The Washington Post reported an internal spreadsheet lists $333 million in private commitments for President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom, while a separate $600 million East Wing estimate includes $307 million in taxpayer-funded accounts.
The spreadsheet covers 67 entries above $10,000 through late September 2026. The newspaper said it obtained the file, which records commitments rather than confirmed payments and leaves out in-kind support. It contains no contribution entry for Trump. Additional fundraising records reviewed by the newspaper showed at least $77 million in commitments from donors who requested anonymity.
Nvidia, Apple, the Adelson family and Charles Ergen are each listed at $25 million. The Washington Post said Ergen’s amount appears in two $12.5 million installments, dated December 2025 and February 2026. Other entries include $22 million associated with Google and YouTube’s settlement with Trump, about $20.3 million from the Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation, $10 million each from Microsoft and Palantir, and $7.5 million from Comcast.
Donations went through the Trust for the National Mall, a nonprofit. An agreement between the government and the Trust says donor identities are to remain anonymous as permitted by law and that the Trust cannot publicly recognize a donor without written authorization from White House Executive Residence staff. The Trust’s response to senators said it receives a 2% or 2.5% management allocation from each donation, according to a release from Sen. Elizabeth Warren summarizing the response.
The Trust’s 2025 Form 990 reports several large gifts without naming their contributors, including three worth $25 million each, one of $22 million and one of $20,270,931. The filing covers receipts in calendar 2025, so it does not identify donors on the later spreadsheet or provide a like-for-like total.
The White House’s July 31, 2025, announcement estimated the ballroom would cost about $200 million and said Trump and private donors had committed funding, with the Secret Service covering necessary security changes. At an Oct. 22, 2025, White House event, Trump said, “It’s being paid for a hundred percent by me and some friends of mine.”
A contractor estimate dated March 5, 2026, put the broader East Wing project at $600 million, The Washington Post reported. It assigned $293 million to private sources and $307 million to taxpayer-funded government accounts: $155 million for the Secret Service, $149 million for the White House Military Office and $3 million for the Executive Residence. The estimate covered offices and underground security facilities as well as the ballroom.
The Washington Post reported that the spreadsheet lists a $5 million AT&T pledge. Company spokesperson Megan Ketterer told the newspaper AT&T had no plans to contribute to the Trust.
