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Analysis: Niles Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 17 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Niles Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $1,976,461 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 $32,238,411 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 17 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $2,140,327 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $4,116,788 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 $3,527,447 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $2,749,961 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $494,807 – $62,812 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $4,022,254 in 2018.

Niles Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$2,140,327$4,116,788-$1,976,461
2017$2,776,569$4,001,594-$1,225,025
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

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