MATTAPOISETT LAND TRUST INC: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: MATTAPOISETT LAND TRUST INC (EIN 23-7367489)
Tax period: 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed: 2011-05-12
IRS object ID: 201111329349303446
Schema version: 2010v3.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2011-05-12T19:30:49-07:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Mark Keighley CPA	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	66 North Street	AddressLine1
City	Mattapoisett	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02739	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2010-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	237367489	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Mattapoisett Land Trust Inc	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	MATT	NameControl
Phone	5087587849	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO Box 31	AddressLine1
City	Mattapoisett	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02739	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Sandra Hering	Name
Title	Treasurer	Title
Date Signed	2011-05-11	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	Mark Keighley	Name
Phone	5087582090	Phone
Self Employed	X	SelfEmployed

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	Gary Johnson	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	5 Cannon Street	AddressLine1
City	Mattapoisett	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02739	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	57340	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncluded
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	www.mattlandtrust.org	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1974	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	MA	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	Land conservation and preservation	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	12	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	12	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	0	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	48	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	52284	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	52888	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue CY	0	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	20302	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	2670	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	655	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	1090	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	73241	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	56648	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	0	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Current Year	0	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	657	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	30114	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	21363	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	30114	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	21363	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	43127	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	35285	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	5039752	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	5091948	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities EOY	0	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	5039752	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	5091948	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	Land conservation and preservation	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	13945	Expense
Description	Incurred expenses in maintaining historic Tub Mill Brook property, Seahorse landmark and surrounding public park, and Brandt Island property donated in 2004. Continued educational programs including field trips for Mattapoisett elementary school children. Began negotiations for the purchase of additional land in Mattapoisett.	Description
Total Program Service Expense	13945	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	true	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	true	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	false	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBonds
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccount
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuer
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	0	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	false	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	0	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	false	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Form990-T Filed	false	Form990-TFiled
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Form8886 T Filed	false	Form8886TFiled
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Non Deductible Disclosure	false	NonDeductibleDisclosure
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributions
Quid Pro Quo Disclosure	false	QuidProQuoDisclosure
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Number Of8282 Filed	0	NumberOf8282Filed
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Excess Business Holdings	false	ExcessBusinessHoldings
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributions
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonor
Filed Lieu1041	false	FiledLieu1041
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneState
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Form720 Filed	false	Form720Filed
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	12	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	12	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	true	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	true	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	true	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Policies Reference Chapters	false	PoliciesReferenceChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	false	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Written Policy Or Procedure	false	WrittenPolicyOrProcedure
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Own Website	X	OwnWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	Sandra Hering	NamePerson
Telephone Number	5087583008	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	10 Mechanic St	AddressLine1
City	Mattapoisett	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02739	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	X	NoListedPersonsCompensated

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (12 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
Sandra Hering
Treasurer	10.00	X	X	0	0	0
Sandra Dawson
Director	5.00	X		0	0	0
Paul Osenkowski
Director	5.00	X		0	0	0
Luana Josvold
Clerk	10.00	X	X	0	0	0
Louis Martin
Director	5.00	X		0	0	0
Kathy Bohan
Director	5.00	X		0	0	0
Jenny Mello
Director	5.00	X		0	0	0
Gary Johnson
President	20.00	X	X	0	0	0
Ellen Flynn
Director	5.00	X		0	0	0
Elizabeth Leidhold
Director	5.00	X		0	0	0
Don Cuddy
Director	5.00	X		0	0	0
Charles Radville
Director	5.00	X		0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Number Individuals GT100 K	0	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Number Of Contractors GT100 K	0	NumberOfContractorsGT100K
All Other Contributions	52888	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	52888	TotalContributions
Total Program Service Revenue	0	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	2670	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$2,670	ExclusionAmount

Income From Invest Bond Proceeds IncomeFromInvestBondProceeds

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	1782	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	692	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	1090	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$1,090	ExclusionAmount

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGaming

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	0	TotalRevenueColumn

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	0	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	56648	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$3,760	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Foreign Grants ForeignGrants

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembers

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagement

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1170	Total
Management And General	1170	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1500	Total
Management And General	1500	ManagementAndGeneral

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForServicesInvstMgmntFees

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Advertising Advertising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11	Total
Management And General	11	ManagementAndGeneral

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	200	Total
Management And General	36	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	164	Fundraising

Information Technology InformationTechnology

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	518	Total
Management And General	518	ManagementAndGeneral

Royalties Royalties

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Travel Entrtnmnt Public Officials TravelEntrtnmntPublicOfficials

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Interest Interest

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliates

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3252	Total
Management And General	3252	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices
Stewardship	5520	5520
Printing and Publications	2740	2740
Materials & Supplies	1277	1277
Environmental Screening	1100	1100
Educational Programs	1710	1710

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2365	Total
Program Services	1598	ProgramServices
Management And General	274	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	493	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	21363	Total
Program Services	13945	ProgramServices
Management And General	6761	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	657	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	461345	BOY
EOY	471569	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Receivables From Disqual Persons ReceivablesFromDisqualPersons

