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Analysis: Hanover Park Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in seven years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Hanover Park Police Pension Fund would have lost $5,107,507 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 $31,313,806 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in seven years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $2,484,821 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $2,622,686 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 $2,477,582 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,275,435 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $547,137 – $223,391 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $3,024,719 in 2018.

Hanover Park Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$2,484,821$2,622,686-$5,107,507
2017$3,350,793$2,590,042$760,751
2016$2,266,438$2,275,437-$8,999
2015-$492,360$1,982,352-$2,474,712
2014$381,290$1,181,638-$800,348

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