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Analysis: Darien Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 94 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Darien Police Pension Fund would have lost $295,136 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 $27,510,835 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 94 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $1,789,254 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $2,084,390 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 $1,468,691 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,125,432 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $295,483 – $5,732 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,764,174 in 2018.

Darien Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$1,789,254$2,084,390-$295,136
2017$1,982,144$1,973,911$8,233
2016-$21,989$1,801,919-$1,823,908
2015$1,604,933$1,664,060-$59,127
2014$1,430,665$1,543,451-$112,786

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