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

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Summit Police Pension Fund would have lost $2,252,430 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 $9,480,334 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 lost $555,999 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $1,696,431 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 $1,628,467 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,121,420 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $248,926 – $26,564 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,877,393 in 2018.

Summit Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$555,999$1,696,431-$2,252,430
2017$740,624$1,427,838-$687,214
2016$181,858$1,332,376-$1,150,518
2015-$44,854$1,196,404-$1,241,258
2014$258,271$1,138,213-$879,942

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