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Analysis: Hoffman Estates Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in nine years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Hoffman Estates Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $9,570,458 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 $78,193,550 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 $4,280,102 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $5,290,356 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 $3,270,126 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $2,520,362 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $909,020 – $57,163 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $4,179,146 in 2018.

Hoffman Estates Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$4,280,102$5,290,356-$9,570,458
2017$9,817,443$4,854,780$4,962,663
2016$3,899,334$4,143,992-$244,658
2015$227,889$3,890,513-$3,662,624
2014$3,594,816$3,701,400-$106,584

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