Pennsylvania donors give $8.6M to Trump inaugural committee

New filings published by the Federal Election Commission this week offer a glimpse into the corporate and private donors that underwrote President Donald Trump’s second inauguration, and – perhaps unsurprisingly – several prominent Pennsylvania donors made the list. 

In total, Pennsylvanians contributed $8,606,603.37 to Trump’s inaugural fund. Corporate heavyweights like Comcast Corporation and U.S. Steel contributed to the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee, as did individuals with existing ties to Trump, including his former ambassador to Denmark, Carla Sands, and Jared Isaacman, the CEO of fintech company Shift4, whom Trump nominated to be the next NASA administrator. 

Below, City & State takes a closer look at  the 13 donors from Pennsylvania who contributed to Trump’s inaugural committee:  

• Jared Isaacman – Isaacman, the founder and CEO of the payment processing company Shift4, is an entrepreneur and commercial astronaut who was nominated by Trump to lead NASA on Dec. 4, 2024. Isaacman, of Palmer, Pennsylvania, previously served as the CEO of Draken International, a defense aerospace company. Per FEC records, Isaacman gave a $2 million contribution to the inaugural committee on Nov. 27, 2024, marking the largest donation to the committee from a Pennsylvania resident.
• FedEx Corporation – Of all the corporate donors who contributed to the inaugural committee, FedEx, whose ground operations are headquartered in Moon Township, contributed the most, making three separate contributions across January and February for a combined total of $1,000,351.19.

• Comcast Corporation – The Philadelphia-based Comcast Corporation gave one $1 million contribution to the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee on Jan. 20, the day of Trump’s inauguration. 

• Bayer – Bayer Corporation, the American subsidiary of the pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG, gave $1 million to the inaugural committee on Dec. 27, 2024. The FEC filing lists Bayer’s Pittsburgh address for the contribution. 

• EWB Services LLC – EWB Services LLC, a Philadelphia-based company located in the city’s Rittenhouse Square neighborhood, contributed $1 million to the inaugural fund on Dec. 12, 2024.

• LMC – LMC, a Wayne, Pennsylvania-based cooperative for lumber and building material dealers, gave $1 million to the inaugural committee on Jan. 16, 2025, according to the committee’s filing with the FEC.

• Mary G. Wolf – Mary G. Wolf, a resident of Coraopolis, gave $500,000 to the Trump Vance Inaugural Committee on Dec. 13, 2024. 

• Ronald W. Wolf – Ronald W. Wolf, a resident of Imperial, gave $500,000 to the inaugural committee on Dec. 30, 2024. 

• Sellers Dorsey & Associations, LLC – Sellers Dorsey, a health care consulting firm based in Philadelphia, made a $250,000 contribution to the Trump Vance Inaugural Committee on Dec. 19, 2024. 

• U.S. Steel – After then-President Joe Biden’s administration blocked the sale of U.S. Steel to Japan’s Nippon Steel, the Pittsburgh-based steel manufacturer made two donations totaling $106,252.18 to Trump’s inaugural committee. 

• Carla Sands – Trump’s former ambassador to Denmark, former U.S. Senate candidate Carla Sands, who is based in Camp Hill, made a $100,000 contribution to Trump’s inaugural account on Dec. 4, 2024. 

• SAP America – SAP America, the U.S. subsidiary of the global software producer SAP, gave $100,000 to Trump’s committee on Jan. 7, 2025, with the company’s Newtown Square address listed on the filing. 

• Bradley L. Whitman – Wayne, Pennsylvania resident Bradley L. Whitman contributed $50,000 to the Trump Vance Inaugural Fund on Jan. 10, 2025.