,913	BOYAmt
EOY	$206,097	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$197,256	BOYAmt
EOY	$233,359	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$122,800,650	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$23,922,522	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$98,915,204	BOYAmt
EOY	$98,878,128	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$51,205,071	BOYAmt
EOY	$50,021,513	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$82,303,271	BOYAmt
EOY	$79,986,322	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,393,422	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,393,422	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$243,744,134	BOYAmt
EOY	$242,474,582	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,225,097	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,696,312	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$3,386,324	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,407,439	EOYAmt

Unsecured Notes Loans Payable UnsecuredNotesLoansPayableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$180,055	BOYAmt
EOY	$180,055	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,301,882	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,906,722	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,093,358	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,190,528	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$55,677,737	BOYAmt
EOY	$56,332,020	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$69,952,437	BOYAmt
EOY	$63,934,442	EOYAmt

Permanently Rstr Net Assets PermanentlyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$109,020,602	BOYAmt
EOY	$111,017,592	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$234,650,776	BOYAmt
EOY	$231,284,054	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$243,744,134	BOYAmt
EOY	$242,474,582	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$2,560,722	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	-$5,322,604	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$604,840	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	$10,409,852	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$12,658,438	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$13,712,570	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$18,006,593	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$15,714,071	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$70,501,524	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$10,409,852	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$12,658,438	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$13,712,570	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$18,006,593	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$15,714,071	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$70,501,524	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$711,632	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$69,789,892	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,491,845	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,279,740	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,346,254	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$823,246	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$967,478	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,908,563	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$76,410,087	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$70,501,524	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.91340	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.90490	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 C IRS990ScheduleC

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$36,166	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$79,249	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$115,415	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$26,389,998	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$26,505,413	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$1,000,000	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$250,000	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbbyng Grassroot Mns Non Tx TotLbbyngGrassrootMnsNonTxGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$0	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Tot Lbby Expend Mns Lbbyng Non Tx TotLbbyExpendMnsLbbyngNonTxGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$0	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Avg Lobbying Nontaxable Amount AvgLobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$1,000,000	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$1,000,000	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$4,000,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$6,000,000	LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$105,586	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$104,778	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$104,962	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$115,415	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$430,741	TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$250,000	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$250,000	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$1,000,000	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$1,500,000	GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$30,987	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$25,546	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$27,028	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$36,166	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$119,727	TotalAmt

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	116	TotalEasementsCnt
Total Acreage	5459.00	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	2120.00	StaffHoursSpentEnforcementCnt
Expenses Incurred Enforcement	$63,389	ExpensesIncurredEnforcementAmt

Art Public Exhibition Amounts ArtPublicExhibitionAmountsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Revenues Included	$74,445	RevenuesIncludedAmt
Assets Included	$1,393,422	AssetsIncludedAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Collection Used Pub Exhibition	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPubExhibitionInd
Coll Used Scholarly Rsrch	Yes (X)	CollUsedScholarlyRsrchInd
Collection Used Preservation	Yes (X)	CollectionUsedPreservationInd
Coll Used Loan Or Exch Prog	Yes (X)	CollUsedLoanOrExchProgInd
Solicited Assets Sale	0	SolicitedAssetsSaleInd

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$117,974,765	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$3,337,911	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$1,401,286	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$4,788,664	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$219,473	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$114,903,253	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$100,929,576	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$4,416,248	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$16,410,562	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$3,518,564	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$263,057	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$117,974,765	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$94,187,452	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$1,321,237	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$8,867,514	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$3,207,943	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$238,684	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$100,929,576	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$99,494,326	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$989,928	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$3,480,357	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$2,591,840	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$224,605	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$94,187,452	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$91,180,307	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Contributions	$865,593	ContributionsAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$11,904,858	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
Other Expenditures	$4,178,583	OtherExpendituresAmt
Administrative Expenses	$277,795	AdministrativeExpensesAmt
End Year Balance	$99,494,380	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Board Designated Balance EOY	0.02430	BoardDesignatedBalanceEOYPct
Prmnnt Endowment Balance EOY	0.40470	PrmnntEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Term Endowment Balance EOY	0.57100	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	Yes (1)	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$55,354,481	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$55,354,481	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$43,622,081	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$18,754,096	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$24,867,985	BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$3,755,913	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$3,298,016	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$457,897	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$20,068,175	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,870,410	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$18,197,765	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$98,878,128	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	Book ValueBookValueAmt	Method ValuationMethodValuationCd
COMMON STOCK - PRIVATELY HELD COMPANY	$944,398	F
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS	$79,041,924	F

