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Analysis: South Chicago Heights Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in one year without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the South Chicago Heights Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $26,570 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 $6,452 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in one year without these subsidies.

The fund earned $167 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $26,737 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 $20,747 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $10,921 five years ago. Members made no contributions this year.

In all, subsidies amounted to $20,747 in 2018.

South Chicago Heights Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$167$26,737-$26,570
2017$148$26,001-$25,853
2016$85$24,981-$24,896
2015$16$24,136-$24,120
2014$7$23,159-$23,152

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