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Analysis: Park Forest Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 29 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Park Forest Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $466,189 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 $13,400,365 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 29 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $1,010,995 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $1,477,184 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 $1,161,692 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $718,145 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $209,154 – $19,728 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,370,846 in 2018.

Park Forest Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$1,010,995$1,477,184-$466,189
2017$1,179,968$1,392,965-$212,997
2016$166,950$1,168,621-$1,001,671
2015$5,451$1,060,428-$1,054,977
2014$952,022$977,779-$25,757

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