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Analysis: Niles Police Pension Fund would go broke in seven years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Niles Police Pension Fund lost $4,012,820 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 $28,088,995 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in seven years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $94,186 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $4,107,006 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 $3,256,499 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $2,193,600 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $593,810 – $96,735 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $3,850,309 in 2016.

Niles Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$94,186$4,107,006-$4,012,820
2015$954,092$3,809,307-$2,855,215
2014$953,971$3,644,259-$2,690,288
2013$1,774,339$3,459,986-$1,685,647
2012$198,298$3,298,685-$3,100,387

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