Editor’s note: The story has been updated to include a comment from the White House.

President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project donor list reportedly reveals companies and individuals linked to federal contracts, policy decisions, and a presidential pardon.

NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) each pledged $25 million, matching contributions from the Adelson family and telecommunications billionaire Charles Ergen, reported the Washington Post on Thursday.

Alphabet Inc.‘s Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) committed $22 million through the John P. Coale Esq. trust. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) committed $10 million, each, as per the list.

“The donors for the White House ballroom project represent a wide array of great American companies and generous individuals, all of whom are contributing to make the People’s House better for generations to come,” White House Spokesman Davis Ingle told Benzinga in an emailed statement.

HOWEVER, Ingle noted that the “White House does not discuss or disclose personal information about individuals’ private donations they may or may not have been given to nonprofit organizations.”

The private fundraising campaign collected $333 million, including at least $77 million from anonymous donors, based on internal records reviewed by The Post. The documents identify 57 donors who pledged at least $100,000, the report added.

Isabela Herrera, daughter of  Venezuelan-Italian international banker Julio Herrera Velutini, pledged $2.5 million to Trump’s White House ballroom in September 2025, months after Velutini’s bribery charges were reduced. She paid $835,000 in October, and Trump pardoned her father in January 2026, the report stated.

Contributions flow through a nonprofit before being transferred to the government and a White House account controlled directly by Trump.

Nvidia, Microsoft, Google and Palantir did not immediately respond to Benzinga’s request for comments.

Ballroom Project Faced Legal Challenges

The fundraising disclosures add detail to a project that has faced political and legal scrutiny. On Aug. 31, the Supreme Court’s ruling allowed construction of the White House ballroom and military complex to proceed, with Trump targeting completion in 2028. The President said the ballroom project is funded entirely by private donors and corporations, with no cost to taxpayers, and stated that the construction is under budget and ahead of schedule.

Despite top tech firms and corporations contributing to the project, JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon said in November last year that the bank is “quite conscious of risks” and would not donate to Trump’s White House ballroom project, citing concerns that contributions could be perceived as “buying” political favors or invite scrutiny from future administrations and the Justice Department.

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