FRIENDS OF THE BRUCE FREEMAN RAIL TRAIL INC: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization: FRIENDS OF THE BRUCE FREEMAN RAIL TRAIL INC (EIN 20-1889146)
Tax period: 2023-01-01 to 2023-12-31
Filed: 2024-10-28
IRS object ID: 202403039349300910
Schema version: 2023v5.0
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 O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2024-10-28T20:38:28-07:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2023-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2023-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	201889146	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	FRIENDS OF THE BRUCE FREEMAN RAIL TRAIL INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	FRIE	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	5086414084	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 1192	AddressLine1Txt
City	Concord	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	017421192	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Mary Christine Corr	PersonNm
Person Title	Treasurer	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	5086414084	PhoneNum
Signature	2024-10-28	SignatureDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IRS Responsible Prty Info Curr	Yes (1)	IRSResponsiblePrtyInfoCurrInd
Tax	2023	TaxYr
Build TS	2024-10-15 13:58:12Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	Mary Christine Corr	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	32 Cordis St	AddressLine1Txt
Address Line2	2	AddressLine2Txt
City	Charlestown	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02129	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$71,086	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	www.brucefreemanrailtrail.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2004	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	Charitable and Educational	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	20	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	20	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	100	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$57,467	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$67,460	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$627	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$3,626	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$58,094	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$71,086	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$7,226	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$18,424	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$0	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$2,890	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$15,875	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$26,224	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$23,101	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$44,648	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$34,993	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$26,438	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$222,872	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$249,310	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$0	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$222,872	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$249,310	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	Charitable and Educational	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$13,506	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	Public Education and Outreach - Supported separately a Ground Breaking Ceremony for the 2D section and a Ribbon Cutting ceremony for the 2B section of the BFRT with participation from federal, state and local officials and government agencies and local residents from the BFRT municipalities. Hosted the 2nd Community Summit with representation from all 8 BFRT communities to finalize a design for uniform trail rules. Also published and distributed 5000+ semi-annual newsletters updating the community on trail developments as to planning, funding, construction and maintenance. Participated in several local town based events in order to promote the trail.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$21,281	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$18,424	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	Support the planning, design, permitting and construction of the rail trail, Funded installation of trail signage along the trail and in adjacent parks, supported a mural art installation in West Concord, as well as other trail amenities for the benefit of the trail users. Also supported the ongoing maintenance of the trail through coordination with town departments, advisory boards and volunteers.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$0	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$0	GrantAmt
Revenue	$0	RevenueAmt
Desc	Participation in Public Governmental processes - Membership representation on local advisory committees, attendance at MA Department of Transportation public meetings, contact with town officials, state representatives, state transportation officials and regional planning agencies.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$0	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$34,787	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	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	0	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	0	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	0	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	0	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	0	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	0	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	0	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
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	0	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
Info In Schedule O Part V	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVInd
IRP Document	0	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (1)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	Yes (1)	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	0	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	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	0	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	0	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	20	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	20	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (1)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	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	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	0	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	0	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
Other Website	Yes (X)	OtherWebsiteInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	Mary Christine Corr	PersonNm
Phone	5086414084	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	32 Cordis St	AddressLine1Txt
Address Line2	Unit 2	AddressLine2Txt
City	Charlestown	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02129	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (19 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
Thomas S Michelman
President and Director	3	0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Emily C Teller
Secretary and Director	3	0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mary Christine Corr
Treasurer and Director	4.00	0	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Christopher Barrett
Director	1	0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Sharon Galphin
Director	1	0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Stuart Johnstone
Director	1	0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Paul Malchodi
Director	1	0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Judy Perrin
Director	4	0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Barbara Pike
Director	7	0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Joyce Reischutz
Director	1	0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Carlene Hempel
Director	1	1	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Ed Kross
Director	1	0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Glenn Reed
Director	1	0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Richard Williamson
Director	1	0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
John McQueen
Director	1	0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Christopher Menge
Director	2	0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Patrick Lewis
Director	1	0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Amy Sarli
Director	1	0	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
Glenn Pransky
Director	2		Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$0	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	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
Federated Campaigns	$0	FederatedCampaignsAmt
Membership Dues	$67,460	MembershipDuesAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt
Related Organizations	$0	RelatedOrganizationsAmt
Government Grants	$0	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$0	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Noncash Contributions	$0	NoncashContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$67,460	TotalContributionsAmt

