Disbursements Tab: Add Purpose aggregates

[noahmanger]

The "Compare by Purpose" table needs to be completed.

[jmcarp]

Yep. The code is written here: https://github.com/18F/openFEC/pull/1067. We're just waiting on the finished list of purpose categories.

[PaulClark2]

@jmcarp @LindsayYoung

Below is first try at a purpose of disbursement list. The examples below each category are not meant to be exhaustive. I'll ask Jeff, Amy K, Amy P and Christian to talk a look, too.

Administrative (non-exhaustive list of examples)
*Salary
*Overhead
*Rent
*Postage
*Office supplies
*Office equipment
*Furniture
*Ballot access fees
*Petition drives
*Party fees
*Legal fees
*Accounting fees

Travel (non-exhaustive list of examples)
*Travel reimbursement
*Commercial carrier tickets
*Reimbursement for use of private vehicles
*Advance payments for corporate aircraft
*Lodging
*Meals

Fundraising and Solicitation (non-exhaustive list of examples)
*Direct mail
*Fundraising events
*Mailing lists
*Consultant fees
*Call lists
*Invitations including printing
*Catering
*Event space rental

Advertising (non-exhaustive list of examples)
*General public advertising
*Radio
*Television (broadcast, cable, satellite)
*Print
*Related production costs
*Media

Polling (non-exhaustive list of examples)
*Opinion polling

Campaign Materials (non-exhaustive list of examples)
*Buttons
*Bumper stickers
*Brochures
*Mass mailings
*Pens
*Posters
*Balloons

Campaign Event Expenses (non-exhaustive list of examples)
*Candidate appearances
*Campaign rallies
*Town meetings
*Phone banks
*Catering
*Door-to-door get-out-the-vote
*Canvassing
*Driving voters to polls

Transfers (non-exhaustive list of examples)
*(these transactions generally have a transaction code: "24G"

Loan Repayments (non-exhaustive list of examples)
*(these transactions generally have a transaction code: "20C," "20F," "20G," "20R," "22J," "22K," "22L," "22U"

Refunds (non-exhaustive list of examples)
*Contribution refunds
*(these transactions generally have a transaction code: "17R," "20Y," "21Y," "22R," "22Y," "22Z," "23Y," "28L," "40T," "40Y," "40Z," "41T," "41Y," "41Z," "42T," "42Y," "42Z"

Political Contributions
*Contributions to federal candidates
*Contributions to federal political committees
*(contributions to other federal candidates or committees generally have a transaction code: "24K")
*Donations to nonfederal candidates
*Donations to nonfederal committees

Donations (non-exhaustive list of examples)
*Donations to charitable or civic organizations

Non-allocable Expenses (non-exhaustive list of examples)

[jwchumley]

That is a pretty good list for starters. I don't have anything to add right now.

[PaulClark2]

Suggestion #1 from Christian: rename "Travel"
Travel and Staff Reimbursements (non-exhaustive list of examples)
*Travel reimbursement
*General reimbursements
*Commercial carrier tickets
*Reimbursement for use of private vehicles
*Advance payments for corporate aircraft
*Lodging
*Meals

lll

[PaulClark2]

Suggestion #2 from Christian: Add an "Other" or "Miscellaneous" category to catch everything that doesn't fit into the predefined categories