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Analysis: Freeport Firefighters Pension Fund would go broke in 11 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Freeport Firefighters Pension Fund lost $2,980,287 in 2016, according to a NW Illinois News analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $32,272,368 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in 11 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $578,247 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $2,402,040 in expenses, according to the 2017 biennial report detailing the health of each of the states pension funds and retirement systems. The difference between the two shows the funds annual loss without subsidies.

Taxpayers added $717,781 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has decreased from $1,211,245 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $281,865 – $14,293 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $999,646 in 2016.

Freeport Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$578,247$2,402,040-$2,980,287
2015$1,978,194$2,321,013-$342,819
2014$3,373,482$2,257,606$1,115,876
2013$3,015,110$2,040,346$974,764
2012$1,236,301$1,955,877-$719,576

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