Sawyer's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($9,384) going to Progressive Solutions in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Sawyer's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$9,384
28.2%
Rent
$5,200
15.6%
Utilities
$3,853
11.6%
Payroll
$2,774
8.3%
Dues
$2,000
6%
Election day worker - early voting
$1,900
5.7%
Fund raising expense
$1,577
4.7%
Website design, maintenance, social media
$1,300
3.9%
Brochures
$1,000
3%
Tickets
$850
2.6%
Election day workers
$750
2.3%
Food - election night
$450
1.4%
Subscriptions
$450
1.4%
Taxes - federal
$437
1.3%
Payroll services
$354
1.1%
Food - senior meeting
$300
0.9%
Disc jockey
$250
0.8%
Online advertising
$239
0.7%
Sponsorships
$200
0.6%
State taxes
$61
0.2%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Progressive Solutions
2016-03-30
$4,599
Consulting
Progressive Solutions
2016-01-11
$3,285
Consulting
Transportation Maintenance, Inc.
2016-03-25
$2,500
Rent
Democratic Party of Cook County
2016-03-14
$2,000
Dues
Progressive Solutions
2016-02-26
$1,577
Fund raising expense
Progressive Solutions
2016-02-26
$1,500
Consulting
Charles Sawyer, Jr.
2016-03-22
$1,300
Website design, maintenance, social media
Shedrick Sawyer
2016-03-31
$1,121
Payroll
Space Age Marketing
2016-03-02
$1,000
Brochures
ADT Security Services
2016-03-04
$976
Utilities
Ccs1, Llc
2016-03-02
$900
Rent
Ccs1, Llc
2016-02-11
$900
Rent
Ccs1, Llc
2016-01-04
$900
Rent
Chicago Defender
2016-02-01
$850
Tickets
Shedrick Sawyer
2016-02-26
$826
Payroll
Shedrick Sawyer
2016-03-15
$826
Payroll
ComEd
2016-03-24
$645
Utilities
Verizon Wireless
2016-02-15
$635
Utilities
Peoples Gas
2016-03-15
$545
Utilities
Comcast Cable
2016-01-04
$532
Utilities
Comcast Cable
2016-03-02
$517
Utilities
Johnnie Brown
2016-03-02
$500
Election day worker - early voting
Johnnie Brown
2016-03-11
$500
Election day worker - early voting
Hot of the Racks Catering, Inc.
2016-03-14
$450
Food - election night
NGP VAN, Inc (RoboCall)
2016-03-10
$450
Subscriptions
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