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Securities	$79,986,322	TotalBookValueSecuritiesAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	SPLIT INTEREST AGREEMENT LIABILITIES	Desc
Amt	$4,906,722	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$4,906,722	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$24,006,355	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	-$5,322,604	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$262,824	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	-$5,059,780	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$29,066,135	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	$0	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$29,066,135	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$26,768,237	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$262,824	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$262,824	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$26,505,413	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$26,505,413	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
PART II, LINE 5:	MASS AUDUBON HAS A WRITTEN POLICY FOR THE MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ENTRUSTED TO ITS CARE. THE POLICY ESTABLISHES A TARGET OF AT LEAST ONE ON-SITE MONITORING VISIT EACH YEAR AND DESCRIBES THE STEPS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE TO ANY VIOLATION TO PROTECT THE CONSERVATION VALUES OF THE PROPERTY.
PART II, LINE 9:	THE COST OF PURCHASING CONSERVATION RESTRICTIONS AND EASEMENTS IS NOT CAPITALIZED BUT IS EXPENSED.
PART III, LINE 1A:	MASS AUDUBON CAPITALIZES FINE ARTS COLLECTION ITEMS ACQUIRED BY CONTRIBUTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SFAS NO. 116 AT FAIR VALUE. COLLECTION ITEMS PURCHASED ARE CAPITALIZED AT COST.
PART III, LINE 4:	MASS AUDUBON MAINTAINS A COLLECTION OF ARTWORKS DEPICTING BIRDS, OTHER WILDLIFE AND HABITATS. THIS COLLECTION IS ACTIVELY USED FOR TEACHING STUDENTS AND ADULTS AND ALSO BY SCHOLARS FOR RESEARCH. PORTIONS OF THE COLLECTION ARE ON DISPLAY AT THE MASS AUDUBON MUSEUM OF AMERICAN BIRD ART IN CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS AND AT OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND THE STATE. THE COLLECTION IS USED TO EDUCATE VISITORS ABOUT BIRDS AND THE NATURAL WORLD AND TO INSPIRE THEM TO BECOME ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN PROTECTING THE NATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS IN DIRECT FURTHERANCE OF MASS AUDUBON'S MISSION.
PART V, LINE 4:	MASS AUDUBON USES INCOME FROM ITS ENDOWMENT FUNDS IN DIRECT FURTHERANCE OF ITS MISSION AND IN SUPPORT OF THE MANY SANCTUARIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH DONORS HAVE CREATED RESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUNDS. ALMOST A QUARTER OF MASS AUDUBON'S ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET COMES FROM ENDOWMENT INCOME. FOR INSTANCE, MANY DONORS HAVE LEFT BEQUESTS TO ESTABLISH RESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUNDS TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS AT SANCTUARY PROPERTIES WHICH THEY HAD OWNED OR TO WHICH THEY WERE PARTICULARLY ATTACHED AND OTHER DONORS HAVE ESTABLISHED ENDOWMENTS TO SUBSIDIZE CHILDREN FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS TO ATTEND MASS AUDUBON DAY CAMPS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.
PART X, LINE 2:	MASS AUDUBON ACCOUNTS FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASC TOPIC, INCOME TAXES. THIS STANDARD CLARIFIES THE ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN TAX POSITIONS AND PRESCRIBES A RECOGNITION THRESHOLD AND MEASUREMENT ATTRIBUTE FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT REGARDING A TAX POSITION TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN A TAX RETURN. MASS AUDUBON HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE NO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS WHICH QUALIFY FOR EITHER RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AT JUNE 30, 2015. MASS AUDUBON'S INFORMATION RETURNS ARE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY THE FEDERAL AND STATE JURISDICTIONS AND GENERALLY REMAIN OPEN FOR THE MOST RECENT THREE YEARS.

