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

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Glenview Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $10,052,093 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 $79,616,037 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 $3,987,266 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $6,064,827 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 $4,048,725 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $3,134,768 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $814,043 – $62,489 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $4,862,768 in 2018.

Glenview Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$3,987,266$6,064,827-$10,052,093
2017$10,455,191$5,990,891$4,464,300
2016$4,765,958$5,695,322-$929,364
2015$817,750$5,410,756-$4,593,006
2014$4,281,789$4,906,807-$625,018

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