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Analysis: Niles Firefighters Pension Fund would go broke in eight years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Niles Firefighters Pension Fund lost $3,552,242 in 2016, according to a North Cook News analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $27,773,066 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in eight years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $139,565 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $3,691,807 in expenses, according to the 2017 biennial report detailing the health of each of the states pension funds and retirement systems. The difference between the two shows the funds annual loss without subsidies.

Taxpayers added $2,714,895 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,912,484 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $511,802 – $97,552 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $3,226,697 in 2016.

Niles Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$139,565$3,691,807-$3,552,242
2015$848,259$3,406,429-$2,558,170
2014$951,689$3,258,215-$2,306,526
2013$1,793,977$3,169,446-$1,375,469
2012$183,773$3,118,769-$2,934,996

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