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	0	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Region	CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN	RegionTxt
Offices	0	OfficesCnt
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Type Of Activities Conducted	GRANT-MAKING AND PROGRAM SERVICES IN BELIZE	TypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt
Specific Services Provided	ASSISTANCE WITH ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT, ECOTOURISM, STAFF TRAINING AND ACTIVITIES WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN SUPPORT OF PROTECTED AREAS OF PARTNER BELIZEAN NON-PROFIT CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS.	SpecificServicesProvidedTxt
Region Total Expenditures	$120,784	RegionTotalExpendituresAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Offices	0	SubtotalOfficesCnt
Subtotal Employees	0	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Continutation Total Office	0	ContinutationTotalOfficeCnt
Continutation Total Employee	0	ContinutationTotalEmployeeCnt
Total Office	0	TotalOfficeCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$120,784	SubtotalSpentAmt
Continuation Spent	$0	ContinuationSpentAmt
Total Spent	$120,784	TotalSpentAmt

Grants To Org Outside US GrantsToOrgOutsideUSGrp (2 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Manner Of Cash DisbursementMannerOfCashDisbursementTxt	Description Of Non Cash AsstDescriptionOfNonCashAsstTxt	Valuation Method UsedValuationMethodUsedDesc
CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN	PURCHASE OF A VEHICLE FOR LAND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT FOR FIELD STATIONS, PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY BATTERIES FOR HILL BANK FIELD STATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA/WEBSITE ENHANCEMENTS.	$56,784	WIRE TRANSFER	NONE	BOOK
CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN	WILDLIFE PROTECTION EFFORTS IN THE MAYA MOUNTAIN TO MARINE CORRIDOR.	$64,000	WIRE TRANSFER	NONE.	BOOK

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	1	Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org	1	TotalOtherOrgCnt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	0	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	0	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	0	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	0	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	0	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	0	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	MASS AUDUBON CLOSELY MONITORS THE EXPENDITURE OF THE GRANT FUNDS FROM THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS IN BELIZE FOR WHICH IT PROVIDES GRANTS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. WRITTEN PROPOSALS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL GRANT REQUESTS AND INTERIM AND FINAL REPORTS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL GRANTS AWARDED. ALL PROPOSALS AND FINAL REPORTS CONTAIN BUDGET INFORMATION. MASS AUDUBON STAFF WORK CLOSELY WITH THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS FUNDED AND VISIT ANNUALLY. SUCH VISITS INCLUDE THE VISUAL INSPECTION OF ANY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OR EQUIPMENT FUNDED BY THE GRANTS AND THE DISCUSSION OF THE PRIORITIES AND GOALS OF THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Mail Solicitations	Yes (X)	MailSolicitationsInd
Email Solicitations	Yes (X)	EmailSolicitationsInd
Phone Solicitations	Yes (X)	PhoneSolicitationsInd
In Person Solicitations	Yes (X)	InPersonSolicitationsInd
Solicitation Of Non Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfNonGovtGrantsInd
Solicitation Of Govt Grants	Yes (X)	SolicitationOfGovtGrantsInd
Special Fundraising Events	Yes (X)	SpecialFundraisingEventsInd
Agrmt Prof Fundraising Acty	Yes (1)	AgrmtProfFundraisingActyInd

Fundraiser Activity Info FundraiserActivityInfoGrp

Organization Business Name OrganizationBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ARIA COMMUNICATIONS	BusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	717 WEST GERMAIN STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	ST CLOUD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MN	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	56301	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Activity	PHONE RENEWAL OF LAPSED MEMBERS	ActivityTxt
Fundraiser Control Of Funds	0	FundraiserControlOfFundsInd
Gross Receipts	$43,611	GrossReceiptsAmt
Retained By Contractor	$30,923	RetainedByContractorAmt
Net To Organization	$12,688	NetToOrganizationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Gross Receipts	$43,611	TotalGrossReceiptsAmt
Total Retained By Contractors	$30,923	TotalRetainedByContractorsAmt
Total Net To Organization	$12,688	TotalNetToOrganizationAmt
Licensed States	CT	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	FL	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	MA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NJ	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	NY	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	OH	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	PA	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	RI	LicensedStatesCd
Licensed States	VA	LicensedStatesCd