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$0	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,626	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$3,626	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$0	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

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

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$0	SecuritiesAmt
Other	$0	OtherAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contri Rpt Fundraising Event	$0	ContriRptFundraisingEventAmt
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$71,086	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$3,626	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$0	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$18,274	TotalAmt
Program Services	$18,274	ProgramServicesAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$150	TotalAmt
Program Services	$150	ProgramServicesAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,136	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,136	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,273	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,273	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,874	TotalAmt
Fundraising	$1,874	FundraisingAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$418	TotalAmt
Management And General	$418	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,334	TotalAmt
Management And General	$2,334	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
Bank and credit card fees	$2,946	$0	$2,946	$0
Printing and postage	$11,665	$10,649	$0	$1,016
Community events	$2,954	$2,954	$0	$0
Membership organizations fees	$624	$624	$0	$0

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$44,648	TotalAmt
Program Services	$34,787	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$6,971	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$2,890	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$96,744	BOYAmt
EOY	$29,513	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$126,128	BOYAmt
EOY	$219,797	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$222,872	BOYAmt
EOY	$249,310	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$222,872	BOYAmt
EOY	$249,310	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

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

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$222,872	BOYAmt
EOY	$249,310	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$222,872	BOYAmt
EOY	$249,310	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$26,438	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$0	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$0	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Investment Expense	$0	InvestmentExpenseAmt
Prior Period Adjustments	$0	PriorPeriodAdjustmentsAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	$0	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Method Of Accounting Cash	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingCashInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	0	FSAuditedInd
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	$30,680	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$53,818	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$71,293	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$57,467	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$67,460	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$280,718	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft170 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$0	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$30,680	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$53,818	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$71,293	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$57,467	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$67,460	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$280,718	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$9,420	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$271,298	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,602	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,577	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$361	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$627	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,626	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,793	TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$0	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$289,511	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$0	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.93709	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.87565	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests PY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsPY170Ind

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	$0	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbyingGrp

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

Total Lobbying Expend TotalLobbyingExpendGrp

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

Other Exempt Purpose Expend OtherExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$44,648	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Total Exempt Purpose Expend TotalExemptPurposeExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$44,648	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount LobbyingNontaxableAmountGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$8,930	FilingOrganizationsTotalAmt

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Total	$2,233	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	$8,948	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$14,432	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$4,620	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$8,930	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$36,930	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$55,395	LobbyingCeilingAmt

Avg Total Lobbying Expend AvgTotalLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$7,935	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$0	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$1,960	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$0	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$9,895	TotalAmt

Avg Grassroots Nontaxable AvgGrassrootsNontaxableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$2,237	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$3,608	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$1,155	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$2,233	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$9,233	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$13,850	GrassrootsCeilingAmt

Avg Grassroots Lobbying Expend AvgGrassrootsLobbyingExpendGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	$0	CurrentYearMinus3Amt
Current Year Minus2	$0	CurrentYearMinus2Amt
Current Year Minus1	$0	CurrentYearMinus1Amt
Current Year	$0	CurrentYearAmt
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (8 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part V, Line 3b	Earned interest income on cash and cash equivalents.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2	One of the board members operates a local bike/ski shop of which some of the other board members may be retail customers.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6	Members
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a	Yes, Dues paying members have voting authority for electing directors.
Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b	Dues paying members have the authority to approve By-law amendments.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b	Conflict of interest statements are obtained annually from all current board members and are maintained by the secretary of the organization. The annual Form 990 is prepared and signed by the Treasurer after review by the President, before submission to the IRS. The annual Form 990 is available upon request to any member. Also the Form 990 is filed with the annual Massachusett Form PC and available online from the Massachusetts Secretary of State website.
Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c	All expenditures over $500 are reviewed and approved by the Board. Furthermore, the Treasurer controls the disbursement of funds and financial statements are presented throughout the year at board meetings.
Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19	While most of the referenced information is available on the Massachusetts Secretary of State's website, the Friends have provided a link to the governing documents on the Friends' website.