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Analysis: North Chicago Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 10 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the North Chicago Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $975,388 in 2018, according to a Lake County Gazette analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $9,572,560 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 10 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $504,213 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $1,479,601 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 $998,114 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $557,382 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $261,902 – $25,162 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,260,016 in 2018.

North Chicago Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$504,213$1,479,601-$975,388
2017$899,898$1,409,225-$509,327
2016-$227,015$1,413,448-$1,640,463
2015$580,527$1,363,176-$782,649
2014$667,223$1,332,721-$665,498

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