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	MOON OVER DRUMLIN	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$98,439	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Charitable Contri Event1	$61,770	CharitableContriEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$36,669	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event1	$6,977	RentFacilityCostsEvent1Amt
Food And Beverage Event1	$1,636	FoodAndBeverageEvent1Amt
Entertainment Event1	$12,502	EntertainmentEvent1Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event1	$5,601	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1Amt
Event2	WILD WILD WELLFLEET	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$172,745	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Charitable Contri Event2	$137,400	CharitableContriEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$35,345	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Rent Facility Costs Event2	$8,446	RentFacilityCostsEvent2Amt
Food And Beverage Event2	$2,088	FoodAndBeverageEvent2Amt
Entertainment Event2	$5,548	EntertainmentEvent2Amt
Other Direct Expenses Event2	$6,025	OtherDirectExpensesEvent2Amt
Other Events Total	15	OtherEventsTotalCnt
Gross Receipts Other Events	$288,715	GrossReceiptsOtherEventsAmt
Charitable Contri Other Events	$72,511	CharitableContriOtherEventsAmt
Gross Revenue Other Events	$216,204	GrossRevenueOtherEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Other Events	$16,297	RentFcltyCostsOtherEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Other Events	$21,466	FoodAndBeverageOtherEventsAmt
Entertainment Other Events	$11,324	EntertainmentOtherEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Events	$24,060	OthDirectExpnssOtherEventsAmt
Gross Receipts Total	$559,899	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Charitable Contributions Tot	$271,681	CharitableContributionsTotAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$288,218	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Events	$31,720	RentFcltyCostsTotalEventsAmt
Food And Beverage Total Events	$25,190	FoodAndBeverageTotalEventsAmt
Entertainment Total Events	$29,374	EntertainmentTotalEventsAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Events	$35,686	OthDirectExpnssTotalEventsAmt
Direct Expense Summary Events	$121,970	DirectExpenseSummaryEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$166,248	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Gaming Information GamingInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Revenue Other Gaming	$45,790	GrossRevenueOtherGamingAmt
Non Cash Prizes Other Gaming	$2,361	NonCashPrizesOtherGamingAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Other Gaming	$85	RentFcltyCostsOtherGamingAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Other Gaming	$4,207	OthDirectExpnssOtherGamingAmt
Volunteer Labor Other Gaming	0	VolunteerLaborOtherGamingInd
Gross Revenue Total Gaming	$45,790	GrossRevenueTotalGamingAmt
Non Cash Prizes Total Gaming	$2,361	NonCashPrizesTotalGamingAmt
Rent Fclty Costs Total Gaming	$85	RentFcltyCostsTotalGamingAmt
Oth Direct Expnss Total Gaming	$4,207	OthDirectExpnssTotalGamingAmt
Direct Expense Summary Gaming	$6,653	DirectExpenseSummaryGamingAmt
Net Gaming Income Summary	$39,137	NetGamingIncomeSummaryAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
States Where Gaming Conducted	MA	StatesWhereGamingConductedCd
Licensed	Yes (1)	LicensedInd
License Suspended Etc	0	LicenseSuspendedEtcInd
Gaming With Nonmembers	Yes (1)	GamingWithNonmembersInd
Member Of Other Entity	0	MemberOfOtherEntityInd
Gaming Own Facility	1.00000	GamingOwnFacilityPct
Individual With Books	DAVID BATES	IndividualWithBooksNm

Persons With Books US Address PersonsWithBooksUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1280 HORSE NECK ROAD	AddressLine1Txt
City	WESTPORT	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02790	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct With3rd Prty For Game Rev	0	CntrctWith3rdPrtyForGameRevInd
Gaming Manager Person	GINA PURTELL	GamingManagerPersonNm
Gaming Manager Services Prov	MANAGES ONE DAY DUCK DERBY EVENT	GamingManagerServicesProvTxt
Gaming Manager Is Employee	Yes (X)	GamingManagerIsEmployeeInd
Charitable Distribution Rqr	0	CharitableDistributionRqrInd

