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Analysis: Villa Park Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 13 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Villa Park Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $1,375,019 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 $16,926,625 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 13 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $590,849 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $784,170 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 $1,026,906 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $525,048 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $154,753 – $70,604 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,181,659 in 2018.

Villa Park Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$590,849$784,170-$1,375,019
2017$1,474,132$1,122,466$351,666
2016-$70,249$1,098,582-$1,168,831
2015$446,202$1,040,283-$594,081
2014$555,775$1,009,226-$453,451

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