Cassidy's committee spent the most on fundraising consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($3,000) going to Blueprint Campaign Consulting in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Cassidy's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Fundraising consulting
$3,000
24%
Contributions
$2,500
20%
Donations
$1,625
13%
Consulting
$1,600
12.8%
Phone services
$1,222
9.8%
Travel expenses
$733
5.9%
Cleaning
$428
3.4%
Food
$383
3.1%
Field services
$250
2%
Gifts
$250
2%
Event ticket
$250
2%
Subscriptions
$250
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
Democratic Party of the 49th Ward
2016-03-14
$1,000
Contributions
Friends of Christian Mitchell
2016-03-03
$1,000
Contributions
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2016-01-06
$750
Fundraising consulting
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2016-01-29
$750
Fundraising consulting
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2016-03-07
$750
Fundraising consulting
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2016-03-30
$750
Fundraising consulting
At&t
2016-01-28
$561
Phone services
Southwest Airlines
2016-02-16
$557
Travel expenses
Friends of Christian Mitchell
2016-02-02
$500
Contributions
Matthew Muir
2016-01-06
$400
Consulting
Matthew Muir
2016-01-26
$400
Consulting
Matthew Muir
2016-02-25
$400
Consulting
Matthew Muir
2016-03-18
$400
Consulting
Rogers Park Business Alliance
2016-03-08
$350
Donations
Crossroads Fund
2016-03-17
$325
Donations
Astraea Foundation
2016-01-27
$250
Donations
Erica Collins
2016-03-22
$250
Field services
Edgewater Environmental Sustainability Project
2016-01-29
$250
Donations
Equality Illinois
2016-02-16
$250
Donations
Matthew Muir
2016-01-07
$250
Gifts
Progressive Alliance PAC
2016-02-24
$250
Event ticket
The Illinois Observer, Inc.
2016-01-05
$250
Subscriptions
Augie's Front Burner
2016-01-28
$230
Food
Merry Maids
2016-03-10
$228
Cleaning
Live from the Heartland
2016-02-22
$200
Donations
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