Mendoza's committee spent the most on production media expenses in the quarter, with all those payments ($531,668) going to Adelstein & Associates in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Mendoza's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Production media expenses
$531,668
74.1%
Research services
$42,699
6%
Fund raising - services
$30,000
4.2%
Payroll
$25,582
3.6%
Promotional items
$21,254
3%
Donations
$10,000
1.4%
Taxes - federal
$9,711
1.4%
Advertising - digital
$9,049
1.3%
Printing
$8,703
1.2%
T-shirts
$6,161
0.9%
Mileage expenses
$5,888
0.8%
Sponsorships
$3,500
0.5%
Software platform
$2,420
0.3%
Payroll - liabilities
$1,665
0.2%
Merchant transaction fee
$1,540
0.2%
Insurance
$1,216
0.2%
Merchant service fee
$814
0.1%
Media - public relations
$800
0.1%
Postage
$711
0.1%
Air fare - candidate
$689
0.1%
Food
$532
< 0.1%
Staff lodging
$525
< 0.1%
Headquarters rent
$500
< 0.1%
Meals
$407
< 0.1%
Candidate lodging
$380
< 0.1%
Candy
$267
< 0.1%
Flowers
$200
< 0.1%
Equipment - purchase
$191
< 0.1%
Accounting fees
$175
< 0.1%
Graphic design
$162
< 0.1%
Supplies
$100
< 0.1%
Advertising -digital
$67
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Adelstein & Associates
2016-09-28
$500,000
Production media expenses
Global Strategy Group, LLC
2016-07-15
$42,000
Research services
ABCompuprint
2016-08-22
$17,000
Promotional items
Adelstein & Associates
2016-07-18
$16,068
Production media expenses
Adelstein & Associates
2016-09-23
$12,600
Production media expenses
Arrupe College
2016-07-25
$10,000
Donations
KJD Strategies
2016-08-04
$10,000
Fund raising - services
KJD Strategies
2016-09-09
$10,000
Fund raising - services
KJD Strategies
2016-07-12
$10,000
Fund raising - services
Union Signs & Printing
2016-09-16
$4,877
T-shirts
Chicago Defender Charities, Inc.
2016-08-12
$3,500
Sponsorships
Adelstein & Associates
2016-09-02
$3,000
Production media expenses
Lauren Peters
2016-09-15
$2,244
Payroll
Lauren Peters
2016-08-12
$2,244
Payroll
Lauren Peters
2016-07-15
$2,244
Payroll
Lauren Peters
2016-09-29
$2,244
Payroll
Lauren Peters
2016-08-31
$2,244
Payroll
Lauren Peters
2016-07-29
$2,244
Payroll
PCS Marketing Group, LLC
2016-08-15
$2,240
Promotional items
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2016-08-15
$2,105
Printing
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2016-09-01
$1,945
Printing
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2016-09-23
$1,930
Printing
Susana Mendoza
2016-09-08
$1,880
Mileage expenses
United States Treasury
2016-08-10
$1,873
Taxes - federal
Susana Mendoza
2016-07-14
$1,673
Mileage expenses
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