The money will go to conservation charities.
Donald Trump Jr. is one of the owners of a new Texas charity hosting the "Opening Day 2017" event.
A new Texas nonprofit is hosting an "Opening Day 2017" event the day after President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.
For a $1 million donation, participants can attend a private reception with Trump, receive tickets for a multi-day hunting or fishing trip with the president and his sons, and a few gifts like autographed guitars from Inauguration Day performers.
The brochure of the event says "all net proceeds from the Opening Day event will be donated to conservation charities." That got the attention of reporters at the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit nonpartisan investigative journalism organization.
Carrie Levine, with the organization, says the brochure caught her attention once it started circulating online.
Levine made a few calls, which got her to the company handling the details of the event. They said it was being put on by a new Texas charity – the Opening Day Foundation. But the company said they couldn't tell her anything else about it.
Gentry Beach is a Dallas investor and Tom Hicks Jr. is the son of a Dallas billionaire.
Organizers said they couldn't speak to the specific charities, but some are "conservation" and "sportsman" charities.
Levine says the event and access to Trump and his family isn't necessarily illegal.
It may be legal, but it does raise questions, she says.
A week ago the family took an auction offline after ethics experts raised concerns when Ivanka Trump was offering a coffee date with her to benefit the Eric Trump foundation at St. Jude's Hospital.