The association spends about 17 percent of every member's monthly check to pay administrative costs.

The association has spent the past eight years making structural repairs and restoring the interior to the way it looked when it was first built.

The association spends most of its time reaching out to women in the area who are not receiving health care.

The association has so far spent about $2.5 million on the campaign, and said its recent surveys showed its message was getting across.

The 1992 and 1996 figures include all Congressional candidates on whom the association spent money.

It said the association spent $314 per apartment per month for staff, maintenance and repairs, compared with $149 at similar properties.

Will the association spend more to reverse the mall's tattered appearance?

Ms. Leavey says the association has spent thousands of dollars fighting the restaurant's application for a variance to remain on the block.

The association, which opposed the law because it restricts private insurance companies, spent $283,394, according to the commission.

Still, she said, over the years the association had raised more than $1.5 million and had spent nearly all of it on the treasure hunt.