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Analysis: Winfield Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 25 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Winfield Police Pension Fund would have lost $371,564 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 $9,109,831 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 25 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $470,038 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $841,602 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 $902,778 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $593,065 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $124,788 – $10,997 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,027,566 in 2018.

Winfield Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$470,038$841,602-$371,564
2017$630,575$773,193-$142,618
2016-$7,649$773,049-$780,698
2015$254,869$556,868-$301,999
2014$166,745$545,609-$378,864

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