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Analysis: Wood River Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 34 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Wood River Police Pension Fund would have lost $300,126 in 2018, according to a Metro East Sun analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $9,933,094 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 34 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $471,678 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $771,804 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 $642,328 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $451,302 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $119,150 – $10,295 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $761,478 in 2018.

Wood River Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$471,678$771,804-$300,126
2017$546,117$744,542-$198,425
2016-$118,748$721,017-$839,765
2015$394,087$686,326-$292,239
2014$590,489$699,350-$108,861

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