Inaugural Contributors Identified
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/05/us/politics/inaugural-contributors-identified.html?_r=0
WASHINGTON — President Obama drew criticism last month for allowing unlimited corporate donations to finance his inaugural festivities. But when his inaugural planners released the names of donors late Friday afternoon, only a handful of companies were on the list of several hundred contributors.
AT&T, Financial Innovations Inc. (a supplier of Democratic-themed merchandise to presidential campaigns and conventions), the biotech firm Genentech; StreamLine L.L.C. and the Whittier Trust Company were among the corporate sponsors. Individual names made up much of the rest of the list, available on the inaugural committee’s Web site.
http://www.2013pic.org/about/benefactors
The committee said it posted the list, which will be updated regularly, in keeping with its “commitment to transparency.” But the document does not contain the amount of the donations; that will become available 90 days after the inaugural, when the Federal Election Commission makes the committee’s financing report public.
