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Analysis: Danville Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in four years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Danville Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $3,046,318 in 2018, according to a Chambana Sun analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $10,182,414 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in four years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $508,735 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $3,555,053 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 $3,276,154 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $2,033,401 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $330,173 – $1,908 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $3,606,327 in 2018.

Danville Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$508,735$3,555,053-$3,046,318
2017$778,089$3,503,175-$2,725,086
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

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