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Analysis: Peoria Firefighters Pension Fund would go broke in 20 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Peoria Firefighters Pension Fund lost $6,431,154 in 2016, according to a Peoria Standard analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $124,940,248 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 earned $6,026,571 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $12,457,725 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 $7,801,323 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $7,307,779 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $1,649,248 – $197,263 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $9,450,571 in 2016.

Peoria Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016$6,026,571$12,457,725-$6,431,154
2015-$1,488,647$18,013,451-$19,502,098
2014$4,161,433$11,608,620-$7,447,187
2013$14,174,157$11,223,951$2,950,206
2012$10,068,151$10,815,195-$747,044

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