Private Foundations & Donor Networks

Private and family foundations, presidential-library foundations, donor-advised funds, and other private 501(c)(3) vehicles that function as conduits for politically-aligned giving by wealthy individuals or families. Distinct from PACs and other direct campaign-finance vehicles.

• Adelson Family Foundation

  Foundation
• Betty Wold Johnson Foundation

  Foundation
• Charles Koch Foundation

  Foundation
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  Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation

  Foundation
• Mercer Family Foundation

  Foundation
• New Levant Initiative

  Foundation
• The Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation

  Foundation

Actions involving organizations in this sector, players affiliated with them, or sector-wide benefits.

• Private Action

  July 2026
  FIFA reverses a US player's World Cup ban after Trump's call
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  June 2026
  Trump banked $2.2 billion in year one, mostly from crypto he regulates$2.2B
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  June 2026
  Trump owns private-prison stocks his deportation drive is enriching
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  May 2026
  Trump's DOJ forever-bars IRS claims against Trump and family$1.8B
  Daniel EpsteinDonald Trump
• Government Action

  February 2026
  Trump threatens to block Gordie Howe Bridge opening to punish Canada
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  February 2026
  Moroun lobbies Lutnick before Trump threatens Gordie Howe Bridge
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  February 2026
  Trump's EPA eliminates climate endangerment finding and emission rules
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  January 2026
  ByteDance TikTok U.S. spin-out names MGX, Oracle, Silver Lake
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  December 2025
  Trump pardons Tina Peters, Colorado clerk in stop-the-steal case
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  December 2025
  FIFA invents a peace prize, hands the first to Trump
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  November 2025
  Trump admin releases 35,000 Nvidia AI chips to Saudi Arabia's Humain
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  November 2025
  Trump pledges F-35 sale to Saudi Arabia, calls MBS 'phenomenal' on rights
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  November 2025
  Trump and Lutnick cut a mining deal their sons stand to profit from$1.6B
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  October 2025
  Interior reopens 1.56-million-acre ANWR Coastal Plain to oil and gas leasing
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  October 2025
  Trump approves Ambler Road across Alaska wilderness for critical-minerals access
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  October 2025
  Corporations pledge funding for Trump's $300M White House ballroom
  Adelson Family FoundationBetty Wold Johnson FoundationThe Laura & Isaac Perlmutter FoundationDonald Trump
• Government Action

  October 2025
  Trump pardons Binance founder Changpeng Zhao after BSA conviction
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  October 2025
  Truth Social launches prediction market with Crypto.com affiliate
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  September 2025
  Dar Global launches $1B Trump Plaza Jeddah, second Saudi collaboration$1B
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  September 2025
  Florida Cabinet transfers $66M Miami parcel to Trump library foundation$66M
  Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation
• Private Action

  September 2025
  Greg and Anna Brockman donate $25M to MAGA Inc.$25M
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  September 2025
  Trump TikTok deal names Tahnoon's MGX as U.S. operator
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  August 2025
  Trump doubles India tariffs to 50% on day of Apple investment event
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  August 2025
  Apple adds $100B to U.S. manufacturing pledge, total $600B$100B
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  August 2025
  Tim Cook gifts Trump gold souvenir during Apple tariff lobbying
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  August 2025
  Trump deal makes Nvidia, AMD pay 15% of China chip revenue to U.S.
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  August 2025
  Trump exempts Apple and other tech investors from 100% chip tariffs
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  August 2025
  Trump orders Labor Department to allow alternative assets in 401(k)s
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  July 2025
  Trump order expedites federal permits for AI data centers
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  July 2025
  Trump signs bill delaying Medicare price cuts on top-selling drugs
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  July 2025
  Trump tax law scraps the 1934 levy on silencers and short-barrel guns
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  July 2025
  Trump tax law lets oil drillers dodge the corporate minimum tax
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  July 2025
  Trump's reconciliation law slips spaceports a $1B+ tax break
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  July 2025
  Paramount pays Trump $16M to settle CBS 60 Minutes lawsuit$16M
  Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation
• Government Action

