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Analysis: Kewanee Community FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would go broke in six years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Kewanee Community FPD Firefighters Pension Fund lost $74,548 in 2016, according to a Rock Island Today analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $439,630 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in six years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $2,815 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $77,363 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 $71,994 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $37,679 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $9,603 – $638 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $81,597 in 2016.

Kewanee Community FPD Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$2,815$77,363-$74,548
2015$2,055$55,152-$53,097
2014$1,749$56,540-$54,791
2013$2,903$54,485-$51,582
2012$4,682$52,246-$47,564

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