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Thursday, April 18, 2024

Analysis: Carol Stream Police Pension Fund would go broke in 18 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Carol Stream Police Pension Fund lost $2,386,173 in 2016, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $41,523,170 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in 18 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $168,550 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $2,217,623 in expenses, according to the 2017 biennial report detailing the health of each of the states pension funds and retirement systems. The difference between the two shows the funds annual loss without subsidies.

Taxpayers added $1,705,946 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,434,572 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $596,224 – $43,592 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $2,302,170 in 2016.

Carol Stream Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$168,550$2,217,623-$2,386,173
2015$2,605,134$2,145,874$459,260
2014$1,954,933$1,687,376$267,557
2013$2,653,599$1,602,546$1,051,053
2012$2,933,121$1,402,559$1,530,562

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