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Analysis: Dekalb Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in seven years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Dekalb Police Pension Fund would have lost $5,470,591 in 2018, according to a DeKalb Times analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $33,391,523 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in seven years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $2,080,446 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $3,390,145 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 $2,989,632 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,352,291 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $653,454 – $20,679 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $3,643,086 in 2018.

Dekalb Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$2,080,446$3,390,145-$5,470,591
2017$4,291,762$3,275,889$1,015,873
2016$1,516,374$1,469,547$46,827
2015$312,398$2,525,018-$2,212,620
2014$3,240,787$2,295,270$945,517

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