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (1)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Grants Other Asst To Indiv In US GrantsOtherAsstToIndivInUSGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Type	CAMP SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS	GrantTypeTxt
Recipient	301	RecipientCnt
Cash Grant	$126,201	CashGrantAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 2:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	MASS AUDUBON CLOSELY MONITORS DAY AND RESIDENTIAL CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN BECAUSE THESE ARE ESSENTIALLY DISCOUNTS (EITHER FULL OR PARTIAL) TO PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY THE ORGANIZATION ITSELF TO WHICH MASS AUDUBON IS PROVIDING REDUCED OR FREE ADMISSION BASED ON NEED.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Club Dues Or Fees	Yes (X)	ClubDuesOrFeesInd
Written Policy Ref T And E Expnss	0	WrittenPolicyRefTAndEExpnssInd
Substantiation Required	Yes (1)	SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Form990 Of Other Organizations	Yes (X)	Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Written Employment Contract	Yes (X)	WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Compensation Survey	Yes (X)	CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	0	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (3 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Compensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Bonus Related OrganizationsBonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Other Compensation Rltd OrgsOtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Deferred Compensation Flng OrgDeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt	Deferred Comp Rltd OrgsDeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Filing OrgCompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt	Comp Report Prior990 Rltd OrgsCompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt
HENRY G TEPPER
PRESIDENT	$235,662	$0	$0	$0	$4,988	$0	$7,172	$0	$9,025	$0	$256,847	$0	$0	$0
GARY R CLAYTON
VP FOR PROGRAMS	$142,961	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$11,455	$0	$9,601	$0	$164,017	$0	$0	$0
BANCROFT R POOR
VP FOR OPERATIONS	$137,711	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$11,563	$0	$12,802	$0	$162,076	$0	$0	$0

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 1B	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	MASS AUDUBON PAID ANNUAL FEES TO A COLLEGE ALUMNI CLUB IN BOSTON ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT IN ORDER FOR THE PRESIDENT TO HAVE A CONVENIENT LOCATION IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON TO MEET WITH DONORS AND BOARD MEMBERS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Bus Tr Involve Interested Prsn BusTrInvolveInterestedPrsnGrp (2 entries)

Relationship DescriptionRelationshipDescriptionTxt	TransactionTransactionAmt	TransactionTransactionDesc	Sharing Of RevenuesSharingOfRevenuesInd
ROBERT BALL
DIRECTOR AT MASS AUDUBON AND VP AT WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT COMPANY	$23,811	FEES PAID TO WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT COMPANY FOR MANAGING A PORTION (2.4%) OF MASS AUDUBON'S ENDOWMENT FUND.	0
GERARD BERTRAND
FORMER PRESIDENT	$18,576	CONSULTING TO MASS AUDUBON ON FUND-RAISING AND PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES.	0

