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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Analysis: Carol Stream Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 170 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Carol Stream Police Pension Fund would have lost $276,409 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 $46,736,982 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 170 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $2,482,082 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $2,758,491 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 $2,072,751 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,551,754 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $616,852 – $90,443 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $2,689,603 in 2018.

Carol Stream Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$2,482,082$2,758,491-$276,409
2017$2,927,637$2,545,198$382,439
2016-$168,550$2,217,623-$2,386,173
2015$2,605,134$2,145,874$459,260
2014$1,954,933$1,687,376$267,557

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