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Analysis: Homewood Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 74 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Homewood Police Pension Fund would have lost $392,262 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 $28,723,742 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 74 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $2,133,784 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $2,526,046 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 $1,598,078 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $827,907 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $375,173 – $38,562 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,973,251 in 2018.

Homewood Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$2,133,784$2,526,046-$392,262
2017$2,735,424$2,299,244$436,180
2016$104,056$2,159,361-$2,055,305
2015$1,973,355$2,154,591-$181,236
2014$2,043,672$2,027,382$16,290

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