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Works Of Art WorksOfArtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	49	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$74,445	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	AT NOMINAL AMOUNT	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Books And Publications BooksAndPublicationsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$3,435	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	AT NOMINAL AMOUNT	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Clothing And Household Goods ClothingAndHouseholdGoodsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$52,226	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	AT NOMINAL AMOUNT	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Boats And Planes BoatsAndPlanesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	2	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$5,235	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	AT NOMINAL AMOUNT	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Securities Publicly Traded SecuritiesPubliclyTradedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	75	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$1,487,887	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	FMV PER BROKER	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Real Estate Other RealEstateOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Non Cash Checkbox	Yes (X)	NonCashCheckboxInd
Contribution	1	ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990	$0	NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining Revenues	AT NOMINAL AMOUNT	MethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form8283 Received	2	Form8283ReceivedCnt
Any Property That Must Be Held	0	AnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC Gifts	Yes (1)	ReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties Used	Yes (1)	ThirdPartiesUsedInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 32B:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	DONATED PUBLICLY TRADED SECURITIES ARE SOLD BY REGISTERED BROKERS.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (10 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 4	A DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBSTANCE OF THE CHANGES TO THE BY-LAWS OF MASS AUDUBON (AS LAST AMENDED AND RESTATED ON NOVEMBER 5, 1987) MADE BY THE AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS OF MASS AUDUBON ADOPTED ON NOVEMBER 7, 2014 (THE "NEW BY-LAWS") IS SET FORTH BELOW: (1) THE FOLLOWING GLOBAL CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE NEW BY-LAWS: "SOCIETY" HAS BEEN CHANGED TO "MASS AUDUBON"; "CHAIRMAN" TO "CHAIR"; "VICE CHAIRMAN" TO "VICE CHAIR"; "HIS" TO "HIS OR HERS"; AND WHERE USED, THE LIST OF PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATIONS (E.G., RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, ETC.) HAS BEEN UPDATED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT LAW. (2)THE SECTION PROVIDING FOR "ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS" HAS BEEN ELIMINATED FOR LACK OF USE. (3)AN ORGANIZATION MAY NOT BECOME A MEMBER OF MASS AUDUBON. (4)A PROVISION HAS BEEN ADDED FOR THE AUTOMATIC CANCELATION OF MEMBERSHIP UPON FAILURE TO PAY THE APPROPRIATE MEMBERSHIP FEE ON OR BEFORE THE DATE SUCH MEMBERSHIP FEE IS DUE. (5)NOTICE OF MEETINGS OF MEMBERS AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY BE GIVEN BY EMAIL TRANSMISSION. (6)THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAY REMOVE AN OFFICER OR DIRECTOR WITHOUT CAUSE. (7)THE CHAIR IS AN EX-OFFICIO MEMBER OF ALL COMMITTEES, BUT ONLY A VOTING MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE AND INVESTMENT COMMITTEES. (8)NO SALARIED EMPLOYEE OF MASS AUDUBON MAY BE A DIRECTOR OF MASS AUDUBON. (9)A PERSON MAY BE ELECTED AS AN HONORARY DIRECTOR BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHAIR. (10)THE POSITION OF ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR HAS BEEN ELIMINATED. (11)A NEW SECTION HAS BEEN ADDED TO PERMIT DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES TO PARTICIPATE IN A MEETING BY MEANS OF A CONFERENCE TELEPHONE OR SIMILAR COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT. (12)WITH RESPECT TO COMMITTEES, THE AUDITING COMMITTEE HAS BEEN RENAMED THE "AUDIT COMMITTEE" AND, AMONG ITS DUTIES, IS THE DUTY TO APPROVE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR OF MASS AUDUBON; A NEW SECTION HAS BEEN ADDED DESCRIBING THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE AND ITS DUTIES; THE SIZE OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM "THREE" TO "THREE OR MORE"; THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE TO BE APPOINTED FOR STAGGERED TERMS HAS BEEN ELIMINATED; AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MAY TAKE ACTIONS ON BEHALF OF MASS AUDUBON BETWEEN REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 6	MASS AUDUBON DOES NOT HAVE ANY STOCKHOLDERS BUT IT DOES HAVE