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Monday, May 6, 2024

Analysis: Kankakee Firefighters' Pension Fund would go bankrupt in five years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Kankakee Firefighters' Pension Fund would have lost $2,426,906 in 2018, according to a Kankakee Times analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $11,296,697 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 earned $754,401 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $3,181,307 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 $2,646,701 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $2,394,084 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $368,508 – $1,399 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $3,015,209 in 2018.

Kankakee Firefighters' Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$754,401$3,181,307-$2,426,906
2017$753,078$3,093,670-$2,340,592
2016-$227,950$3,034,129-$3,262,079
2015$461,408$2,936,792-$2,475,384
2014$409,146$2,678,441-$2,269,295

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