Shore's committee spent the most on consulting in the quarter, with all those payments ($7,500) going to Blueprint Campaign Consulting in Chicago. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Shore's committee spent its money in the fourth quarter.
Table 1: Fourth-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Consulting
$7,500
64.5%
Bank charges
$1,017
8.7%
Contributions
$1,000
8.6%
Accounting services
$750
6.5%
Email database
$608
5.2%
Food for fundraising event
$449
3.9%
Printing
$304
2.6%
Table 2 below shows the top 23 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the fourth quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2017-10-04
$2,500
Consulting
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2017-11-03
$2,500
Consulting
Blueprint Campaign Consulting
2017-12-04
$2,500
Consulting
Illinois Women's Institute for Leadership
2017-11-13
$750
Contributions
NGP Van
2017-10-03
$750
Accounting services
Constant Contact
2017-11-03
$608
Email database
Pastoral
2017-12-13
$449
Food for fundraising event
Sommers & Fahrenbach
2017-10-01
$304
Printing
Chicago NOW
2017-10-30
$250
Contributions
ActBlue
2017-12-13
$173
Bank charges
ActBlue
2017-11-07
$170
Bank charges
ActBlue
2017-10-26
$165
Bank charges
ActBlue
2017-10-12
$110
Bank charges
ActBlue
2017-12-21
$106
Bank charges
ActBlue
2017-11-20
$101
Bank charges
ActBlue
2017-11-30
$38
Bank charges
ActBlue
2017-11-07
$36
Bank charges
ActBlue
2017-12-29
$31
Bank charges
ActBlue
2017-12-30
$28
Bank charges
ActBlue
2017-12-05
$23
Bank charges
ActBlue
2017-10-09
$19
Bank charges
ActBlue
2017-11-15
$5
Bank charges
ActBlue
2017-11-07
$5
Bank charges