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Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Analysis: Lisle-Woodridge FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in seven years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Lisle-Woodridge FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $10,289,644 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 $62,798,276 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in seven years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $4,685,662 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $5,603,982 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 $5,182,993 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $2,624,660 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $805,696 – $114,840 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $5,988,689 in 2018.

Lisle-Woodridge FPD Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$4,685,662$5,603,982-$10,289,644
2017$7,442,971$4,969,368$2,473,603
2016$3,755,803$4,492,851-$737,048
2015-$914,524$4,015,092-$4,929,616
2014$1,586,108$3,411,762-$1,825,654

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