Wrenn's committee spent the most on campaign mangement/consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($11,453) going to KNI Communications, Inc. in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Wrenn's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Campaign mangement/consulting
$11,453
24.1%
Fundraising consultant
$9,594
20.2%
Consultant
$7,300
15.4%
Media consultant
$5,000
10.5%
Donations
$3,500
7.4%
Printing
$3,493
7.4%
Digital marketing
$3,000
6.3%
Fundraising database
$750
1.6%
Credit card processing fees
$631
1.3%
Compliance services
$627
1.3%
Website expenses
$516
1.1%
Membership fee
$500
1.1%
Printing - promotional products
$455
1%
Fundraising event
$435
0.9%
Fundraising - postage
$196
0.4%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
CFO Consulting Group
2017-10-10
$7,094
Fundraising consultant
Main Street Solutions
2017-11-29
$5,000
Media consultant
Darnell Clark
2017-12-13
$3,800
Consultant
KNI Communications, Inc.
2017-10-20
$3,000
Campaign mangement/consulting
CFO Consulting Group
2017-11-09
$2,500
Fundraising consultant
KNI Communications, Inc.
2017-10-27
$2,500
Campaign mangement/consulting
KNI Communications, Inc.
2017-11-24
$2,500
Campaign mangement/consulting
KNI Communications, Inc.
2017-12-26
$2,500
Campaign mangement/consulting
Darnell Clark
2017-12-23
$2,000
Consultant
Concern Worldwide
2017-11-10
$2,000
Donations
Forest Printing Co.
2017-10-31
$1,953
Printing
Darnell Clark
2017-12-23
$1,500
Consultant
Danny Did Foundation
2017-10-01
$1,250
Donations
Breaker Press, Inc.
2017-10-03
$1,100
Printing
MarkED Marketing
2017-10-16
$1,000
Digital marketing
MarkED Marketing
2017-11-28
$1,000
Digital marketing
MarkED Marketing
2017-11-29
$1,000
Digital marketing
KNI Communications, Inc.
2017-11-13
$953
Campaign mangement/consulting
NGP Van, Inc.
2017-10-18
$750
Fundraising database
CFO Compliance
2017-11-21
$627
Compliance services
Independent Voters of Illinois
2017-12-08
$500
Membership fee
Summit Group LLC
2017-11-28
$455
Printing - promotional products
Breaker Press, Inc.
2017-11-14
$440
Printing
Burke's
2017-10-01
$435
Fundraising event
Bydand Creative
2017-10-31
$418
Website expenses