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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Analysis: Hinsdale Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 340 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Hinsdale Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $56,047 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 $19,037,116 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 340 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $1,531,764 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $1,587,811 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 $999,411 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $733,882 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $224,414 – $42,170 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,223,825 in 2018.

Hinsdale Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$1,531,764$1,587,811-$56,047
2017$1,961,830$1,453,953$507,877
2016-$31,828$1,326,758-$1,358,586
2015$869,693$1,306,470-$436,777
2014$1,240,005$1,304,693-$64,688

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