Cassidy's committee spent the most on fundraising consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($3,000) going to Blueprint Campaign Consulting in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Cassidy's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Fundraising consulting
$3,000
15%
Event tickets
$2,054
10.3%
Legal advice
$2,000
10%
Payroll
$1,916
9.6%
Food
$816
4.1%
Event food and drink
$811
4.1%
Printing
$771
3.9%
Postage and mail housing
$753
3.8%
Yearly back to school backpack drive purchase
$530
2.7%
Compliance reporting/management
$500
2.5%
Expense reporting
$500
2.5%
Promotional items
$484
2.4%
Transportation
$481
2.4%
Ngp filing
$450
2.3%
Pride event handouts
$412
2.1%
Conference tickets
$400
2%
Parking
$370
1.9%
Cleaning services
$320
1.6%
Phones
$308
1.5%
Website provider
$294
1.5%
Monthly phone bill
$262
1.3%
Event tickets for donation empowering our future
$258
1.3%
Office supplie reimbursement
$250
1.3%
Job search assistance
$249
1.2%
Pride ad
$193
1%
Information requested
$178
0.9%
Event flyer
$171
0.9%
Fees
$156
0.8%
Office phone/internet bill
$147
0.7%
Office phone/internet
$147
0.7%
District office wifi/phone
$147
0.7%
Phone bill
$132
0.7%
Compliance reporting
$124
0.6%
Newsletter/mail merger
$111
0.6%
Mail merger/newsletter
$111
0.6%
Used for newsletter/mail merger services
$111
0.6%
Event flyers
$55
0.3%
Website expenses
$27
0.1%
Phone accessory
$19
< 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
US Soccer
2018-08-01
$1,500
Event tickets
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2018-07-03
$1,000
Fundraising consulting
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2018-08-01
$1,000
Fundraising consulting
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2018-08-31
$1,000
Fundraising consulting
Ed Mullen
2018-08-09
$1,000
Legal advice
Ed Mullen
2018-09-11
$1,000
Legal advice
Pearl's Southern Comfort
2018-08-01
$811
Event food and drink
Hensley Company
2018-08-01
$753
Postage and mail housing
Patricia Ewert
2018-07-18
$750
Payroll
Sommers & Fahrenbach
2018-08-01
$693
Printing
Maralea Negron
2018-08-30
$583
Payroll
Maralea Negron
2018-09-04
$583
Payroll
TPI Luggage
2018-08-02
$530
Yearly back to school backpack drive purchase
Jonathan Pearl
2018-07-03
$500
Compliance reporting/management
Jonathan Pearl
2018-08-02
$500
Expense reporting
With Logos
2018-08-09
$484
Promotional items
Ngp Van
2018-08-02
$450
Ngp filing
ABC Compuprint
2018-07-30
$412
Pride event handouts
Victory Fund
2018-09-25
$400
Conference tickets
Rosa Reyna
2018-09-28
$320
Cleaning services
Chicago Cubs
2018-07-30
$304
Event tickets
Godaddy.com LLC
2018-07-05
$294
Website provider
Verizon Communications
2018-09-17
$262
Monthly phone bill
Civic Leadership Foundation
2018-09-04
$258
Event tickets for donation empowering our future
Elizabeth Chapman
2018-07-16
$250
Office supplie reimbursement
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