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Analysis: Worth Police Pension Fund would go broke in eight years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Worth Police Pension Fund lost $1,286,355 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 $10,124,662 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in eight years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $1,718 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $1,288,073 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 $802,434 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $588,755 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $200,578 – $28,001 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,003,012 in 2016.

Worth Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$1,718$1,288,073-$1,286,355
2015$443,973$1,225,133-$781,160
2014$740,512$1,106,258-$365,746
2013$618,186$1,084,111-$465,925
2012$55,732$992,854-$937,122

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