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Analysis: Collinsville Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in seven years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Collinsville Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $3,298,088 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 $20,866,430 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in seven years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $1,566,330 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $1,731,758 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 $1,019,701 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $666,611 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $254,982 – $15,313 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,274,683 in 2018.

Collinsville Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$1,566,330$1,731,758-$3,298,088
2017$2,214,956$1,613,344$601,612
2016$1,518,767$1,541,432-$22,665
2015-$355,419$1,403,921-$1,759,340
2014$549,826$1,371,852-$822,026

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