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Thursday, May 9, 2024

Analysis: Carpentersville Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 11 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Carpentersville Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $2,183,236 in 2018, according to a Kane County Reporter analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $22,534,302 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 11 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $940,053 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $1,243,183 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 $1,245,107 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $519,515 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $307,849 – $19,871 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $1,552,956 in 2018.

Carpentersville Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$940,053$1,243,183-$2,183,236
2017$2,492,618$1,168,955$1,323,663
2016$1,126,736$1,031,770$94,966
2015-$184,303$628,477-$812,780
2014$861,800$802,938$58,862

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