Arena's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 65.8% of this total ($1,500) 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
$2,281
23.8%
Donations
$2,275
23.8%
Contributions
$1,000
10.4%
Database expenses
$960
10%
Printing
$783
8.2%
Staff holiday bonus
$750
7.8%
Food for meeting
$404
4.2%
Postage
$259
2.7%
Holiday bonus
$250
2.6%
Supplies
$183
1.9%
Gift baskets
$166
1.7%
Website expenses
$161
1.7%
Membership
$100
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
Progressive Solutions LLC
2018-01-10
$1,500
Consulting
Chuy Garcia for Congress
2018-01-02
$1,000
Contributions
JKV Strategies
2018-03-05
$781
Consulting
Adam Corona
2018-01-05
$750
Staff holiday bonus
Union Signs & Printing
2018-02-26
$625
Printing
Old Irving Park Association
2018-03-02
$500
Donations
St John's Lutheran Church
2018-03-13
$500
Donations
St. Cornelius Church
2018-01-15
$400
Donations
Ngp
2018-01-05
$320
Database expenses
Ngp
2018-02-02
$320
Database expenses
Ngp
2018-03-02
$320
Database expenses
Dunham Park Girls Softball Association
2018-02-10
$300
Donations
Fannie's
2018-03-23
$275
Food for meeting
Lydia Home Assoc
2018-01-31
$275
Donations
Julie Kerouac
2018-01-10
$250
Holiday bonus
Paul & Arliss Buchholtz Memorial
2018-03-21
$200
Donations
Menards
2018-03-26
$183
Supplies
TJ Maxx
2018-02-15
$166
Gift baskets
GoDaddy
2018-03-26
$161
Website expenses
TFA Signs
2018-01-09
$158
Printing
United States Postal Service
2018-01-15
$147
Postage
United States Postal Service
2018-03-22
$112
Postage
Six Corners Association
2018-01-23
$100
Membership
Six Corners Association
2018-02-23
$100
Donations
Fannie's
2018-02-05
$79
Food for meeting
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