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Analysis: Mount Zion FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would go bankrupt in 63 years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Mount Zion FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would have lost $17,959 in 2018, according to a Macon Reporter analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $1,127,876 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in 63 years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $8,213 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $9,746 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 $75,876 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $26,945 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $13,786 – $2,192 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $89,662 in 2018.

Mount Zion FPD Firefighters Pension Fund non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$8,213$9,746-$17,959
2017$2,796$25$2,771
2016$2,631$16$2,615
2015$2,503$1,015$1,488
2014$2,138$1,940$198

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