Manar's committee spent the most on fund raising - contractual in the quarter, with all those payments ($9,246) going to KJD Strategies in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Manar's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Fund raising - contractual
$9,246
40%
Contractual expenses
$5,960
25.8%
Transportation
$2,260
9.8%
Office equipment
$835
3.6%
Bonus
$750
3.3%
Website expenses
$675
2.9%
Phone services
$571
2.5%
Contribution for fundraiser
$500
2.2%
Parade beads
$363
1.6%
Gasoline
$347
1.5%
Lodging
$301
1.3%
Parade entry fee
$300
1.3%
Fund raising entertainment
$250
1.1%
Transaction fees
$247
1.1%
Bunker hill basketball tournament - page ad
$215
0.9%
Advertising
$170
0.7%
Online advertising
$73
0.3%
Parking
$44
0.2%
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
KJD Strategies
2016-03-05
$9,246
Fund raising - contractual
Mitch Schaben
2016-01-07
$5,000
Contractual expenses
Best Buy
2016-03-23
$835
Office equipment
Ford Motor Credit Company
2016-03-30
$623
Transportation
Ford Motor Credit Company
2016-02-29
$623
Transportation
Ford Motor Credit Company
2016-02-01
$623
Transportation
Springfield Branch NAACP
2016-01-18
$500
Contribution for fundraiser
Two Seventeen Consulting
2016-03-05
$450
Website expenses
Mardi Gras Outlet (Bead Sale, LLC)
2016-02-15
$363
Parade beads
AT&T Corporate Headquarters
2016-03-23
$358
Phone services
NGP VAN, Inc.
2016-02-01
$320
Contractual expenses
NGP VAN, Inc.
2016-03-01
$320
Contractual expenses
NGP VAN, Inc.
2016-01-01
$320
Contractual expenses
St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee
2016-02-15
$300
Parade entry fee
Russ Friedewold
2016-02-20
$250
Fund raising entertainment
Mindy Weir
2016-01-02
$250
Bonus
Lacey Wieseman
2016-01-02
$250
Bonus
Brittoni Wilkins
2016-01-02
$250
Bonus
Two Seventeen Consulting
2016-01-11
$225
Website expenses
Royal Publishing
2016-01-11
$215
Bunker hill basketball tournament - page ad
AT&T Corporate Headquarters
2016-01-22
$212
Phone services
Southwest Airlines Company
2016-01-05
$209
Transportation
Facebook
2016-01-31
$170
Advertising
Hotels.com
2016-02-22
$150
Lodging
Hilton
2016-02-07
$150
Lodging
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