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Analysis: Danville Firefighters Pension Fund would go broke in three years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Danville Firefighters Pension Fund lost $3,636,887 in 2016, according to a Chambana Sun analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $9,338,595 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in three years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $133,299 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $3,503,588 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 $2,492,985 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $1,949,780 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $280,346 – $22,847 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $2,773,331 in 2016.

Danville Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$133,299$3,503,588-$3,636,887
2015$571,441$3,336,842-$2,765,401
2014$803,047$3,131,600-$2,328,553
2013$759,985$2,936,956-$2,176,971
2012$251,423$2,675,705-$2,424,282

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