Bender's committee spent the most on food in the quarter, with all those payments ($13,581) going to Inspired Catering and Events in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Bender's committee spent its money in the third quarter.
Table 1: Third-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Food
$13,581
33.9%
Consulting
$12,500
31.2%
Website expenses
$3,846
9.6%
Accounting fees
$3,715
9.3%
Printing
$3,685
9.2%
Ad books
$1,000
2.5%
Magazine advertising
$750
1.9%
Bank charges
$689
1.7%
Refund of duplicate payment
$250
0.6%
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
Inspired Catering and Events
2018-08-13
$9,054
Food
Inspired Catering and Events
2018-09-11
$4,527
Food
Warady & Davis LLP
2018-08-13
$3,715
Accounting fees
Chi-Town Printing
2018-08-02
$3,685
Printing
David Gulbransen
2018-09-17
$2,500
Website expenses
Mary Kay Dawson
2018-08-27
$2,500
Consulting
Mary Kay Dawson
2018-08-03
$2,500
Consulting
Foremost Strategy LLP
2018-07-27
$2,500
Consulting
Foremost Strategy LLP
2018-07-09
$2,500
Consulting
Foremost Strategy LLP
2018-08-27
$2,500
Consulting
Chicago Federation of Labor
2018-07-23
$1,000
Ad books
Edward Young
2018-09-17
$975
Website expenses
Law Bulletin
2018-09-20
$750
Magazine advertising
David Gulbransen
2018-07-09
$371
Website expenses
PayPal
2018-09-28
$284
Bank charges
Brian Gentz
2018-09-28
$250
Refund of duplicate payment
PayPal
2018-09-14
$192
Bank charges
PayPal
2018-09-17
$113
Bank charges
PayPal
2018-07-18
$26
Bank charges
PayPal
2018-08-10
$23
Bank charges
PayPal
2018-08-21
$18
Bank charges
PayPal
2018-08-16
$14
Bank charges
PayPal
2018-09-05
$7
Bank charges
PayPal
2018-08-14
$3
Bank charges
PayPal
2018-09-05
$3
Bank charges
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