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Analysis: Franklin Park Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 36 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Franklin Park Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $824,249 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 $28,918,434 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 36 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $1,986,291 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $2,810,540 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 $1,874,755 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,526,726 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $345,384 – $38,634 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $2,220,139 in 2018.

Franklin Park Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$1,986,291$2,810,540-$824,249
2017$2,120,096$2,688,014-$567,918
2016$114,622$2,578,618-$2,463,996
2015$1,532,902$2,460,053-$927,151
2014$2,328,179$2,325,325$2,854

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