Which companies gave $1 million or more to Trump's 2025 inauguration fund, according to OpenSecrets?

1. The headline: how many $1M-plus corporate donors does OpenSecrets report?

OpenSecrets’ tracking of the Trump-Vance 2025 inaugural fundraising shows that 104 businesses donated $1 million or more to the inauguration fund, a remarkable concentration of large corporate gifts that helped push corporate giving to $161.1 million of the total raised ^[1].

2. Who the reporting names as million-dollar donors (select examples, not an exhaustive list)

Multiple news outlets drew from OpenSecrets and public reporting to identify high-profile million-dollar donors: Google and Microsoft were reported to have each given $1 million (with Google also providing a YouTube livestream in-kind), Meta and Amazon were reported as $1 million donors (Amazon’s commitment included an in-kind Prime Video broadcast valued at $1 million), and Ford, Robinhood and a number of finance and tech executives were publicly named as giving at that threshold as well ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}.

3. Industry patterns: tech and crypto lead, with finance and manufacturers present

Analyses drawing on OpenSecrets’ data and watchdog reports emphasize that tech interests—including large social platforms, cloud providers and a notably large slate of crypto firms—were among the largest sources of million-dollar gifts, with cryptocurrency companies alone accounting for at least millions more than other single industries and tech broadly topping the list ^{[2] [8]}. Finance, private equity and traditional corporate sectors such as auto and retail also supplied major donations, producing a cross-sector constellation of companies that sought access to the incoming administration ^{[9] [6]}.

4. What OpenSecrets’ data shows — and what it doesn’t — about the millionaire donors

OpenSecrets provides a donor roster and aggregated totals that form the basis for the “104 businesses” figure, but the public reporting sampled here does not include the complete, annotated list of every $1M-plus corporate donor embedded on OpenSecrets’ site; reporting outlets instead amplify selected names and industry tallies from that underlying dataset ^{[1] [7]}. Equally important, watchdog analyses and OpenSecrets’ work note that some donations were later refunded or routed through opaque entities, and that inaugural committee filings can leave lingering questions about the ultimate source of some large gifts ^{[2] [10]}.

5. Transparency, refunds, and influence: the broader implications flagged by watchdogs

Both the Brennan Center and Campaign Legal Center use OpenSecrets’ findings to warn about the influence potential of million-dollar inaugural donors and the role of dark-money conduits; they highlight an unprecedented number of refunds, donations tied to opaque nonprofits or LLCs, and subsequent regulatory or policy actions that benefited certain donors, underscoring why the identity and scale of $1M-plus gifts matters beyond ceremonial access ^{[2] [10]}.

6. Bottom line

According to OpenSecrets, 104 businesses gave $1 million or more to Trump’s 2025 inauguration fund ^[1]; public reporting and watchdog analyses consistently cite major tech platforms, crypto firms, financiers and household companies among the millionaire donors while also flagging refunds, opaque donors and potential conflicts that complicate the story ^{[3] [2] [10]}. The definitive, itemized roster is maintained on OpenSecrets’ donor page, which journalists and researchers have used as the primary source for naming specific corporate contributors ^[1].