Brickerville Fire Company No 1

Analysis

Brickerville Fire Company No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Lititz, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2025. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2022, Brickerville Fire Company No 1 reported income of $156k and spending of $197k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $333k to $156k (-53%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 74% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Brickerville Fire Company No 1 sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Station 75 Operations Inc ($156k), Patagonia Volunteer Fire and Rescue Inc ($156k) and Elk Lake Volunteer Fire Co ($156k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 77% and program service revenue 3.2% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.6m.