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Analysis: Kewanee Community FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in eight years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Kewanee Community FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $66,594 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 $526,549 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in eight years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $642 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $65,952 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 $116,470 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $59,534 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $10,624 – $1,256 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $127,094 in 2018.

Kewanee Community FPD Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$642$65,952-$66,594
2017$7,191$69,295-$62,104
2016$2,815$77,363-$74,548
2015$2,055$55,152-$53,097
2014$1,749$56,540-$54,791

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