Trump backers' return on investment

*Musk's total does not include at least $76.8 million more in contributions to America PAC because the report's scope covers contributions as of September 30, 2026.

**Zhao's grand total does not include the $30 million in gain from the deal he brokered because it did not come directly from him.

***The nursing home operator row was bundled together because operators received the same industrywide benefit. The 46 nursing home operators include: $3,400,000 (from Ensign, PruittHealth, SHG Management, NHS Management, Northport Holding, Senior Care Pharmacy, Central Arkansas Nursing Centers, Central Management Company, ERP Holdings, Health Care Facility Management), $720,000 (from Hyper Care, Nexion, Northshore, Plantation Management, Reliance, Cascadia, Carespring Healthcare Management, CBKM, Elmbrook), $450,000 (from HMG Partners III, Legacy Management, Marquis, NAIR, Priority Management, Progressive Rehab, RightCare, Signature Healthcare Consulting, THI of Baltimore), $290,000 (from Tucker, White Pearl Financial, Glynn Beebe, Allison Beebe, Stallard, Alden, Touchstone, Amity Care, QP Health Care Services), and $55,000 (from Goux Enterprises, Idaho Immovables, Jesuit Bend, Pontchartrain Guest House, Riverside Immovables, Twin Oakes, West Monroe Guest House, Woodlawn Manor, Commonwealth Care of Roanoke), all to MAGA Inc., plus $72,200 given to Save America and Never Surrender in 2024 by nursing home executives.

Source: Federal Election Commission, "MAGA Inc." receipts (last accessed October 2026); Federal Election Commission, "Make America Great Again Inc." receipts (last accessed October 2026); Federal Election Commission, "Save America" receipts (last accessed October 2026); Federal Election Commission, "Never Surrender, Inc." receipts (last accessed October 2026); Federal Election Commission, "Right for America" receipts (last accessed October 2026); Federal Election Commission, "Preserve America PAC" receipts (last accessed October 2026); Federal Election Commission, "America PAC" receipts (last accessed October 2026); Federal Election Commission, "Turnout for America" receipts (last accessed October 2026); Federal Election Commission, "America First Action Fund" receipts (last accessed October 2026). Federal Election Commission, "Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Inc." Form 13 donor report (last accessed October 2026). Jonathan O'Connell, Sarah Blaskey and Aaron Schaffer, "Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump's ballroom," Washington Post, October 15, 2026, Kenneth P. Vogel, "Trump's Team Offers to Keep Some Ballroom Donors Incognito," New York Times, November 1, 2025.

Table: Center for American Progress