With the amount it's obligated to pay pensioners outpacing the funds it has on hand, 73.1 percent of the Wheaton Firefighters Pension Fund is funded, according to the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.
Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Wheaton Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $2,665,994 in 2018, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.
Taxpayers contributed 85.5 percent of the $1,744,257 the Wheaton Firefighters Pension Fund brought in 2018, or $5.89 for every $1 from pension members.
After projecting its investments would grow by 6.5 percent, the Wheaton Firefighters Pension Fund lost 5.2 percent on its investments in 2018, according to data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.
The Wheaton Firefighters Pension Fund reported unfunded liabilities of -$1,057,154 in 2024, leaving the system -1.8% short of having enough assets to fully meet its retirement benefit commitments.
In fiscal year 2024, Wheaton held the 13th lowest for per-household police and fire pension debt in Illinois, reaching $278, according to the Illinois Department of Insurance.