Which specific St. Jude donations and event payments are documented in the Trump Foundation’s grant records?

1. Documented multi‑year St. Jude totals: what filings and the hospital say

Public tax records and reporting draw a distinction between money the foundation directly granted to St. Jude and the larger sum the foundation and affiliated efforts say they “raised” on the hospital’s behalf: IRS‑documented, direct grants from the Eric Trump Foundation total about $8.7 million for 2007–2016 according to PolitiFact’s review of tax records, while St. Jude officials and a letter provided to the New York Times (and repeated in statements) put the figure the foundation “raised or helped raise” at $16.3 million ^[1].

2. Specific annual and line‑item grants that reporters have identified

Reporting that inspected the foundation’s 2016 filings and contemporaneous disclosures identifies a $2.9 million donation to St. Jude recorded in 2016, and Forbes and other outlets also reported that over the 2011–2015 span the foundation donated “more than $6 million” to St. Jude — figures that add up within the broader multi‑year totals cited above ^{[2] [3]}. Wikipedia’s summary of the foundation’s filings likewise lists $2,910,000 in donations to St. Jude aligned with the 2016 filing ^[5].

3. Fundraising vs. grant accounting: the $16.3 million vs. $8.7 million gap

Multiple outlets and St. Jude’s own statements make clear there are two different numbers in circulation: the $16.3 million figure represents money the Eric Trump Foundation and affiliated groups say they “raised or helped raise” for St. Jude, while the $8.7 million number comes from direct grant entries on the foundation’s tax returns — an important accounting difference repeatedly highlighted in fact checks and reporting ^{[1] [6]}.

4. Event‑related payments documented in the filings — charges to Trump properties

Investigations into the foundation’s event spending found explicit payments recorded for event costs at Trump properties: IRS filings show the Eric Trump Foundation spent $59,085 on its 2012 Golf Invitational at Trump National Golf Club in Westchester, and reporting cited more than $1.2 million in payments that lack fully documented outside recipients and that in several cases went to Trump Organization entities after billing changes in 2011 ^{[4] [6] [7]}. Wikipedia and other summaries cite roughly $145,000 paid to various for‑profit Trump properties across filings as well ^[5].

5. Re‑donations, other grantees, and unresolved documentation questions

Forbes and follow‑up reporting document that, in addition to gifts to St. Jude, the Eric Trump Foundation re‑granted more than $500,000 to about 40 other charities between roughly 2011–2015 — some of which then spent significant sums on events held at Trump courses — raising questions for state investigators about whether donor expectations matched those disbursements and about the sufficiency of documentation in some filings ^{[3] [7]}. Where the public record is incomplete — e.g., the full recipient trail for the $1.2 million in payments referenced by Forbes — the sources note gaps rather than filling them ^{[7] [6]}.

6. Bottom line: which specific St. Jude donations and event payments are on record

In concrete terms supported by the available documents and reporting: the Eric Trump Foundation’s tax filings and media analyses document roughly $8.7 million in direct grants to St. Jude from 2007–2016, a recorded $2.9 million grant in 2016, reporting of more than $6 million given from 2011–2015, the hospital’s statement that $16.3 million was raised or helped raised by the foundation and affiliates, and itemized event spending such as $59,085 for the 2012 golf invitational plus other payments to Trump Organization entities ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [6] [5]}. Where reporting documents gaps or differing accounting conventions, that is noted by the sources rather than resolved in the public record ^{[7] [3]}.