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Analysis: Hanover Park Firefighters 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 Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $2,938,329 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 $18,476,148 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 $1,484,133 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $1,454,196 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 $1,527,385 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $714,492 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $313,564 – $129,530 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,840,949 in 2018.

Hanover Park Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$1,484,133$1,454,196-$2,938,329
2017$1,970,968$1,288,746$682,222
2016$1,308,890$1,112,264$196,626
2015-$295,023$1,001,191-$1,296,214
2014$216,907$606,010-$389,103

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