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The nonprofit organization The Trust for the National Mall has raised over $320 million in private donations for President Donald Trump’s new ballroom at the White House and other projects in Washington, D.C., according to recent IRS filings. This amount is a significant increase from the $9.5 million it received in 2024. The exact allocation of these funds towards the ballroom remains unclear. Critics have challenged the project legally, but the Supreme Court ruled in Trump’s favor in August, allowing construction to proceed despite concerns raised by opponents.
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In 2025, The Trust for the National Mall, a nonprofit organization collecting private donations for President Donald Trump's new ballroom in the White House, saw its contributions skyrocket to over $320 million, up from just $9.5 million in 2024. This fund is used not only for the ballroom but also for other projects in Washington, D.C., including restoration and beautification of the National Mall and Presidents Park. While it's unclear how much of this money has been allocated specifically to the ballroom, Trump claims that the entire cost of around $400 million will come from "Patriot" donations. The White House and the National Park Service are overseeing the design and construction of the project, which Trump says is necessary for hosting important state events safely and securely.
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The nonprofit organization collecting private donations for President Donald Trump’s new ballroom in the White House and other projects in Washington, D.C., has seen contributions skyrocket, according to IRS filings.
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contributions → collect → filings
The Trust for the National Mall, the nonprofit group raising private funds to pay for the ballroom, collected over $320 million in 2025, up from $9.5 million it received in donations and grants in 2024, filings posted to its website show.
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filings → raise → website
It is unclear how much of the donations collected by the trust were allocated toward the ballroom.
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much → collect → ballroom
The Washington Examiner reached out to the White House and The Trust for the National Mall for comment.
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Examiner → reach → comment
The trust is a private organization that holds public partnerships, including with the National Park Service, and is dedicated to the restoration and beautification of the National Mall, the White House, and Presidents Park.
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that → hold → Mall
Private donors make their contributions to the ballroom through the nonprofit group, which manages their donations.
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which → make → donations
The National Park Service and the White House are leading the project’s design and construction.
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Service → lead → design
Trump has said that the ballroom itself will be privately funded from “Patriot” donations and cost around $400 million.
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ballroom → say → million
The White House hopes it will be completed by the fall of 2028.
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it → hop → 2028
The president previously offered to build the ballroom for the Obama administration, according to strategist David Axelrod, who advised former President Barack Obama, but it was not taken up by the White House at the time.
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it → offer → time
“This is a GIFT (ZERO taxpayer funding!) to the United States of America,” Trump said of his ballroom dreams earlier this year.
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Trump → say → dreams
“So that the White House would no longer be forced to use a cheap and unsafe “tent,” for big and important STATE EVENTS, Dinners, Meetings, Conferences, and already scheduled future INAUGURATIONS (for safety, security, and capacity purposes!), on a very wet, and subject to weather, White House lawn.
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House → force → lawn
Trump’s project was swiftly hit with a battle from critics who were outraged that the president tore down the White House’s East Wing to make way for the ballroom.
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president → hit → ballroom
The legal saga made it all the way to the Supreme Court, where justices ruled in Trump’s favor in August, allowing construction of the 90,000-square-foot ballroom to proceed.
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construction → make → ballroom
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