Brown's committee spent the most on campaign strategies and assistance in the quarter, with all those payments ($29,420) going to American Strategies LLC in Forest Park. Table 1 below shows the distribution of how Brown's committee spent its money in the second quarter.
Table 1: Second-quarter spending by purpose
Purpose
Amount
Percent of total spending
Campaign strategies and assistance
$29,420
24.3%
Committee scholarship fund
$17,000
14.1%
Campaign signs
$7,374
6.1%
Committee marketing
$5,422
4.5%
Campaign work
$5,400
4.5%
Donations
$4,710
3.9%
Committee fundraiser
$3,752
3.1%
Election signs
$2,416
2%
Production media expenses
$2,175
1.8%
Campaign committee supplies
$2,164
1.8%
Committe banners
$2,085
1.7%
Postage
$2,071
1.7%
Committee telephone
$1,900
1.6%
Committee legal expense
$1,800
1.5%
Luncheon for campaign workers
$1,750
1.5%
Legal fees
$1,250
1%
Committee legal fees
$1,250
1%
Election day lunch
$1,231
1%
Donation for charitable luncheon
$1,100
0.9%
Photography for committee
$1,100
0.9%
Advertising
$1,098
0.9%
Donation trevor's heros benefit
$1,090
0.9%
Committee fundraiser food
$1,054
0.9%
Donation for business, arts and stem education
$1,000
0.8%
Donation bolingbrook family picnic sponsor
$1,000
0.8%
Donation to community event
$1,000
0.8%
Donation for chicago cancer patients
$1,000
0.8%
Food for fundraiser
$942
0.8%
Committee lodging
$913
0.8%
Commitee fundraiser food
$907
0.8%
Committee computer equipment
$799
0.7%
Election supplies
$775
0.6%
Radio advertising
$750
0.6%
Marketing
$750
0.6%
Donation for st. patrick's day benefit
$708
0.6%
Pizza for hq staff
$653
0.5%
Donation to softball and soccer teams
$625
0.5%
Newspaper advertising
$600
0.5%
Telephones
$587
0.5%
Donation for 2017 awards banquet
$581
0.5%
Internet access for hq
$579
0.5%
Donation for community service council benefit
$523
0.4%
Meeting with constituents
$502
0.4%
Committee workers food
$488
0.4%
Telephone polling
$411
0.3%
Donation for black history month celebration
$400
0.3%
Campaign commitee supplies
$389
0.3%
Donation sponsorship
$350
0.3%
Dinner for bolingbrook basketball team
$346
0.3%
Donation for ymca giving gala
$335
0.3%
Election day meal during break
$318
0.3%
Committee fundraising food
$300
0.3%
Gasoline
$266
0.2%
Candidate lodging
$258
0.2%
Pakistani physician society donation
$250
0.2%
The world in bolingbrook fundraiser
$250
0.2%
Bolingbrook basketball team
$250
0.2%
Internet access
$239
0.2%
Donation for children with physical impairments
$200
0.2%
Entertainment for campaign worker appreciation event
$200
0.2%
Donation for local baseball league
$200
0.2%
Donation for food facility
$200
0.2%
Breakfast for hq staff
$193
0.2%
Transportation
$185
0.2%
Donation to freedom fund gala 2017
$173
0.1%
Food for the office (staff & visitors)
$167
0.1%
Commitee banners
$167
0.1%
Golf outings
$165
0.1%
Videography for committee
$150
0.1%
Supplies
$55
< 0.1%
Food
$52
< 0.1%
Meals and entertainment
$52
< 0.1%
Apples for office/staff/visitors
$36
< 0.1%
Table 2 below shows the top 25 largest single expenditures during the quarter.
Table 2: Largest expenses of the second quarter
Recipient
Date
Amount
Purpose
American Strategies LLC
2017-04-03
$29,420
Campaign strategies and assistance
Bolingbrook Signs
2017-04-09
$7,374
Campaign signs
Victory Media Group
2017-04-03
$5,422
Committee marketing
Hilton Gardens Hotel
2017-06-14
$3,752
Committee fundraiser
Bolingbrook Signs
2017-05-08
$2,416
Election signs
Midway Broadcasting Corp
2017-05-08
$2,175
Production media expenses
EmbroidMe
2017-04-09
$2,085
Committe banners
Sixto V. Ojeda
2017-05-10
$2,000
Campaign work
Reliable Telecom
2017-04-03
$1,900
Committee telephone
The Law Office of James P. Nally, P.C.
2017-04-19
$1,800
Committee legal expense
Tailgaters
2017-05-21
$1,750
Luncheon for campaign workers
Bolingbrook Chamber of Commerce
2017-06-14
$1,250
Donations
Westwood Legal
2017-05-08
$1,250
Legal fees
Westwood Legal
2017-06-14
$1,250
Committee legal fees
Portillo's
2017-05-08
$1,231
Election day lunch
Brian Brim
2017-04-12
$1,200
Campaign work
Symeon Brown
2017-04-12
$1,200
Campaign work
Costco
2017-04-10
$1,192
Campaign committee supplies
Postmaster
2017-06-14
$1,159
Postage
Bolingbrook Lions Club
2017-05-07
$1,100
Donation for charitable luncheon
Allegra Marketing
2017-05-08
$1,098
Advertising
Jane Addams Middle School
2017-05-07
$1,090
Donation trevor's heros benefit
Zyan J Bell
2017-05-23
$1,000
Committee scholarship fund
Business Arts STEM Excellence
2017-05-08
$1,000
Donation for business, arts and stem education
Caponeyboy Productions
2017-04-02
$1,000
Campaign work
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