Pritzker's committee spent the most on community outreach consulting in the quarter, with 50% of this total ($4,935) going to Sean Rapelyea in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Pritzker's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Community outreach consulting
$9,870
17.1%
Rent, it and admin services
$9,800
16.9%
Policy consulting
$8,419
14.6%
Compliance and accounting consulting
$7,741
13.4%
Political outreach consulting
$5,806
10%
Operations and administrative consulting
$5,225
9%
Political and field consulting
$3,483
6%
Compliance software
$2,250
3.9%
Travel
$1,876
3.2%
Catering
$1,804
3.1%
Salesforce subscription fee
$1,066
1.8%
Subscriptions
$500
0.9%
Table 2 below shows the top 21 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
The Pritzker Group
2017-03-31
$9,800
Rent, it and admin services
MBA Consulting Group
2017-03-28
$7,741
Compliance and accounting consulting
Nikki Budzinski
2017-03-28
$5,806
Political outreach consulting
Sean Rapelyea
2017-03-28
$4,935
Community outreach consulting
Teresa Reyes
2017-03-28
$4,935
Community outreach consulting
Elizabeth Whitehorn
2017-03-28
$4,354
Policy consulting
Emily Miller
2017-03-31
$4,064
Policy consulting
Cratic and Shaffer Consulting
2017-03-28
$3,483
Political and field consulting
Mary Urbina-McCarthy
2017-03-28
$3,483
Operations and administrative consulting
NGP Van, Inc.
2017-03-28
$2,250
Compliance software
Lindley French
2017-03-28
$1,741
Operations and administrative consulting
ABC Catering, LTD
2017-03-28
$1,311
Catering
The Pritzker Group - Chicago, LLC
2017-03-31
$1,066
Salesforce subscription fee
United Airlines
2017-03-28
$608
Travel
Ahead of Our Time Publishing, INC
2017-03-31
$500
Subscriptions
American Airlines
2017-03-28
$482
Travel
The Tremont Hotel
2017-03-28
$417
Travel
Jewell Catering
2017-03-28
$283
Catering
American Airlines
2017-03-28
$214
Travel
Jewell Catering
2017-03-28
$210
Catering
Delta Airlines
2017-03-28
$153
Travel