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Analysis: Worth Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 13 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Worth Police Pension Fund would have lost $877,494 in 2018, according to a South Cook News analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $10,938,928 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 13 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $523,271 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $1,400,765 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 $882,222 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $686,128 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $231,387 – $54,573 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,113,609 in 2018.

Worth Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$523,271$1,400,765-$877,494
2017$754,598$1,306,078-$551,480
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

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