Which companies have officially donated to Donald Trump’s campaigns or inaugural committee in 2024–2026?
Executive summary
A broad cross-section of major corporations and industry players publicly backed Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign and the Trump Vance inaugural committee in 2024–2025, with reported donors spanning Big Tech, crypto firms, oil and gas, finance and automotive companies [1] [2] [3]. Reporting and federal filings show some companies (or their PACs/CEOs) gave seven- and six‑figure gifts to the inaugural fund and affiliated PACs, while corporate subsidiaries and donor individuals also funneled large sums—however, nuances in campaign finance law mean “company donated” can mean corporate PACs, executives or affiliated entities rather than the corporate treasury itself [4] [5].
1. Who showed up on public lists: a short catalog of named donors
Multiple news outlets compiled names of companies that publicly donated to the inaugural committee or whose leaders gave heavily to Trump-aligned committees, including Amazon, Meta (Facebook’s parent), Microsoft, General Motors, BlackRock, Delta Air Lines, McDonald’s, Ford, Airbnb, Instacart, Uber, Qualcomm and Robinhood — all specifically reported as inaugural donors in mainstream coverage [2] [1] [6] [7]. Rolling Stone and others also identified big oil and gas names such as Chevron, ExxonMobil and Occidental Petroleum among inaugural committee donors [8] [1].
2. Tech and crypto’s outsized presence
Reporting emphasized tech companies and crypto firms as major inaugural contributors: Amazon and Meta were reported to have given $1 million each, Microsoft was reported as a $1 million donor, and crypto firms including Coinbase, Kraken, Galaxy Digital, Crypto.com and Paradigm Operations were each reported as $1 million donors to the inaugural committee, according to Rolling Stone and CNBC summaries of filings and disclosures [8] [1] [2]. Coinbase and crypto executives also made additional political contributions to pro‑Trump PACs, per coverage [1] [2].
3. Big Oil, pharma, finance and other sectors
Oil and pharmaceutical companies and large financial firms were documented among supporters: Chevron, ExxonMobil and Occidental were named as inaugural donors [8] [1], while Bayer’s U.S. subsidiary gave $1 million according to City & State Pennsylvania’s reporting on state‑based donors [9]. Financial firms and asset managers such as BlackRock and capital firms were also listed among major donors to the inaugural committee in business coverage [2].
4. The single biggest corporate‑linked donors to campaign vehicles
Separate from inaugural gifts, corporate‑linked entities were major funders of campaign and super PAC activity: RAI Services Co., a Reynolds American subsidiary, was reported by Forbes as the biggest corporate donor to Trump’s campaign and allied super PACs in the 2024 cycle, contributing large sums to Make America Great Again, Inc. and other vehicles [10]. OpenSecrets aggregates confirm that much of the money supporting Trump’s campaign came through PACs, executives, and affiliated organizations rather than direct corporate treasury transfers in federal races [4] [5].
5. Legal and reporting caveats: what “donated” often means and what’s missing
Federal rules bar direct corporate donations to federal candidates, so media references to “companies donated” generally reflect corporate PACs, donations by executives and owners, subsidiary or affiliate donations, or payments to inaugural committees that are not candidate campaign accounts; OpenSecrets and FEC data explicitly document those distinctions [4] [11]. Public reporting compiled donor names from inaugural filings, lobbying disclosures and committee statements but many filings were staggered and some reporting relied on secondary lists released by newsrooms, meaning there remain gaps and rolling updates in the donor record [3] [6] [5].
6. Bottom line and transparency note
Taken together, coverage from Rolling Stone, CNBC, Newsweek, AP, Forbes and data aggregators like OpenSecrets identifies an array of corporate names—Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, General Motors, BlackRock, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Occidental, Ford, Delta, McDonald’s, Qualcomm, Uber, Airbnb, Instacart, Robinhood and multiple crypto firms among them—as public donors to either the Trump Vance inaugural committee or Trump‑aligned campaign vehicles in 2024–2025, with corporate‑linked giving sometimes routed through PACs, executives, or subsidiaries [1] [2] [8] [10] [4]. Reporting limitations remain: not all donations are described in a single definitive public list, and precise attribution (corporate treasury vs. PAC vs. founder) requires per‑donation FEC and inaugural committee filings that are still being cataloged by watchdogs and journalists [11] [5].