Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Tri-State FPD Firefighters Pension Fund lost $1,631,625 in 2016, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.
The fund has $31,742,666 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in 20 years without these subsidies.
The fund lost $324,134 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $1,307,491 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 $691,849 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $674,944 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $368,810 – $43,105 less than five years ago.