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Analysis: North Maine FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in nine years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the North Maine FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $2,426,358 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 $21,801,186 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in nine years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $808,225 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $1,618,133 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 $1,519,259 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has decreased from $1,997,164 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $206,621 – $571 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,725,880 in 2018.

North Maine FPD Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$808,225$1,618,133-$2,426,358
2017$2,260,651$1,535,484$725,167
2016$839,332$1,437,512-$598,180
2015-$56,576$1,398,587-$1,455,163
2014$858,290$1,371,914-$513,624

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