Daley's committee spent the most on dinner in the quarter, with all those payments ($1,750) going to Irish Fellowshp Educational & Cultural Fndn in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Daley's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Dinner
$1,750
16.4%
Advertisement
$1,697
15.9%
Newspaper advertising
$1,440
13.5%
Holiday-christmas cards
$1,124
10.5%
Accounting fees
$1,120
10.5%
Parade fee
$1,000
9.4%
Donation/sponsorship
$1,000
9.4%
Donations
$900
8.4%
Parade entertainment
$500
4.7%
Telephones
$168
1.6%
Table 2 below shows the top 18 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the first quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Irish Fellowshp Educational & Cultural Fndn
2018-02-13
$1,750
Dinner
Breaker Press Co.
2018-03-01
$1,124
Holiday-christmas cards
Bansley and Kiener, L.L.P.
2018-02-08
$1,120
Accounting fees
South Side Irsh Parade Committee
2018-02-01
$1,000
Parade fee
St. Xavier University
2018-02-13
$1,000
Donation/sponsorship
TR Communications, Inc.
2018-03-23
$751
Advertisement
Those Funny Little People, Inc.
2018-03-01
$500
Parade entertainment
Southwest Messenger Press, Inc.
2018-03-23
$480
Newspaper advertising
Southwest Messenger Press, Inc.
2018-03-09
$480
Newspaper advertising
Reporter News
2018-03-11
$395
Advertisement
Reporter News
2018-03-23
$395
Advertisement
Friends of the Chicago River
2018-02-13
$350
Donations
Mahaut Senior Citizen's Home
2018-01-25
$300
Donations
The Childrens Museum in Oak Lawn
2018-02-13
$250
Donations
Southwest Messenger Press, Inc.
2018-01-05
$240
Newspaper advertising
Southwest Messenger Press, Inc.
2018-03-23
$240
Newspaper advertising
At&t
2018-01-24
$168
Telephones
Reporter News
2018-01-05
$156
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