Public Citizen reports $50.46 billion in contract-obligation increases for ballroom donors
Entities and roles
- Booz Allen HamiltonDonor included in contract analysis
- Lockheed MartinDonor included in contract analysis
- Palantir TechnologiesDonor included in contract analysis
- Donald J. TrumpPresident whose ballroom donors were analyzed
- White House ballroom projectProject defining the reviewed donor group
Claims and evidence
- factdocumented
Public Citizen reported $50,459,516,784 in contract increases for 14 of 27 identified corporate ballroom donors. Its worksheet compares cumulative FY2021-FY2026 obligation snapshots from October 2025 and May 26, 2026; the reported increase is not a transaction-level total of new awards within an exactly dated six-month period.
- Public Citizen: Ballroom BillionsTable 1 and source note
- Public Citizen: White House Trump Ballroom Donors: Contracts TableContracts Table, columns C-I, October 2025 and May 26, 2026 headers, Totals row; published CSV export
Measurements
Public Citizen's reported increase in donor contract obligations$50,459,516,784 - Basis
- Observed
- Population
- Fourteen reported increases among 27 identified corporate ballroom donors, comparing October 2025 and May 26, 2026 cumulative obligation snapshots
- Period
- 2026-05-26 to 2026-05-26
- As of
- 2026-05-26
- Method
- Use Public Citizen's Table 1 and worksheet column C total. The worksheet compares cumulative FY2021-FY2026 obligations, with October 2025 baseline dates lacking an exact day. Both period fields identify the May 26 observation date, not the start and end of an award window.
- Uncertainty
- Snapshot differences can include revisions to earlier fiscal years, not only new awards. Some donor baseline totals are unavailable in the summary worksheet. The source's reported aggregate is retained, not independently reconstructed from transactions. It is not cash outlays, donations, personal profit or proven quid pro quo. Do not add the separate Palantir purchasing ceiling.