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Analysis: Downers Grove Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in eight years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Downers Grove Police Pension Fund would have lost $7,029,305 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 $52,429,054 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 $2,395,499 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $4,633,806 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 $3,159,441 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $2,328,358 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $663,568 – $60,309 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $3,823,009 in 2018.

Downers Grove Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$2,395,499$4,633,806-$7,029,305
2017$6,060,635$4,181,524$1,879,111
2016$2,811,623$3,839,379-$1,027,756
2015-$159,155$3,576,959-$3,736,114
2014$1,527,392$3,181,012-$1,653,620

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