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 reports $50.46 billion in contract-obligation increases for ballroom donors
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Money flows
20 matching recordsPress organizations sue over paid access to presidential posts2026-08-12Donald J. Trumpofficial-capacity defendant in challenge to paid access to his postsTruth API1 sourceTrump Media and Crypto.com terminated their proposed $1 billion CRO treasury venture2026-08-07Crypto.complanned $1 billion token contribution under a later-terminated agreementCronos (CRO) token4 sourcesTrump National Golf Club Bedminster reported $37,603,295 in 2025 revenue2026-06-30Trump National Golf Club Bedminsterproperty operated through disclosed revenue entityLamington Farm Club, LLC2 sourcesFour branded-product licenses paid itemized 2025 royalties2026-06-30Donald J. Trumplicensed branded products generating disclosed royaltiesTrump-branded consumer product licenses2 sourcesTrump International Hotel & Tower Chicago reported $38,537,526 in 2025 revenue2026-06-30Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicagoproperty operated through disclosed revenue entity401 North Wabash Venture LLC2 sourcesTrump National Doral reported $121,861,496 in 2025 revenue2026-06-30Trump National Doralproperty operated through disclosed revenue entityTrump Endeavor 12 LLC2 sourcesTrump National Golf Club Jupiter reported $31,620,799 in 2025 revenue2026-06-30Trump National Golf Club Jupiterproperty operated through disclosed revenue entityJupiter Golf Club LLC2 sourcesMar-a-Lago Club reported $77,482,488 in 2025 revenue2026-06-30Mar-a-Lago Clubproperty operated through disclosed revenue entityMar-a-Lago Club, L.L.C.2 sourcesDisclosure reported $10.71 million net film proceeds; Amazon paid $40 million for rights2026-06-30Amazon MGM Studiosacquired distribution rights and funded marketingMelania documentary2 sourcesDisclosure reported $10.71 million net film proceeds; Amazon paid $40 million for rights2026-06-30MKT World LLCreceived disclosed net proceeds under a license for the filmMelania documentary2 sourcesDisclosure reported $10.71 million net film proceeds; Amazon paid $40 million for rights2026-06-30Melania Trumpdocumentary producer and on-camera subjectMelania documentary2 sourcesThree Trump books paid itemized 2025 royalties2026-06-30Donald J. Trumpauthor and disclosed royalty recipientDonald Trump publishing portfolio2 sourcesDTTM disclosed 15.75 billion WLFI governance tokens2026-06-30DTTM Operations LLCheld 15.75 billion governance tokens$WLFI governance token2 sourcesPublic Citizen reports $50.46 billion in contract-obligation increases for ballroom donors2026-06-042 sourcesBallroom funding agreement preserves donor anonymity and gives the White House referral control2026-04-22Trust for the National Malladministers donations and transfers project fundsWhite House ballroom project1 sourceQatar supplied the luxury 747 Trump wanted as a replacement Air Force One2025-05-21Donald J. Trumpused as presidential transportQatari-donated Boeing 747-8, registration N7478D1 sourceTrump Organization advanced a $1 billion Dubai tower2025-05-13The Trump Organizationbrand licensor and manager for announced developmentTrump International Hotel and Tower Dubai2 sourcesDC hotel records document $70,735 in net Secret Service room spending2024-10-18Donald J. TrumpOwned the hotel receiving payments in the reviewed periodTrump International Hotel Washington, D.C.1 sourceManhattan prosecutors closed the Trump SoHo investigation without charges2012-08-03Manhattan District Attorney's Officeinvestigated developer sales statements and closed without chargesTrump SoHo1 sourceTrump-branded token concentrated ownership and trading revenue in issuer entitiesDate not publishedDonald J. Trumplicensed name and likeness for$TRUMP2 sources