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Analysis: Riverside Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in six years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Riverside Police Pension Fund would have lost $1,688,779 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 $9,090,452 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 $502,448 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $1,186,331 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 $1,341,370 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $707,016 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $192,444 – $21,641 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,533,814 in 2018.

Riverside Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$502,448$1,186,331-$1,688,779
2017$623,161$1,184,059-$560,898
2016$328,352$1,117,544-$789,192
2015-$124,562$1,111,481-$1,236,043
2014$280,684$1,095,647-$814,963

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