White's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 64.3% of this total ($18,000) going to William Dyson in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how White's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$28,000
41.6%
Contributions
$10,000
14.9%
Staff compensation
$9,028
13.4%
Donations
$5,500
8.2%
Rent
$3,123
4.6%
Telephones
$3,084
4.6%
Computer purchases
$2,087
3.1%
Car repair
$1,407
2.1%
Office equipment
$1,319
2%
Car maintenance/repair
$1,093
1.6%
T-shirts
$667
1%
Printing
$590
0.9%
Car maintenance
$533
0.8%
Internet access
$334
0.5%
Meals
$330
0.5%
Constituent services
$150
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
William Dyson
2017-01-03
$18,000
Consulting
Jesse White Foundation
2017-01-04
$10,000
Contributions
Teamwork Consulting
2017-03-29
$10,000
Consulting
Illinois State Retirement System
2017-01-17
$9,028
Staff compensation
First Look Charity
2017-01-31
$5,000
Donations
Micro Center
2017-01-05
$1,231
Office equipment
Micro Center
2017-01-05
$1,231
Computer purchases
AT &T Wireless
2017-03-01
$1,151
Telephones
Wells Automotive
2017-03-12
$1,093
Car maintenance/repair
134 North LaSalle, LLC
2017-03-16
$1,042
Rent
134 North LaSalle, LLC
2017-01-05
$1,040
Rent
134 North LaSalle, LLC
2017-02-06
$1,040
Rent
S & K Buick, GMC Inc.
2017-02-13
$932
Car repair
Best Buy
2017-01-16
$856
Computer purchases
Special T Unlimited
2017-03-08
$667
T-shirts
Mid City Printing
2017-01-27
$590
Printing
AT &T Wireless
2017-01-22
$578
Telephones
Wells Automotive
2017-01-27
$533
Car maintenance
Verizon Wireless
2017-01-05
$530
Telephones
Verizon Wireless
2017-02-06
$509
Telephones
Jewish United Fund
2017-03-01
$500
Donations
S & K Buick, GMC Inc.
2017-02-06
$474
Car repair
Turkeychop
2017-02-24
$330
Meals
Comcast Cable
2017-02-06
$170
Internet access
Comcast Cable
2017-01-05
$163
Internet access