MEMBERS. MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN TO PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS WHO SHARE THE MISSION OF PROTECTING THE MASSACHUSETTS ENVIRONMENT AND WHO PAY THE REQUIRED DUES. BASIC MEMBERSHIP COSTS $48 PER YEAR FOR AN INDIVIDUAL AND $65 PER YEAR FOR A FAMILY. MASS AUDUBON CURRENTLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000 MEMBERS. IN ADDITION TO LENDING THEIR SUPPORT TO IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, LAND PROTECTION AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION EFFORTS, MEMBERS RECEIVE FREE ADMISSION TO ALL MASS AUDUBON WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES, DISCOUNTS TO MASS AUDUBON PROGRAMS, COURSES AND GIFT SHOPS, AND A ONE YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO THE MASS AUDUBON NEWSLETTER (CONNECTIONS).
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7A	MASS AUDUBON MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO THE ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS (HELD IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER OF EACH YEAR) TO VOTE ON THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS, THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND ANY OTHER MATTERS WHICH PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 7B	MASS AUDUBON MEMBERS MUST APPROVE ANY AMENDMENTS OR ALTERATIONS TO THE BY-LAWS AND THE ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION AND ANY OTHER BUSINESS WHICH MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING OR ANY OTHER MEETING OF THE MEMBERS DULY CALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BY-LAWS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11	A COPY OF THE FORM 990 WAS REVIEWED IN DETAIL BY THE MASS AUDUBON AUDIT COMMITTEE (A COMMITTEE OF THREE MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE MASS AUDUBON MEMBERSHIP EACH YEAR AT THE ANNUAL MEETING) AND WAS ALSO MADE AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT TO ALL MASS AUDUBON DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	MASS AUDUBON REQUIRES DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AND KEY EMPLOYEES TO COMPLETE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST QUESTIONNAIRE EVERY YEAR. THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE INSTRUCTED TO REVIEW THE MASS AUDUBON CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY PRIOR TO COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRE. THE COMPLETED FORMS ARE REVIEWED BY THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WHO REPORTS TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THE QUESTIONNAIRE OF THE CHAIR IS REVIEWED BY THE TREASURER WHO REPORTS TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. THE QUESTIONNAIRES ARE ON FILE AT THE MASS AUDUBON HEADQUARTERS IN LINCOLN AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW BY ANY INTERESTED DIRECTOR OR OFFICER. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND STAFF ARE ALSO VIGILANT DURING THE YEAR FOR ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WHICH MAY ARISE IN THE PERIOD BETWEEN COMPLETING THE ANNUAL QUESTIONNAIRES. AT THE BEGINNING OF A BOARD OR BOARD COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF ANY ISSUE IN WHICH A DIRECTOR, OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, A CLOSE FAMILY MEMBER OF A DIRECTOR, OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE, OR ANOTHER ORGANIZATION IN WHICH THEY HOLD A POSITION OF POWER MAY HAVE AN INTEREST, THE DIRECTOR, OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE IS REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE THAT INTEREST AND ABSTAIN FROM VOTING. THE DIRECTOR, OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO LEAVE THE ROOM WHILE THE DISCUSSION OF THIS ISSUE AND THE VOTING IS TAKING PLACE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	THE PROCESS AND POLICY FOR DETERMINING COMPENSATION FOR KEY EXECUTIVES AT MASS AUDUBON IS AS FOLLOWS: THE POLICY OF MASS AUDUBON IS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN KEY EXECUTIVE TALENT BY PROVIDING A COMPETITIVE TOTAL COMPENSATION PACKAGE. IN DETERMINING COMPETITIVENESS, MASS AUDUBON LOOKS PRIMARILY TO COMPENSATION OFFERED BY OTHER LOCAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR IN SIZE AND ALSO TAKES INTO ACCOUNT ANY SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES AFFECTING MASS AUDUBON. THE POLICY ALSO SUPPORTS PROVIDING APPROPRIATE KEY EXECUTIVE PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE EARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACHIEVING CHALLENGING, PRE-ESTABLISHED GOALS CONSISTENT WITH THE MISSION, TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE, AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES OF MASS AUDUBON. