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Analysis: Mount Prospect Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in eight years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Mount Prospect Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $7,887,584 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 $62,432,858 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in eight years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $1,914,015 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $5,973,569 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 $3,332,773 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $2,466,165 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $688,000 – $43,616 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $4,020,773 in 2018.

Mount Prospect Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$1,914,015$5,973,569-$7,887,584
2017$9,323,370$5,478,168$3,845,202
2016$3,049,538$5,036,464-$1,986,926
2015$1,801,651$4,652,536-$2,850,885
2014$3,959,333$4,217,958-$258,625

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