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Analysis: Evergreen Park Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in three years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Evergreen Park Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $223,018 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 $464,625 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in three years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $8,815 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $231,833 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 $191,929 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $108,031 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $14,549 – $1,684 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $206,478 in 2018.

Evergreen Park Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$8,815$231,833-$223,018
2017$7,698$241,583-$233,885
2016$9,617$238,470-$228,853
2015-$191$232,181-$232,372
2014$5,890$228,842-$222,952

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