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Analysis: North Riverside Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 12 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the North Riverside Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $787,687 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 $9,342,071 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 12 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $425,981 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $1,213,668 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 $1,068,788 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $222,700 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $145,019 – $7,301 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,213,807 in 2018.

North Riverside Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$425,981$1,213,668-$787,687
2017$559,115$1,051,355-$492,240
2016$87,350$1,017,350-$930,000
2015$530,846$976,696-$445,850
2014$337,576$909,053-$571,477

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