Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin didn't use any city funds to pay for his Nov. 28 swearing in and inauguration festivities, members of his team confirmed.

Private dollars were raised to pay for the noon swearing-in event at Linn Park and an evening reception at the Birmingham Museum of Art, said Ed Fields, senior advisor to the mayor.

"When we started to think about what an inauguration would look like for Mayor Woodfin, one thing (Woodfin) did was call every city councilor and let them know what he was thinking the inauguration would look like," he said. "He said he wasn't going to tap into city dollars."

On Sept. 13, which was before Woodfin was elected to office, the Birmingham City Council approved spending up to $35,000 on the council and mayor's joint inaugural event.

Council staff had estimated 1,500 residents would attend the inaugural events. At $20 per person, the event would cost as much as $35,000.

Fields said a foundation was set up in order to raise funds for the inauguration, called the Woodfin Transition and Inauguration Foundation. The foundation is led by retired Gen. Charles Krulak.

"We thought it would be a great show of unity and financial responsibility to engage the whole community to support this instead of putting it all on city tax dollars," he said.

Krulak, a former Birmingham-Southern College president, and Bobbie Knight, a former Alabama Power vice president, are leading Woodfin's transition team.

Krulak declined to release how much money was raised and spent on the inauguration. The foundation's financial statements weren't immediately public record.

Donations largely came from private individuals and ranged from $25 to a couple hundred dollars, Krulak said. He said donations continue to roll in.

"It has been funded by people, large and small, who care about the mayor and care about what (Woodfin) is doing," he said.