Mendoza's committee spent the most on fundraising services in the quarter, with all those payments ($16,000) going to KJD Strategies in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Mendoza's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Fundraising services
$16,000
32.1%
Signs
$10,471
21%
Mileage expenses
$4,595
9.2%
Sponsorships
$4,350
8.7%
Software platform
$2,450
4.9%
Consulting
$2,150
4.3%
Promotional items
$1,390
2.8%
Staff lodging
$1,212
2.4%
Printing
$1,148
2.3%
Supplies
$1,052
2.1%
Candidate lodging
$983
2%
Merchant transaction fee
$957
1.9%
Membership
$850
1.7%
Advertising - digital
$712
1.4%
Phones
$396
0.8%
Meals
$355
0.7%
Donations
$250
0.5%
Postage
$216
0.4%
Ad books
$100
0.2%
Subscriptions
$99
0.2%
Equipment - purchase
$48
0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the third quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
PCS Marketing Group, LLC
2017-08-04
$10,471
Signs
KJD Strategies
2017-07-27
$8,000
Fundraising services
KJD Strategies
2017-09-27
$8,000
Fundraising services
Chicago Defender Charities, Inc.
2017-07-11
$3,500
Sponsorships
Susana Mendoza
2017-09-07
$2,305
Mileage expenses
Susana Mendoza
2017-07-28
$1,270
Mileage expenses
Adam Gunther
2017-09-29
$1,250
Consulting
Adam Gunther
2017-09-29
$900
Consulting
The Chicago Network
2017-08-15
$850
Membership
Ngp Van
2017-07-03
$750
Software platform
Ngp Van
2017-08-02
$750
Software platform
Ngp Van
2017-09-05
$750
Software platform
Sign-A-Rama
2017-07-25
$695
Promotional items
Sign-A-Rama
2017-08-11
$695
Promotional items
Little Village Chamber of Commerce
2017-08-01
$650
Sponsorships
Hampton Inn (Carbondale)
2017-08-25
$599
Staff lodging
Hilton (Nashville)
2017-08-17
$578
Candidate lodging
Facebook
2017-08-31
$574
Advertising - digital
Costco Wholesale (1074)
2017-09-12
$514
Supplies
Costco Wholesale (1088)
2017-08-21
$512
Supplies
Sage Payment Solutions
2017-09-05
$493
Merchant transaction fee
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2017-08-18
$475
Printing
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2017-08-09
$420
Printing
Sage Payment Solutions
2017-07-03
$368
Merchant transaction fee
Super 8 (Du Quoin)
2017-08-28
$266
Staff lodging
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