Burke's committee spent the most on events in the quarter, with 83.4% of this total ($6,524) going to Inspired Catering in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Burke's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Events
$7,824
19%
Secretarial
$7,500
18.2%
Quarterly
$4,829
11.7%
Lodging
$4,281
10.4%
Golf outings
$4,100
10%
Lodging -
$4,036
9.8%
Table
$4,000
9.7%
Air fare -
$1,463
3.6%
Food
$1,164
2.8%
Donations
$1,000
2.4%
Tickets
$700
1.7%
Ticket
$325
0.8%
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
Inspired Catering
2016-08-30
$6,524
Events
Hyatt
2016-08-31
$4,281
Lodging
Hyatt
2016-08-30
$4,036
Lodging -
Claddagh Foundation
2016-08-04
$2,500
Golf outings
Internal Revenue Service USA Tax Payment
2016-09-14
$2,154
Quarterly
American Ireland Fund
2016-08-26
$2,000
Table
St. Joseph College Seminary
2016-08-24
$2,000
Table
Marlene Buckley
2016-08-31
$1,932
Secretarial
Irish Fellowship Club of Chicago
2016-07-08
$1,600
Golf outings
Dorothy J. Gergits
2016-07-13
$1,483
Secretarial
Dorothy J. Gergits
2016-08-04
$1,483
Secretarial
Dorothy J. Gergits
2016-09-22
$1,483
Secretarial
Southwest Airlines
2016-07-01
$1,463
Air fare -
Marlene Buckley
2016-08-26
$1,116
Secretarial
Internal Revenue Service USA Tax Payment
2016-07-14
$1,082
Quarterly
Internal Revenue Service USA Tax Payment
2016-08-05
$1,082
Quarterly
Quigley Seminary
2016-08-11
$1,000
Events
Chicago Metro History Education Center
2016-08-02
$700
Tickets
Union League
2016-08-30
$517
Food
St. Francis Church
2016-08-14
$500
Donations
Union League
2016-08-30
$387
Food
St. Coletta's of Illinois
2016-08-26
$325
Ticket
Gibson's
2016-08-11
$300
Events
Illinois Dept of Revenue
2016-09-15
$260
Quarterly
L'Angolo
2016-08-30
$259
Food
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