Bennett's committee spent the most on event sponsorship in the quarter, with 74.6% of this total ($1,000) going to Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation in Springfield. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Bennett's committee spent its money in the second quarter.
Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Event sponsorship
$1,340
21%
Advertising
$1,014
15.9%
Subscriptions
$994
15.6%
Fees
$625
9.8%
Rent
$590
9.3%
Fundraising expenses
$501
7.9%
Sponsorships
$490
7.7%
Phones/internet
$361
5.7%
Event expenses
$300
4.7%
Tax preparation
$160
2.5%
Table 2 below shows the top 18 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation
2017-04-07
$1,000
Event sponsorship
Ngp Van
2017-04-03
$750
Subscriptions
National Conference of State Legislators
2017-06-01
$625
Fees
WITY Radio
2017-06-07
$612
Advertising
Champaign Urbana Mass Transit
2017-05-25
$590
Rent
Old Orchard Lanes and Links
2017-06-23
$501
Fundraising expenses
WITY Radio
2017-04-24
$402
Advertising
Champaign County Health Care Consumers
2017-05-03
$340
Event sponsorship
Japan House
2017-04-03
$300
Event expenses
Courage Connection
2017-05-25
$250
Sponsorships
Laura Lee Fellowship House
2017-05-12
$240
Sponsorships
News Gazette
2017-04-13
$214
Subscriptions
At&t
2017-04-10
$181
Phones/internet
At&t
2017-05-08
$179
Phones/internet
H&R Block
2017-04-03
$160
Tax preparation
News Gazette
2017-05-10
$9
Subscriptions
News Gazette
2017-05-17
$9
Subscriptions
News Gazette
2017-06-15
$9
Subscriptions
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