The Civic Federation's State Pension Dashboard is intended for use as a resource and educational tool to increase the accessibility of Illinois state pension fund data. The dashboard reports metrics for the five state-funded retirement systems of Illinois, with data from fiscal year 1990 to fiscal year 2024. Using this tool, dashboard users can explore trends and compare performance across funds over time.
This dashboard provides a data-driven snapshot of the early childhood landscape in Illinois, including trends in population change, poverty, language status, and access to quality of services. Together, these indicators establish a baseline for understanding current conditions and for tracking changes in the system over time as governance, funding, and service delivery evolve.
In October of 2025, Mayor Brandon Johnson released his proposed 2026 budget, which aims to close a deficit of over $1.2 billion as is required by state and municipal law. One component of the budget is a $1.01 billion Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District surplus, which will generate an estimated $232.6 million in revenue for the City of Chicago (Chicago or ‘the City’). Although this year’s $1.01 billion surplus is the largest in Chicago’s history, the oncoming expiration of many TIFs…
The Local Pension Dashboard is intended for use as a resource and educational tool to increase the accessibility of local pension fund data. The dashboard reports metrics for the ten major local pension funds within the City of Chicago and Cook County, Illinois, with data from 1996 to 2024 (2024 CTA data is not included as that data has not been released as of publication). Using this tool, dashboard users can create custom visualizations and comparisons of up to ten funds.
This dashboard allows for viewing of grant funding that flows to Illinois state governments, local governments, and nonprofit institutions, with one view including Medicaid grants and one excluding Medicaid grants. Both views do not include other types of federal funding such as direct transfers (e.g., Social Security, SNAP) or contracts.