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SHALL RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THE CASH AND NON-CASH COMPENSATION POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND AMOUNTS, AS WELL AS MAJOR CHANGES IN MASS AUDUBON'S BENEFITS PLANS, APPLICABLE TO KEY EXECUTIVES OF MASS AUDUBON AS WELL AS TO ANY INDIVIDUAL/ORGANIZATION THAT OTHERWISE MEETS THE DEFINITION OF DISQUALIFIED PERSON IN THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. KEY EXECUTIVE IS DEFINED AS PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT FOR OPERATIONS, VICE PRESIDENT FOR CONSERVATION PROGRAMS, VICE PRESIDENT FOR PHILANTHROPY, DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS, AND ANY OTHER EXECUTIVE EARNING OVER $100,000 PER YEAR. DISQUALIFIED PERSON INCLUDES FOR PURPOSES OF THIS POLICY ANYONE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MAY, IN INDICATED CIRCUMSTANCES, BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE MEMBERS OF THE MASS AUDUBON COUNCIL. THE TERM IS FURTHER DEEMED TO INCLUDE ANY OTHER MASS AUDUBON EMPLOYEE EARNING MORE THAN $100,000 PER YEAR. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WILL: (1)ENSURE THAT NO PART OF MASS AUDUBON'S NET EARNINGS INURE TO THE PRIVATE BENEFIT OF ANY INDIVIDUAL AND THAT ANY PAYMENT OF BENEFITS OR PERSONAL EXPENSES TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SELECT INDIVIDUALS AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS POTENTIALLY BENEFITING ANY SUCH INDIVIDUALS ARE ANALYZED AND CAREFULLY APPROVED AS COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES TO MASS AUDUBON WITH THE BENEFITS TO THE INDIVIDUALS CLEARLY MEASURED AND CONSIDERED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. (2)ESTABLISH AND REVIEW MASS AUDUBON'S OVERALL EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION POLICY TO ENSURE THAT THE POLICY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT MASS AUDUBON'S MISSION AND PURPOSE, ATTRACTS AND RETAINS KEY EXECUTIVES, AND PROVIDES COMPETITIVE TOTAL COMPENSATION OPPORTUNITIES AT REASONABLE COST. (3)ACT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN SETTING EXECUTIVE TOTAL COMPENSATION POLICY, COMPENSATION PLANS, BENEFIT PLANS AND EXECUTIVE CONTRACTS FOR KEY ADMINISTRATORS, AND DEVELOPING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH RESPECT TO THE TOTAL COMPENSATION OF MASS AUDUBON'S KEY EXECUTIVES AND OF ANY DISQUALIFIED PERSONS. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A THOROUGH AND DISINTERESTED REVIEW OF APPROPRIATE TOTAL COMPENSATION FOR KEY EXECUTIVES. THE COMMITTEE WILL: (1)ASSESS THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF EACH EXECUTIVE'S POSITION UNDER REVIEW BY THE COMMITTEE. (2)ASSESS THE BASIS BY WHICH COMPENSATION WAS PAID TO THE KEY EXECUTIVE IN EACH COVERED POSITION, FOR EXAMPLE, EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE, ADDITIONAL DUTIES, OR THE UNIQUE BACKGROUND EXPERIENCES, PERSONAL SKILLS, SPECIAL ABILITIES, AND BUSINESS CHALLENGES FACING MASS AUDUBON THAT REQUIRE USE OF THESE SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES. (3)OBTAIN APPROPRIATE AND COMPARABLE COMPENSATION MARKET DATA, SUCH AS DATA ON THE FOLLOWING:(A)SIMILARLY SITUATED ORGANIZATIONS FOR FUNCTIONALLY COMPARABLE POSITIONS;(B)GEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENTIALS WHICH REFLECT THE COST OF LABOR IN THE GREATER BOSTON AREA;(C)THE AVAILABILITY OF SIMILAR SPECIALTIES IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA;(D)INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION SURVEYS;(E)IRS FORM 990 COMPENSATION INFORMATION FOR FUNCTIONALLY COMPARABLE POSITIONS;(F)ACTUAL WRITTEN OFFERS FROM SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS COMPETING FOR THE SERVICES OF THE INCUMBENT. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHALL DOCUMENT THE BASIS FOR ITS DETERMINATION OF THE REASONABLE COMPENSATION FOR THOSE KEY EXECUTIVES UNDER ITS REVIEW INCLUDING PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF THE KEY EXECUTIVE AND THE BASIS FOR DETERMINING THAT THE EXECUTIVE'S COMPENSATION WAS REASONABLE IN LIGHT OF THAT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT AND MARKET DATA. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WILL MAKE ITS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL PERIODICALLY REVIEW THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WITH A VIEW TO MAKING SURE THAT NO MEMBER IS SUBJECT TO A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WHICH WOULD MAKE HIS OR HER PARTICIPATION IN THE REVIEW OF COMPENSATION INAPPROPRIATE.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	MASS AUDUBON MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, WHISTLEBLOWER POLICY, RECORDS RETENTION POLICY, FEDERAL TAX RETURNS, AND AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON ITS WEB SITE (WWW.MASSAUDUBON.ORG) AS WELL AS UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9:	CHANGES IN SPLIT-INTEREST AGREEMENTS -604,840.
FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 2C	THE MASS AUDUBON'S POLICIES REGARDING OVERSIGHT OF THE AUDIT AND SELECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE THE PRIOR YEAR.

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