LaVia's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with 70.9% of this total ($7,925) going to CFO Consulting in New York. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how LaVia's committee spent its money in the first quarter.
Table 1: First-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$11,172
34.2%
Donations
$10,775
33%
Campaign work
$3,352
10.3%
Campaign software
$960
2.9%
Equipment purchase
$854
2.6%
Phones
$650
2%
Cell phones
$549
1.7%
Lease payments
$541
1.7%
Radio advertising
$533
1.6%
Meetings
$416
1.3%
Utilities
$357
1.1%
Fuel
$304
0.9%
Web site hosting
$300
0.9%
Campaign meeting
$294
0.9%
Speaker fee
$250
0.8%
Books
$245
0.8%
Internet access
$171
0.5%
Phone services
$163
0.5%
Supplies
$159
0.5%
Advertising
$155
0.5%
Funeral flowers
$150
0.5%
Auto maintenance
$137
0.4%
Interest payment
$107
0.3%
Interest
$56
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
Transitional Alternative Reentry
2016-02-08
$5,000
Donations
CFO Consulting
2016-03-21
$3,500
Consulting
CFO Consulting
2016-01-04
$2,675
Consulting
Jennifer Kim
2016-03-21
$1,850
Consulting
CFO Consulting
2016-02-16
$1,750
Consulting
Andrew Williames
2016-02-08
$1,025
Campaign work
Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast
2016-02-24
$1,000
Donations
Mike Harazin
2016-02-01
$1,000
Campaign work
NGP Van, Inc.
2016-01-20
$960
Campaign software
Best Buy
2016-01-04
$854
Equipment purchase
Kane County Democrats
2016-01-27
$800
Donations
Andrew Williames
2016-03-07
$687
Campaign work
Andrew Williames
2016-01-04
$537
Consulting
African American Health Coalition
2016-01-25
$500
Donations
Aurora Veterans Advisory Council
2016-03-07
$500
Donations
Still Middle School
2016-03-02
$500
Donations
Comcast
2016-01-06
$357
Utilities
T-Mobile
2016-01-25
$321
Cell phones
T-Mobile
2016-03-28
$316
Phones
Aurora Kiwanis Foundation
2016-02-03
$300
Donations
The Dover Group
2016-01-04
$300
Web site hosting
Ach-N-Lous
2016-03-16
$294
Campaign meeting
Rotary Club of America
2016-01-06
$275
Donations
Wspy
2016-01-21
$269
Radio advertising
African American Men of Unity
2016-01-06
$250
Donations
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