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Analysis: Lombard Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 10 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Lombard Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $5,989,530 in 2018, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $58,753,711 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 10 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $2,396,244 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $3,593,286 in expenses, according to the 2019 biennial report detailing the health of each of the state’s pension funds and retirement systems. The difference between the two shows the fund’s annual loss without subsidies.

Taxpayers added $2,863,927 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,935,683 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $623,352 – $80,189 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $3,487,279 in 2018.

Lombard Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$2,396,244$3,593,286-$5,989,530
2017$7,095,087$3,332,577$3,762,510
2016$2,827,909$3,041,995-$214,086
2015$25,475$2,866,201-$2,840,726
2014$2,632,422$2,805,016-$172,594

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