Caiafa's committee spent the most on mailing in the quarter, with all those payments ($20,200) going to Critical Strategies in Oak Park. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Caiafa's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Mailing
$20,200
39.3%
Fund raising (food)
$10,830
21.1%
Printing
$6,235
12.1%
Palm cards
$3,462
6.7%
Rent
$3,000
5.8%
Signs
$2,289
4.5%
Postage
$1,624
3.2%
Newspaper advertising
$850
1.7%
Utilities
$600
1.2%
Phones
$562
1.1%
Brochures
$479
0.9%
Lawn signs
$450
0.9%
Fund raising entertainment
$350
0.7%
Office supplies
$292
0.6%
Banners
$170
0.3%
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
Mirage Banquets
2017-03-24
$10,830
Fund raising (food)
Critical Strategies
2017-03-05
$3,950
Mailing
WIN Marketing
2017-03-26
$3,462
Palm cards
Critical Strategies
2017-03-05
$3,250
Mailing
Critical Strategies
2017-03-22
$3,250
Mailing
Critical Strategies
2017-03-26
$3,250
Mailing
Critical Strategies
2017-03-15
$3,250
Mailing
Critical Strategies
2017-02-23
$3,250
Mailing
Critical Strategies
2017-03-15
$2,150
Printing
Union Signs & Printing
2017-02-01
$1,985
Signs
WIN Marketing
2017-01-19
$1,718
Printing
Usps
2017-03-20
$1,107
Postage
Schiller Park Plaza
2017-01-29
$1,000
Rent
Schiller Park Plaza
2017-01-06
$1,000
Rent
Schiller Park Plaza
2017-03-05
$1,000
Rent
WIN Marketing
2017-03-13
$909
Printing
Sunrise Printing Inc.
2017-03-20
$650
Printing
Dziennik Zwiakowy
2017-03-13
$500
Newspaper advertising
Union Signs & Printing
2017-03-26
$450
Lawn signs
Media Express USA
2017-03-31
$350
Newspaper advertising
Rich Urbinati
2017-03-24
$350
Fund raising entertainment
Speed-O-Lite Forms
2017-01-16
$304
Signs
Office Depot
2017-02-26
$292
Office supplies
Usps
2017-03-25
$272
Postage
boostmobile
2017-03-19
$271
Phones
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