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Analysis: Westchester Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 74 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Westchester Police Pension Fund would have lost $366,425 in 2018, according to a West Cook News analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $26,996,534 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 74 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $1,883,262 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $2,249,687 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 $934,159 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has decreased from $982,941 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $266,428 – $12,399 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,200,587 in 2018.

Westchester Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$1,883,262$2,249,687-$366,425
2017$2,252,946$2,121,455$131,491
2016-$364,914$2,089,712-$2,454,626
2015$1,569,330$2,038,703-$469,373
2014$1,678,657$1,885,493-$206,836

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