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Analysis: Broadview Firefighters Pension Fund would go broke in seven years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Broadview Firefighters Pension Fund lost $2,703,277 in 2016, according to a West Cook News analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $17,916,502 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in seven years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $462,221 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $2,241,056 in expenses, according to the 2017 biennial report detailing the health of each of the states pension funds and retirement systems. The difference between the two shows the funds annual loss without subsidies.

Taxpayers added $1,387,146 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has decreased from $1,604,738 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $189,071 – $37,723 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,576,217 in 2016.

Broadview Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$462,221$2,241,056-$2,703,277
2015$597,823$2,149,884-$1,552,061
2014$1,309,503$2,033,945-$724,442
2013$1,047,198$1,944,298-$897,100
2012$33,540$1,868,918-$1,835,378

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