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Analysis: Wheaton Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 10 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Wheaton Police Pension Fund would have lost $5,642,894 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 $52,912,014 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 10 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $2,852,252 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $2,790,642 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 $2,933,100 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,824,529 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $433,278 – $183,724 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $3,366,378 in 2018.

Wheaton Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$2,852,252$2,790,642-$5,642,894
2017$4,920,639$3,637,521$1,283,118
2016-$730,386$3,150,697-$3,881,083
2015$2,310,535$3,005,443-$694,908
2014$3,433,805$2,736,067$697,738

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