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Analysis: Rock Island Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in five years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Rock Island Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $5,354,503 in 2018, according to a Rock Island Today analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $22,700,310 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in five years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $914,907 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $4,439,596 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 $3,280,309 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $2,186,165 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $412,943 – $124,237 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $3,693,252 in 2018.

Rock Island Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$914,907$4,439,596-$5,354,503
2017$2,972,492$4,190,615-$1,218,123
2016$1,573,312$3,996,802-$2,423,490
2015$376,374$4,420,238-$4,043,864
2014$776,425$3,215,985-$2,439,560

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