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Analysis: Kewanee Firefighters Pension Fund would go broke in eight years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Kewanee Firefighters Pension Fund lost $971,212 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 $7,762,874 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in eight years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $152,643 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $818,569 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 $315,307 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $277,250 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $130,596 – $43,989 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $445,903 in 2016.

Kewanee Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$152,643$818,569-$971,212
2015$318,623$768,127-$449,504
2014$622,193$730,183-$107,990
2013$687,135$658,798$28,337
2012-$2,263$557,007-$559,270

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