President Donald Trump holds an image of a rendering of the new White House ballroom to be built as he meets with Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Mark Rutte (not pictured) in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct. 22. Photo by Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Who’s paying for Trump’s $300 million ballroom?

Politics

Private donors to President Donald Trump's planned White House ballroom include tech giants like Amazon, Meta and Apple, as well as the family of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and the cofounders of the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, according to a list provided to PBS News.

The president has maintained that the multi-million-dollar project will be paid by private donations — and not by taxpayers. On Wednesday, Trump said the total cost of building the ballroom had ballooned to $300 million, a full $100 million more than what was originally announced.

A White House official provided the list on Thursday of corporations and individuals that will contribute to the ballroom.

The list does not specify exact amounts pledged or paid by each donor, nor has the White House said how much Trump — who's said he'll personally use his own funds as well — plans to contribute.

The full list, as provided by the White House:

  • Altria Group Inc.
  • Amazon
  • Apple
  • Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
  • Caterpillar Inc.
  • Coinbase
  • Comcast Corporation
  • J. Pepe and Emilia Fanjul
  • Hard Rock International
  • Google
  • 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. Schwarzmann
  • Konstantin Sokolov
  • Kelly Loeffler and Jeff Sprecher
  • Paolo Tiramani
  • Cameron Winklevoss
  • Tyler Winklevoss

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