Biss's committee spent the most on staff salaries in the quarter, with all those payments ($17,788) going to Stand for Children, Inc. in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Biss's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Staff salaries
$17,788
46.3%
Consulting
$9,000
23.4%
Principal payment, stand for children, inc.
$5,877
15.3%
Principal payment, cullen & associates
$2,000
5.2%
Accounting fees
$1,250
3.3%
Legal fees
$970
2.5%
Phone bank expenses
$450
1.2%
Graphic design
$440
1.2%
Mileage expenses
$239
0.6%
Gas cards
$150
0.4%
Food
$142
0.4%
Website - domain names
$83
0.2%
Transportation - cabs
$23
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 24 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Stand for Children, Inc.
2016-12-21
$8,821
Staff salaries
Stand for Children, Inc.
2016-10-19
$5,617
Principal payment, stand for children, inc.
Cullen & Associates
2016-11-03
$3,000
Consulting
Stand for Children, Inc.
2016-12-21
$2,394
Staff salaries
Stand for Children, Inc.
2016-11-17
$2,356
Staff salaries
Stand for Children, Inc.
2016-11-17
$2,037
Staff salaries
Cullen & Associates
2016-10-06
$2,000
Principal payment, cullen & associates
Cullen & Associates
2016-12-07
$2,000
Consulting
Fletcher, O'Brien, Kasper and Nottage, PC
2016-10-13
$2,000
Consulting
Fletcher, O'Brien, Kasper and Nottage, PC
2016-11-09
$2,000
Consulting
Stand for Children, Inc.
2016-12-21
$1,749
Staff salaries
McDonald Jacobs, PC
2016-12-16
$1,250
Accounting fees
Adduci, Dorf, Lehner, Mitchell & Blankenship, PC
2016-11-17
$630
Legal fees
Wildfire Contact, LLC
2016-11-09
$450
Phone bank expenses
Eileen Noren Design
2016-12-01
$440
Graphic design
Stand for Children, Inc.
2016-12-21
$429
Staff salaries
Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg
2016-11-03
$340
Legal fees
Stand for Children, Inc.
2016-12-21
$239
Mileage expenses
Stand for Children, Inc.
2016-11-17
$181
Principal payment, stand for children, inc.
Stand for Children, Inc.
2016-12-21
$150
Gas cards
Stand for Children, Inc.
2016-12-21
$142
Food
Stand for Children, Inc.
2016-12-21
$83
Website - domain names
Stand for Children, Inc.
2016-10-03
$78
Principal payment, stand for children, inc.
Stand for Children, Inc.
2016-12-21
$23
Transportation - cabs
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