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Analysis: Bloomington Firefighters Pension Fund would go broke in nine years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Bloomington Firefighters Pension Fund lost $6,149,804 in 2016, according to a McLean County Times analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $49,671,197 in total assets. If the funds annual losses were the same, it would run out of money in nine years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $1,441,593 in investment income and other revenue in 2016. At the same time, it paid out $4,708,211 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 $4,416,266 to the funds revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $3,460,505 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $808,931 – $131,265 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $5,225,197 in 2016.

Bloomington Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2016-$1,441,593$4,708,211-$6,149,804
2015$2,892,410$4,382,928-$1,490,518
2014$4,561,207$4,181,463$379,744
2013$4,370,095$3,999,244$370,851
2012$593,291$3,965,086-$3,371,795

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