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Analysis: Northbrook Police Pension Fund would go broke in eight years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Northbrook Police Pension Fund lost $5,468,343 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 $43,202,886 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 lost $1,688,651 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $3,779,692 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 $1,591,260 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,103,535 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $752,378 – $170,922 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $2,343,638 in 2016.

Northbrook Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$1,688,651$3,779,692-$5,468,343
2015$2,959,263$3,473,105-$513,842
2014$4,418,513$3,389,601$1,028,912
2013$2,974,327$3,151,815-$177,488
2012$1,625,348$2,785,928-$1,160,580

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