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Notes Loans Receivable Net OtherNotesLoansReceivableNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	4514827	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	6167	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4508660	BOY
EOY	4508660	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	69747	BOY
EOY	86719	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelated

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	0	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	25000	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5039752	BOY
EOY	5091948	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	0	BOY
EOY	0	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	265502	BOY
EOY	294133	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	265590	BOY
EOY	289155	EOY

Permanently Restricted Net Assets PermanentlyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4508660	BOY
EOY	4508660	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5039752	BOY
EOY	5091948	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	5039752	BOY
EOY	5091948	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartXI
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	35285	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	16911	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Cash	X	MethodOfAccountingCash
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	false	FSAudited
Audit Committee	false	AuditCommittee
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired
Federal Grant Audit Performed	false	FederalGrantAuditPerformed

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	43375	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	80507	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	806968	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	52284	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	52888	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1036022	Total

Tax Rev Levied For Org Benefit170 TaxRevLeviedForOrgBenefit170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Value Srvc Fclts Furnished By Govt ValueSrvcFcltsFurnishedByGovt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	43375	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	80507	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	806968	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	52284	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	52888	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1036022	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	13578	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	1022444	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	37864	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	49973	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	169404	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	20302	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	2670	CurrentTaxYear
Total	280213	Total

Net UBI NetUBI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	0	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	86	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	3018	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	655	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	1090	CurrentTaxYear
Total	4849	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	1321084	TotalSupport
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.77390	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.79590	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170
General Explanation	Unusual Grants 2007: $ 100,000 Total $ 100,000Unusual Grants 2008: $ 107,900Total $ 107,900	GeneralExplanation

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

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)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preservation For Public Use	X	PreservationForPublicUse
Protection Of Natural Habitat	X	ProtectionOfNaturalHabitat
Preservation Of Open Space	X	PreservationOfOpenSpace
Total Number Of Easements	1	TotalNumberOfEasements
Total Acreage	64	TotalAcreage
Nmbr States In Which Easements Held	1	NmbrStatesInWhichEasementsHeld
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Staff Hours Spent On Enforcement	8	StaffHoursSpentOnEnforcement
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied

Current Year CurrentYear

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	265590	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	18496	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	2721	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	281365	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus1 Year CurrentYearMinus1Year

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	240722	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	26524	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	1656	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	265590	EndOfYearBalance

Current Year Minus2 Years CurrentYearMinus2Years

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Of Year Balance	269206	BeginningOfYearBalance
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-26861	InvestmentEarningsOrLosses
Other Expenditures	1623	OtherExpenditures
End Of Year Balance	240722	EndOfYearBalance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Term Endowment EOY Balance	1.00000	TermEndowmentEOYBalance
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Land Land

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	4508660	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Book Value	4508660	BookValue

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	6167	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	6167	Depreciation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	4508660	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Part V, Line 4	Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund.	The endowment funds are intended for maintenance of a Mattapoisett, MA landmark named Salty the Seahorse, for educational programs and for maintenance of Shoolman Park in the Brandt Beach section of Mattapoisett.
Part II, Line 9	Part II, Line 9: Organization Reporting of conservation easements.	Conservation easements are recorded at a nominal amount if acquired by gift and at cost if purchased.Although the Mattapoisett Land Trust does not have a written policy with respect to monitoring conservation easements, members of the land trust have always made annual visits to the one property on which it holds a conservation easement. During the visits the property is inspected and its condition is documented. Since acquiring the easement in 2004, there have been no violations as the landowner is adhering to the restrictions.

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19	Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	The Mattapoisett Land Trust will provide copies of its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements to anyone who requests them. In addition, a copy of The Mattapoisett Land Trust's Form 990 is attached to its annual filing with the Public Charities Division of The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office. These documents are public and open to inspection. Beginning with the year ending 12/31/2010, the land trust intends to make its Form 990 available at its website.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c	Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	All newly elected directors of The Mattapoisett Land Trust are given a copy of its conflict of interest policy. That policy requires the director to disclose, at the time of election, all existing or potential conflicts of interest and to disclose any real or apparent conflicts of interest which arise during the term of the director. The policy also requires a director to abstain from discussing any issue, project or transaction in which the director has a conflict of interest and to absent himself, or herself, from any subsequent vote on the matter. Before discussion begins and before voting on a matter that might involve a conflict of interest, directors are reminded of their obligation not to participate if they perceive a conflict of interest. In addition, the board may request a director to take a leave of absence until the matter giving rise to the conflict of interest has been resolved.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11	Form 990, Part VI, Line 11: Form 990 Review Process	As The Mattapoisett Land Trust is an all volunteer organization, the president and treasurer, who also serve on the board of directors, are delegated the authority to oversee the filing of Form 990. The financial and other information which is ultimately reported on Form 990 is shared with all board members at their ten monthly meetings. As a final step in the process, the Form 990 is distributed to all the board members for comment before filing.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 6	Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or Shareholder	Anyone contributing $30 or more has membership rights which include electing the board of directors of the organization.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 2	Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, Et	Gary Johnson, President and Luana Josvold, Clerk have a family relationship.