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

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Lombard Police Pension Fund would have lost $7,167,200 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 $64,681,188 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 $2,375,272 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $4,791,928 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 $3,611,517 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $2,614,180 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $663,899 – $39,521 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $4,275,416 in 2018.

Lombard Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$2,375,272$4,791,928-$7,167,200
2017$6,681,924$4,276,240$2,405,684
2016$3,223,224$3,922,735-$699,511
2015$792,944$3,600,951-$2,808,007
2014$3,568,263$3,414,940$153,323

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