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

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Dekalb Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $6,000,389 in 2018, according to a DeKalb Times analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $27,269,316 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 $2,414,864 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $3,585,525 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 $3,466,072 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $2,037,490 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $496,109 – $75,575 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $3,962,181 in 2018.

Dekalb Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$2,414,864$3,585,525-$6,000,389
2017$3,139,804$3,468,591-$328,787
2016$1,447,151$1,624,783-$177,632
2015$126,661$3,026,017-$2,899,356
2014$3,075,624$2,957,129$118,495

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