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Analysis: Chicago Heights Firefighters Pension Fund would go broke in nine years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Chicago Heights Firefighters Pension Fund lost $4,107,203 in 2016, according to a South Cook News analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $33,193,718 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in nine years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $294,755 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $4,401,958 in expenses, according to the 2017 biennial report detailing the health of each of the states pension funds and retirement systems. The difference between the two shows the funds annual loss without subsidies.

Taxpayers added $2,339,408 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,867,441 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $423,699 – $1,273 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $2,763,107 in 2016.

Chicago Heights Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$294,755$4,401,958-$4,107,203
2015$1,859,320$4,010,499-$2,151,179
2014$3,098,697$3,882,714-$784,017
2013$2,555,642$3,723,811-$1,168,169
2012-$109,992$3,504,068-$3,614,060

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