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Analysis: Alsip Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 110 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Alsip Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $247,504 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 $27,097,058 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 110 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $1,862,812 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $2,110,316 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 $1,765,714 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,301,138 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $307,846 – $20,592 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $2,073,560 in 2018.

Alsip Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$1,862,812$2,110,316-$247,504
2017$2,132,534$2,080,776$51,758
2016-$93,180$1,897,636-$1,990,816
2015$1,654,617$1,711,051-$56,434
2014$1,752,539$1,620,325$132,214

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