  July 2025
  Qatar donates luxury Boeing 747 to U.S. defense department
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  July 2025
  Rolex gifts Trump a desk clock during Swiss tariff lobbying
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  July 2025
  Trump cuts Swiss tariffs 39% to 15% after Rolex lobbying
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  June 2025
  Air Force pulls Qatar jet retrofit funds from Sentinel ICBM program
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  June 2025
  FIFA pays the president's family business for a mostly empty office
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  May 2025
  Trump commutes donor Imaad Zuberi's foreign-lobbying sentence
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  May 2025
  Crypto blogger Christensen buys $TRUMP for dinner invite
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  May 2025
  Justin Sun becomes top $TRUMP holder to secure dinner invite$19M
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  May 2025
  MemeCore buys $TRUMP memecoin for top-25 dinner reception
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  May 2025
  Trump hosts golf-club dinner for memecoin holders after $148M buy-in$148M
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  May 2025
  Treasury launches fast-track CFIUS review UAE lobbied for
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  May 2025
  Fr8Tech buys $20M in $TRUMP memecoin as trade advocacy$20M
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  May 2025
  Trump International Hotel Dubai launches $1B 80-story project$1B
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  May 2025
  UAE firm uses $2B Trump-Witkoff stablecoin for Binance stake$2B
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  May 2025
  White House grants UAE access to advanced AI chips for G42
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  April 2025
  Dar Global signs Qatar government deal for Trump-branded golf and villas
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  April 2025
  Serbia approves Trump-Kushner hotel on government-owned land
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  April 2025
  Trump pardons Paul Walczak weeks after mother's $1M Mar-a-Lago dinner
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  April 2025
  Russian-linked DWF Labs buys $25M in Trump crypto tokens$25M
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  April 2025
  Elizabeth Fago attends $1M MAGA Inc. dinner before son's pardon$1M
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  March 2025
  Trump commutes Galanis, second Biden-inquiry witness given clemency
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  March 2025
  Trump pardons Nikola founder Milton, wiping $676M restitution
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  March 2025
  Trump pardons Devon Archer, first Biden-inquiry witness given clemency
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  March 2025
  Senate confirms Trump's personal lawyer Blanche as Deputy AG
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  March 2025
  Senate confirms WWE co-founder McMahon as Education Secretary
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  March 2025
  Polymarket CEO attends Trump White House crypto summit while under federal investigation
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  March 2025
  Tahnoon pledges $1.4T UAE investment in Oval Office meeting with Trump$1,400B
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  March 2025
  Trump pardons BitMEX co-founders for Bank Secrecy Act violations
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  February 2025
  Senate confirms top MAGA donor Lutnick as Commerce Secretary
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  February 2025
  Trump creates National Energy Dominance Council chaired by Burgum
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  February 2025
  Senate confirms Trump endorser Kennedy as HHS Secretary
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  February 2025
  X pays Trump $10M to settle 2021 Twitter suspension suit$10M
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  January 2025
  Senate confirms Zeldin as EPA chief despite no climate background
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  January 2025
  Senate confirms hedge fund founder Bessent as Treasury Secretary
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  January 2025
  Senate confirms Hegseth as Defense Secretary on Vance tiebreaker
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  January 2025
  Trump restarts stalled natural gas export approvals paused by Biden
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  January 2025
  Trump committees paid Dhillon Law $13.9M before founders joined admin$13.85M
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  January 2025
  Trump PAC paid Blanche Law $9.3M before Blanche became Deputy AG$9.27M
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  January 2025
  Trump PAC paid Otis Law $2M before Sauer became Solicitor General$2.02M
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  January 2025
  Trump PACs paid Habba's firm $8.9M before Habba joined White House$8.92M
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  January 2025
  Trump launches $TRUMP memecoin days before inauguration
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  January 2025
  UAE-backed Aryam buys 49% of Trump crypto venture four days before inauguration$500M
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  January 2025
  DeSantis signs law shielding Trump library from local opposition
  Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation
• Private Action

  January 2025
  Meta donates $1M to Trump inauguration amid admin outreach$1M
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  January 2025
  Meta pays $22M to Trump library to settle Facebook ban suit$25M
  Donald J. Trump Presidential Library FoundationDonald Trump
• Private Action

  January 2025
  Miriam Adelson donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1M
  Miriam Adelson
• Private Action

  January 2025
  New Levant Initiative donates $1M to Trump-Vance inaugural$1M
  New Levant Initiative
• Government Action

  January 2025
  Trump pardons Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht on Day One
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  January 2025
  Trump order ends EV mandates and state emissions waivers
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  January 2025
  Trump order scraps the rules behind federal environmental reviews
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  January 2025
  Trump order directs agencies to rescind energy-burdening regulations
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  January 2025
  Trump order directs EPA to reconsider 2009 endangerment finding
  Donald Trump
• Government Action

  January 2025
  Trump revokes twelve Biden climate and environmental orders
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  December 2024
  Dar Global and Trump Org launch $533M Trump Tower Jeddah$533M
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  December 2024
  ABC News pays $15M to Trump library to settle defamation suit$16M
  Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation
• Private Action

  November 2024
  Justin Sun anchors Trump DeFi token sale with $30M buy$30M
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  November 2024
  Donald Trump Jr. joins venture firm 1789 Capital
  Rebekah Mercer
• Private Action

  September 2024
  Miriam Adelson donates $106M to Preserve America PAC$106M
  Miriam Adelson
• Private Action

  September 2024
  Trump family launches World Liberty Financial crypto platform
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  May 2024
  Laura Perlmutter donates $12.45M to Right for America$12.45M
  Laura Perlmutter
• Private Action

  May 2024
  Miriam Adelson donates $845K to Trump 47 Committee$844.6K
  Miriam Adelson
• Private Action

  January 2017
  Imaad Zuberi routes $900K to Trump inaugural via shell company$900K
  Donald Trump
• Private Action

  November 2016
  NRA spends record $30.3M to elect Trump in 2016$30.3M
  Donald Trump

Derived from affiliations to organizations in this sector.

• Daniel Epstein

  Of Counsel, Charles Koch Foundation · Attorney
• 
  Donald Trump

  Aligned Organization, Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation · Government Official
• Laura Perlmutter

  Director, The Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation · Private Sector Figure
• 
  Miriam Adelson

  Co-founder, Adelson Family Foundation · Political Operative
• Rebekah Mercer

  Director, Mercer Family Foundation · Political Operative

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