Like his presidential campaign, the festivities surrounding Barack Obama's swearing-in as the nation's 44th president were financed by private donations, a practice that goes back many administrations ...

Support OpenSecrets during our NewsMatch campaign and double your donation! Help keep our resources and data free for the general public.

If each of you 9 million annual website visitors donated just $1 a year, we'd never worry about funding again. Will you help us follow the money?

If each of you 9 million annual website visitors donated just $1 a year, we'd never worry about funding again. Will you help us follow the money?

If each of you 9 million annual website visitors donated just $1 a year, we'd never worry about funding again. Will you help us follow the money?

If each of you 9 million annual website visitors donated just $1 a year, we'd never worry about funding again. Will you help us follow the money?

Support OpenSecrets during our NewsMatch campaign and double your donation! Help keep our resources and data free for the general public.

The festivities surrounding a president's inauguration are expensive. Contributions to help fund the events — which are not limited in size and can come directly from corporations — must be reported ...