Who paid for the inauguration?

Here are the corporations and others donating as much as $25,000 apiece, the so-called "foundation" level, to help pay for the inauguration festivities of Gov. Ted Strickland and Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, according to their inaugural brochure:

AEP Ohio
American Electric Power
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Asian Indian Alliance
AstraZeneca
AT&T
Barr & Prevost Engineering
Boich Companies
Burgess & Niple
Calfee, Halter and Griswold, LLP
Checksmart
Dick Weiland
Duke Energy
FirstEnergy Corp.
Ford Motor Co.
Forest City Enterprises
General Motors Corp.
HNTP Ohio Inc.
Kenmore Construction Co.
Medical Mutual of Ohio
National City
Nationwide Insurance Co.
Ohio Education Association
Saber Healthcare Group
Schottenstein Stores Corp.
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.
Shelly Paving
THOMRAIOS
Time Warner Cable and the Ohio Cable Telecommunications Association
Transystems
Western & Southern Life Insurance Co.
Wholesale Beer & Wine Association of Ohio

Among those giving at the $15,000 "leadership" level were: Cardinal Health, General Electric, Huntington National Bank, KeyCorp., LexisNexis, Ohio Health Care Association, the Ohio Association of Realtors, Pfizer, Turner Construction Co. and UnitedHealthcare.

Among those giving at the $10,000 "supporters" level were Cincinnati attorney Stan Chesley, American Financial Group, Grange Insurance Companies, Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati, Procter & Gamble, Federated Department Stores, Fifth Third Bancorp, Motorola, NCR Corp., Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp., State Farm Insurance Companies, Sprint Nextel Corp., U.S. Steel Corp. and Gresham, Smith and Partners.