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Analysis: Glen Ellyn Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in eight years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Glen Ellyn Police Pension Fund would have lost $3,946,099 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 $28,843,130 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in eight years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $1,747,047 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $2,199,052 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 $1,959,000 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $981,000 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $349,189 – $113,732 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $2,308,189 in 2018.

Glen Ellyn Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$1,747,047$2,199,052-$3,946,099
2017$3,275,895$2,158,579$1,117,316
2016$1,532,261$1,980,020-$447,759
2015-$11,813$1,777,368-$1,789,181
2014$1,170,112$1,155,202$14,910

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