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Analysis: Chicago Ridge Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in seven years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Chicago Ridge Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $1,879,538 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 $11,640,543 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in seven years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $1,059,951 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $819,587 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 $825,959 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $618,952 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $180,315 – $61,210 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,006,274 in 2018.

Chicago Ridge Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$1,059,951$819,587-$1,879,538
2017$1,204,933$792,634$412,299
2016$832,350$773,775$58,575
2015-$102,243$608,575-$710,818
2014$380,359$454,843-$74,484

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