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Analysis: Leyden FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in five years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Leyden FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $1,185,999 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 $4,970,959 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in five years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $232,399 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $953,600 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 $607,195 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $461,948 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $101,924 – $4,482 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $709,119 in 2018.

Leyden FPD Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$232,399$953,600-$1,185,999
2017$409,594$965,467-$555,873
2016$246,684$921,656-$674,972
2015-$96,388$894,487-$990,875
2014$240,810$850,875-$610,065

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