For Corporate Donors, Exclusive Access to Array of Inauguration Festivities

December 8, 2012 by legitgov

For Corporate Donors, Exclusive Access to Array of Inauguration Festivities 09 Dec 2012 President Obama's finance team is offering corporations and other institutions that contribute $1 million exclusive access to an array of inaugural festivities, including tickets to a "benefactors reception," a children’s concert, a candlelight celebration at the National Building Museum, two reserved parade bleacher seats and four tickets to the president's official inaugural ball. The offerings are detailed in an online inaugural fund-raising solicitation provided to The New York Times by an Obama fund-raiser.The financing arrangements are a departure from Mr. Obama's policy in 2009, when he refused corporate donations altogether and capped individual contributions at $50,000.