Mendoza's committee spent the most on consulting - research in the quarter, with all those payments ($48,000) going to Global Strategy Group, LLC in New York. 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
Consulting - research
$48,000
31.8%
Promotional items
$37,985
25.1%
Donations
$12,500
8.3%
Payroll
$10,306
6.8%
Fundraising services
$10,000
6.6%
Online credit refund
$5,000
3.3%
Sponsorships
$4,825
3.2%
Meals
$3,264
2.2%
Taxes - federal
$3,120
2.1%
Software platform
$2,475
1.6%
Candidate lodging
$1,730
1.1%
Mileage expenses
$1,579
1%
Merchant transaction fee
$1,279
0.9%
Staff lodging
$1,154
0.8%
Membership
$850
0.6%
Advertising - digital
$808
0.5%
Supplies - candy
$696
0.5%
Photography
$600
0.4%
State taxes
$517
0.3%
Postage
$498
0.3%
Subscriptions
$489
0.3%
Office supplies
$487
0.3%
Phones
$452
0.3%
Printing
$420
0.3%
Air fare - candidate
$354
0.2%
Air fare - staff
$354
0.2%
Taxes - unemployment
$354
0.2%
Tickets
$350
0.2%
Graphic design
$275
0.2%
Gasoline
$189
0.1%
Supplies
$164
0.1%
Supplies - water/drinks
$92
< 0.1%
Food
$18
< 0.1%
Book
$5
< 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
Global Strategy Group, LLC
2018-08-14
$48,000
Consulting - research
Arrupe College
2018-07-13
$10,000
Donations
KJD Strategies
2018-07-03
$10,000
Fundraising services
PCS Marketing Group, LLC
2018-09-07
$8,574
Promotional items
Breaker Press Co., Inc.
2018-08-16
$7,715
Promotional items
Neal Zucker
2018-09-13
$5,000
Online credit refund
The Blue Deal LLC
2018-07-24
$4,849
Promotional items
The Blue Deal LLC
2018-09-04
$4,001
Promotional items
Chicago Defender Charities, Inc.
2018-07-09
$3,500
Sponsorships
Union Signs & Printing
2018-07-30
$3,022
Promotional items
America's Heros Group
2018-07-02
$2,500
Donations
Minuteman Press
2018-08-13
$2,157
Promotional items
Minuteman Press
2018-08-01
$2,157
Promotional items
Susana Mendoza
2018-07-13
$1,579
Mileage expenses
Union Signs & Printing
2018-09-21
$1,575
Promotional items
312 Chicago
2018-08-02
$1,307
Meals
PCS Marketing Group, LLC
2018-07-19
$1,168
Promotional items
PCS Marketing Group, LLC
2018-07-10
$1,071
Promotional items
Sign-A-Rama
2018-07-19
$995
Promotional items
The Mayflower Hotel
2018-09-13
$989
Candidate lodging
Simon Cohen
2018-07-30
$899
Payroll
Simon Cohen
2018-07-02
$899
Payroll
Simon Cohen
2018-07-16
$899
Payroll
Simon Cohen
2018-09-17
$899
Payroll
Simon Cohen
2018-09-04
$899
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