Smith's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($10,500) going to KNI Inc in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Smith's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$10,500
36.6%
Fundraising-donor management and research, event p
$4,500
15.7%
Consulting-special project
$4,000
13.9%
Tech services
$3,080
10.7%
R e. taxes
$2,230
7.8%
Payroll
$1,060
3.7%
Ad books
$725
2.5%
Food
$576
2%
Payroll taxes
$538
1.9%
Subscriptions
$418
1.5%
Cc processing fee
$390
1.4%
Payroll processing fees
$368
1.3%
Gratuity
$302
1.1%
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
Andrew Peters
2018-01-22
$4,500
Fundraising-donor management and research, event p
KNI Inc
2018-01-29
$4,000
Consulting-special project
KNI Inc
2018-01-25
$3,000
Consulting
KNI Inc
2018-02-26
$3,000
Consulting
KNI Inc
2018-03-28
$3,000
Consulting
KNI Inc
2018-03-12
$1,500
Consulting
NGP Software
2018-02-01
$960
Tech services
Adam J. Velarde
2018-01-25
$743
R e. taxes
Adam J. Velarde
2018-02-22
$743
R e. taxes
Adam J. Velarde
2018-03-23
$743
R e. taxes
Athenian Room
2018-01-25
$576
Food
Sheffield Neighborhood Association
2018-02-21
$475
Ad books
Mary Stich-Marcus
2018-01-31
$353
Payroll
Mary Stich-Marcus
2018-02-27
$353
Payroll
Mary Stich-Marcus
2018-03-30
$353
Payroll
Sage Payment Solutions
2018-01-02
$333
Cc processing fee
River Shannon
2018-03-26
$302
Gratuity
NGP Software
2018-01-01
$300
Tech services
Constant Contact
2018-01-16
$250
Tech services
Constant Contact
2018-02-16
$250
Tech services
Constant Contact
2018-03-17
$250
Tech services
Jane Addams Senior Caucus
2018-03-28
$250
Ad books
Constant Contact
2018-03-10
$217
Tech services
PayChex
2018-01-31
$206
Payroll processing fees
Chicago Tribune
2018-02-19
$180
Subscriptions
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