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Private individuals and corporations have funded at least some recent White House landscaping and construction projects, including the Rose Garden renovation and a new ballroom, by giving money to out...
The available reporting shows the 2020 Rose Garden renovation cost and that amount was reported as , indicating no direct taxpayer funding for that specific project. Coverage varies in emphasis and de...
Donald Trump’s association with the White House ballroom fundraising has prompted allegations of potential corruption centered on undisclosed donor lists, contributions from corporations and individua...
Paying for a White House ballroom with business or donor funds carries two distinct tax issues: for contributions routed through a nonprofit, and . The arrangement also raises legal and ethical scruti...
The available contemporaneous reporting and official statements from December 2020 do not provide a disclosed dollar figure for the White House tennis court/pavilion renovation; the project was descri...
says it documents gifts through public financial reporting, a Gift Acceptance Policy and donor acknowledgements on its site while promoting project-specific press releases and campaign materials tied ...
The Trust for the National Mall has produced a limited set of public materials addressing its role in the White House ballroom fundraising—chiefly a written reply from Trust president Catherine Townse...
Reporting shows President Trump has overseen extensive White House work — gilding the Oval Office, repaving the Rose Garden, demolishing the East Wing for a proposed $250–$300 million ballroom, and hi...
The 2020 White House tennis court renovation, including a new pavilion and related landscaping, was reported as and therefore did not directly draw on the White House operating budget or federal appro...
Private donations directed to the White House renovation project are consistently reported in the provided sources as , and therefore for donors. The three groups of reporting in the dataset uniformly...
The available reports disagree on the ballroom price: several outlets cite a figure while others report or “over $200 million.” All sources agree that the administration says private donations will co...
The available reporting indicates that — particularly major tech firms, defense contractors, finance executives, and crypto investors — are the principal funders tied to the White House ballroom renov...