Welch's committee spent the most on mailing in the quarter, with all those payments ($16,402) going to McGaffer Communications, LLP in Park Ridge. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Welch's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Mailing
$16,402
32.5%
Consulting
$10,500
20.8%
Donations
$8,100
16%
Office rent
$3,000
5.9%
Food
$1,823
3.6%
Back to school kits
$1,375
2.7%
Ad books
$1,250
2.5%
Campaign work
$1,140
2.3%
Robo calls for senior event
$941
1.9%
Cable, internet access, telephones
$842
1.7%
Reimbursement for staff outing at chicago fire game
$710
1.4%
Photography
$675
1.3%
T-shirts
$624
1.2%
Utilities
$588
1.2%
Subscriptions
$569
1.1%
Flowers
$457
0.9%
Cable, internet, telephones
$415
0.8%
Office holidayluncheon
$332
0.7%
Subscription for year of tech support
$249
0.5%
Reimbursements
$160
0.3%
Security system
$155
0.3%
Business license
$155
0.3%
Supplies for senior event
$51
0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
McGaffer Communications, LLP
2018-11-27
$16,402
Mailing
RK PR Solutions, LLC
2018-10-01
$2,000
Consulting
RK PR Solutions, LLC
2018-11-01
$2,000
Consulting
RK PR Solutions, LLC
2018-12-03
$2,000
Consulting
School Kidz
2018-11-09
$1,375
Back to school kits
Symone's Catering
2018-10-30
$1,350
Food
Aspire
2018-12-06
$1,000
Donations
Al Forst
2018-10-01
$1,000
Office rent
Al Forst
2018-11-01
$1,000
Office rent
Al Forst
2018-12-01
$1,000
Office rent
Melissa for Chicago
2018-12-11
$1,000
Donations
Plcca
2018-11-08
$1,000
Donations
Dimietha Sangster
2018-12-20
$1,000
Consulting
Tionna Waters
2018-12-20
$1,000
Consulting
Young Beautiful & Proud
2018-10-30
$1,000
Donations
Emanuel Welch
2018-10-30
$710
Reimbursement for staff outing at chicago fire game
Andrea Garcia LLC
2018-10-04
$500
Consulting
Andrea Garcia LLC
2018-10-25
$500
Consulting
Andrea Garcia LLC
2018-12-13
$500
Consulting
Bellwood Scholarship Fund
2018-12-03
$500
Donations
Best of Proviso Township
2018-11-05
$500
Donations
Broadview Senior Club
2018-10-17
$500
Donations
Broadview Service Center
2018-10-22
$500
Donations
Grace Central Church
2018-11-13
$500
Donations
Greater LaGrange YMCA
2018-10-17
$500
Ad books
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