The donor list behind President Donald Trump's $333 million White House ballroom has leaked, revealing that part of the money came from companies with lucrative government business interests — including a $2.5 million pledge from the daughter of a banker whom Trump later pardoned.

Internal fundraising records obtained by The Washington Post identify 67 donations of more than $10,000 and show that at least $77 million came from donors who requested anonymity. According to the report, the money was funneled through a nonprofit into a White House account controlled by the president.

Among the more controversial names on the list is Isabela Herrera, the daughter of international banker Julio Herrera Velutini. Her father was indicted in 2022 for allegedly helping finance a Puerto governor's campaign in exchange for the removal of a regulator investigating his bank.

The Post's exposé found that, following Trump's 2024 presidential campaign victory, Isabela Herrera gave $3.5 million to a Trump-aligned political committee. In September 2025, she pledged $2.5 million to the ballroom fund and paid a first installment of $835,000 the following month. In August 2025, prosecutors had reduced her father's bribery case charges to a misdemeanor through a plea deal, and Trump pardoned him in January 2026 — four months after his daughter's ballroom pledge. The reporting does not establish a specific link between the ballroom donation and the pardon.

Several major corporate donors also appear. Apple and Nvidia each committed $25 million, as did billionaire Charles Ergen and the Adelson family. Nvidia sought anonymity for its contribution, even though it publicly supported the project — a combination that underscores how carefully some companies managed their public association with the fund.

Ergen put forward his $25 million after federal regulators closed an inquiry into his telecommunications company, EchoStar. In the case of Rocket Companies, the documents show a subsidiary pledged $10 million some weeks after one of its major acquisitions was approved by a federal agency. Rocket has said there is no connection between the gift and the government's approval.

The Post found that about half of the funds raised came from companies or executives tied to federal contracts during Trump's second term. That overlap between the donor pool and entities with business before the federal government sits at the heart of the conflict-of-interest concerns surrounding the fund, even though the reporting does not establish that any donation influenced a government decision.

White House spokesman Davis Ingle defended the donors and said the administration would hunt down the leakers. He described allegations of conflicts of interest as baseless and added that the contributors are "a wide array of great American companies and generous individuals."

Despite Trump's claim that he will also help fund the project, his name did not appear on the list.

The $333 million in pledges falls $67 million short of Trump's initial $400 million target. Meanwhile, the cost of building the larger East Wing project has soared to $600 million — $267 million more than has been pledged so far. How the remaining funding gap will be closed, and whether any additional donor identities emerge, are the open questions now hanging over the project.