A GoFundMe campaign titled "We The People Will Fund The Wall" is hoping to raise $1 billion to build President Donald Trump's border wall.

As of Wednesday afternoon, it exceeded $1 million in small-scale contributions from approximately 17,000 donors.

"It’s up to Americans to help out and pitch in to get this project rolling," according to the campaign page, which is attributed to Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage Jr.

Kolfage, an Iraq War veteran, was injured in a rocket attack during his second deployment and lost both his legs and his right hand. He is now an architect and motivational speaker, according to his website.

He is scheduled to give at least two interviews about the fundraiser in Nashville on Thursday morning, with The Tennessee Star Report and 1510 WLAC - Nashville.

Funding the wall

The campaign was created Sunday by a "fundraising team" in Miramar, Florida, according to the campaign page.

It's initial goal of $200 million was bumped to $1 billion.

On Tuesday, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told Fox News the administration is exploring "different" sources to pay for his proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexican border, according to reports.

Legal process ongoing

Trump has demanded $5 billion to pay for the border wall he promised to build during his campaign, according to reports. Lawmakers have until midnight Friday to pass a spending measure or shut down some federal agencies.

“If the 63 million people who voted for Trump each pledge $80, we can build the wall,” Kolfage states on the GoFundMe page. "That equates to roughly $5 billion, even if we get half, that's half the wall. We can do this."

The fundraiser page notes that fundraisers plan to "hold all funds and not release a single penny until we have all legal aspects covered to ensure our money goes only to the wall."

Beatriz Alvarado of the Corpus Christi Caller Times contributed to this report. Reach Mariah Timms at mtimms@tennessean.com or 615-259-8344 and on Twitter @mariahtimms.