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Analysis: Hinsdale Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 96 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Hinsdale Police Pension Fund would have lost $315,714 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 $30,060,070 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 96 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $1,547,591 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $1,863,305 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 $807,440 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has decreased from $818,397 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $208,340 – $21,772 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,015,780 in 2018.

Hinsdale Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$1,547,591$1,863,305-$315,714
2017$2,017,148$1,661,562$355,586
2016$1,037,874$1,356,161-$318,287
2015$2,494,958$1,210,256$1,284,702
2014$1,722,164$1,108,830$613,334

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