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Analysis: Dolton Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 303 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Dolton Police Pension Fund would have lost $88,176 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 $26,713,782 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 303 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $2,129,148 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $2,217,324 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 $721,564 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $718,071 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $309,041 – $43,494 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,030,605 in 2018.

Dolton Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$2,129,148$2,217,324-$88,176
2017$2,200,659$1,981,522$219,137
2016-$457,288$1,833,821-$2,291,109
2015$1,662,240$1,857,455-$195,215
2014$2,015,230$1,740,687$274,543

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