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

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Wood River Firefighters Pension Fund lost $490,252 in 2016, according to a Metro East Sun analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $5,203,345 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 $68,194 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $422,058 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 $297,756 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $252,154 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $63,298 – $1,657 less than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $361,054 in 2016.

Wood River Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$68,194$422,058-$490,252
2015$169,570$382,382-$212,812
2014$326,133$388,984-$62,851
2013$356,728$418,451-$61,723
2012-$22,213$415,587-$437,800

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