Mendoza's committee spent the most on fund raising - services in the quarter, with all those payments ($17,000) going to KJD Strategies in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Mendoza's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Fund raising - services
$17,000
35.1%
Donation returned
$5,400
11.2%
Mileage expenses
$4,232
8.7%
Printing
$3,833
7.9%
Advertising - digital
$2,701
5.6%
Event venue
$2,696
5.6%
Software platform
$2,413
5%
Promotional items
$1,600
3.3%
Air fare - candidate
$1,260
2.6%
Payroll- liabilities
$1,046
2.2%
Excess contribution returned
$1,000
2.1%
Donations
$1,000
2.1%
Merchant transaction fee
$905
1.9%
Meals
$797
1.7%
Taxes - federal
$517
1.1%
Tickets for event
$500
1%
Phones
$396
0.8%
Website expenses
$311
0.6%
Travel fee
$250
0.5%
Candidate lodging
$232
0.5%
Event ticket
$200
0.4%
Payroll - liabilities
$84
0.2%
Luggage fee
$22
< 0.1%
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
KJD Strategies
2017-03-14
$10,000
Fund raising - services
KJD Strategies
2017-03-14
$7,000
Fund raising - services
Mark Petersen
2017-02-28
$5,400
Donation returned
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2017-01-30
$3,833
Printing
Susana Mendoza
2017-01-03
$2,034
Mileage expenses
Ace Sign Co.
2017-03-30
$1,600
Promotional items
Maldaner's Restaurant
2017-02-22
$1,445
Event venue
Smyth + The Loyalist
2017-02-08
$1,250
Event venue
Susana Mendoza
2017-02-15
$1,124
Mileage expenses
Illinois Department of Revenue
2017-01-16
$1,046
Payroll- liabilities
Friedman Properties
2017-03-21
$1,000
Excess contribution returned
GoFundMe.com Crossville
2017-03-06
$1,000
Donations
Susana Mendoza
2017-03-08
$832
Mileage expenses
Facebook
2017-01-09
$750
Advertising - digital
Facebook
2017-01-03
$750
Advertising - digital
Ngp Van
2017-01-03
$750
Software platform
Ngp Van
2017-02-02
$750
Software platform
Ngp Van
2017-03-02
$750
Software platform
Facebook
2017-02-01
$748
Advertising - digital
Sage Payment Solutions
2017-03-02
$709
Merchant transaction fee
United Airlines
2017-01-23
$591
Air fare - candidate
United States Treasury
2017-01-16
$513
Taxes - federal
Equality Illinois
2017-02-06
$500
Tickets for event
Petterino's
2017-02-10
$460
Meals
Delta Air Lines
2017-03-07
$348
Air fare - candidate
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