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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

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

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Sycamore Firefighters Pension Fund lost $1,141,238 in 2016, according to a DeKalb Times analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $12,255,624 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 $369,950 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $771,288 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 $579,311 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $500,763 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $226,750 – $27,606 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $806,061 in 2016.

Sycamore Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$369,950$771,288-$1,141,238
2015$830,294$754,661$75,633
2014$912,651$741,771$170,880
2013$780,841$726,005$54,836
2012$279,202$678,332-$399,130

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