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Analysis: Evanston Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in six years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Evanston Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $12,740,412 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 $75,781,118 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in six years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $3,478,827 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $9,261,585 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 $8,344,947 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $6,527,697 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $1,098,506 – $178,632 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $9,443,453 in 2018.

Evanston Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$3,478,827$9,261,585-$12,740,412
2017$7,973,824$8,681,538-$707,714
2016$3,894,765$8,429,695-$4,534,930
2015$228,241$8,112,562-$7,884,321
2014$3,549,131$7,779,931-$4,230,800

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