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Analysis: Willow Springs Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in five years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Willow Springs Police Pension Fund would have lost $502,115 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 $2,256,256 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in five years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $4,892 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $507,007 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 $1,451,100 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $531,911 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $62,632 – $19,663 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,513,732 in 2018.

Willow Springs Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$4,892$507,007-$502,115
2017$13,574$757,633-$744,059
2016$21,691$442,715-$421,024
2015$39,203$504,022-$464,819
2014$639$371,788-$371,149

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