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Analysis: Schaumburg Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 797 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Schaumburg Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $149,820 in 2018, according to a North Cook News analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $119,382,499 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 797 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $7,866,360 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $8,016,180 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 $4,391,479 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $3,531,330 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $1,110,432 – $118,321 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $5,501,911 in 2018.

Schaumburg Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$7,866,360$8,016,180-$149,820
2017$11,539,791$7,348,357$4,191,434
2016-$2,911,752$6,979,403-$9,891,155
2015$4,906,516$6,574,632-$1,668,116
2014$9,938,220$6,308,036$3,630,184

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