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Analysis: Quincy Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 61 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Quincy Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $540,737 in 2018, according to a Quincy Reporter analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $32,548,638 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 61 years without these subsidies.

The fund earned $3,145,857 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $3,686,594 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 $3,116,182 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $2,350,426 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $406,119 – $23,450 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $3,522,301 in 2018.

Quincy Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018$3,145,857$3,686,594-$540,737
2017$2,853,240$3,545,994-$692,754
2016$139,880$3,429,087-$3,289,207
2015$1,648,660$3,310,028-$1,661,368
2014$2,290,285$3,236,340-$946,055

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