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Analysis: Fairview Heights Police Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 921 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Fairview Heights Police Pension Fund would have lost $31,184 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 $28,705,382 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 921 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $1,806,326 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $1,837,510 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 $1,299,996 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has decreased from $1,300,000 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $357,669 – $40,866 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,657,665 in 2018.

Fairview Heights Police Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$1,806,326$1,837,510-$31,184
2017$2,466,211$1,700,227$765,984
2016-$253,744$1,647,326-$1,901,070
2015$1,549,494$1,421,214$128,280
2014$2,330,447$1,595,319$735,128

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