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White House reveals full list of donors for Trump's $300M ballroom: Amazon, Apple, Meta, Google, Microsoft and more
The White House announced the plan to construct a 90,000-square-foot ballroom with a seating capacity of 650 people to “host major functions” in July
The White House released a list of donors for Donald Trump’s multi-million-dollar ballroom, which has been under construction since September 2025 in Washington, D.C. Apart from big guns like Cameron Winklevoss and Harold Hamm, Trump has received donations from Big Tech companies, including Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Meta, as per CNN.
White House releases list of ballroom donors
President Donald Trump had assured in the past that the project would cost nothing to taxpayers. He had emphasized that it would be privately funded by donors and himself, as per CNN.
Co-founders of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and his family, and the Adelson family now appear on the list of donors shared by the White House.
While the administration had put the cost of the ballroom project at $200 million, Trump recently revealed that the ballroom construction would cost “about $300 million”.
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The White House announced the plan to construct a 90,000-square-foot ballroom with a seating capacity of 650 people to “host major functions” in July this year. President Trump handed the construction responsibility to McCrery Architects, well-known for its classical architectural design.
Although it is not clear how much each donor is contributing to the ballroom project, Business Insider reports Alphabet Inc. is contributing $22 million as part of a legal settlement over Donald Trump's YouTube suspension.
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Full list of White House ballroom donors
Altria Group, Inc.
Amazon
Apple
Booz Allen Hamilton
Caterpillar, Inc.
Coinbase
Comcast Corporation
Pepe and Emilia Fanjul
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin
Meta Platforms
Micron Technology
Microsoft
NextEra Energy, Inc.
Palantir Technologies Inc.
Ripple
Reynolds American
T-Mobile
Tether America
Union Pacific Railroad
Adelson Family Foundation
Stefan E. Brodie
Betty Wold Johnson Foundation
Charles and Marissa Cascarilla
Edward and Shari Glazer
Harold Hamm
Benjamin Leon Jr.
The Lutnick Family
The Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Konstantin Sokolov
Kelly Loeffler and Jeff Sprecher
Paolo Tiramani
Cameron Winklevoss
Tyler Winklevoss
FAQs:
When did the construction of the White House ballroom begin?
The construction of the White House ballroom began in September this year.
How much will the construction of the White House ballroom cost?
The construction of the White House ballroom would cost nearly $300 million.
Which Big Tech companies have donated to Donald Trump’s ballroom project?
Among others, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Meta have donated to Donald Trump’s ballroom project.
