Arena's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($3,000) going to Progressive Solutions LLC in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Arena's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$3,000
34.9%
Event expenses
$1,767
20.5%
Database expenses
$960
11.2%
Office supplies
$558
6.5%
Credit card processing
$434
5%
Donations
$425
4.9%
Travel
$423
4.9%
Postage
$328
3.8%
Printing
$297
3.5%
Sponsorships
$200
2.3%
Shirts
$170
2%
Meetings
$39
0.5%
Table 2 below shows the top 24 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Progressive Solutions LLC
2017-03-02
$3,000
Consulting
Revival Food Hall
2017-03-16
$1,767
Event expenses
Office Max
2017-01-27
$452
Office supplies
AirBnB
2017-03-21
$423
Travel
Ngp
2017-01-03
$320
Database expenses
Ngp
2017-02-02
$320
Database expenses
Ngp
2017-03-02
$320
Database expenses
Oshana & Sons Printing
2017-02-03
$297
Printing
United States Postal Service
2017-01-13
$294
Postage
Cathedral Directories
2017-03-16
$225
Donations
Influencing Youth (IYSCF)
2017-02-22
$200
Donations
Vaughn Occupational High School
2017-02-16
$200
Sponsorships
Replica Chicago
2017-03-13
$170
Shirts
ActBlue
2017-03-22
$156
Credit card processing
ActBlue
2017-03-11
$142
Credit card processing
Office Max
2017-03-30
$106
Office supplies
ActBlue
2017-02-16
$39
Credit card processing
Revival Food Hall
2017-03-10
$39
Meetings
United States Postal Service
2017-01-27
$34
Postage
ActBlue
2017-02-16
$27
Credit card processing
ActBlue
2017-01-01
$19
Credit card processing
ActBlue
2017-02-16
$19
Credit card processing
ActBlue
2017-02-28
$19
Credit card processing
ActBlue
2017-01-01
$9
Credit card processing