President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance will be sworn in on the west front of the Capitol, where security is expected to be extremely tight.
President-elect Trump’s inaugural fund has seen a flurry of contributions from big-name companies in recent weeks.
They come on the eve of the Jan. 20 ceremony to swear Trump into office as America’s 47th president and a flurry of events surrounding that occasion.
The industries that the donating companies belong to range from aerospace and technology to automotive and finance, among others.
Boeing told FOX Business it was “pleased to continue Boeing’s bipartisan tradition of supporting US Presidential Inaugural Committees.”
“Google is pleased to support the 2025 inauguration, with a live stream on YouTube and a direct link on our homepage,” Global Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy Karan Bhatia said in a statement to FOX Business. “We are also donating to the inaugural committee.”
“The inauguration of a new president is a time-honored tradition in the US,” Toyota said. “Like many other companies, Toyota Motor North America is pleased to support the inauguration ceremony, reflecting our deep and growing US presence.”
“As part of our decades-long commitment to bipartisan advocacy, Intuit will donate $1 million to the president-elect’s inaugural committee,” Intuit said in a statement to FOX Business. “Intuit is committed to ensuring that our customers’ voices are heard on important issues, and our expanded participation in the democratic process reflects our growth as a company and the diversity of policy issues that affect the approximately 100 million consumers and diverse businesses that have been we serve.”
Here are some companies making inaugural fund donations and how much they’re contributing.
Boeing – $1 million
A logo is seen on the Boeing stand on the opening day of the 2024 Farnborough International Air Show, southwest London, on July 22, 2024. (JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Google – $1 million
TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA – 2024/07/29: Google logo on skyscraper in downtown district. (Photo by Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images / Getty Images)
Hyundai – $1 million
Hyundai Motor Co. badge. is shown on the front grill of a compact sport utility vehicle (SUV) at the company’s Motorstudio showroom in Goyang, South Korea, Friday, July 19, 2019. Hyundai is scheduled to release second-quarter earnings (SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
FCA US – $1 million
Microsoft – $1 million
A logo stands illuminated outside the Microsoft booth at ISE 2024 on January 30, 2024 in Barcelona, Spain. This year, the 20th edition of Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), the sixth in Barcelona, is being held. The hall occupies the entire surface of (Photo by Cesc Maymo/Getty Images / Getty Images)
Amazon – $1 million
In this photo illustration, a shopping cart is seen in front of the Amazon logo. The company focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, streaming and artificial intelligence. (Photo illustration by Jaque Silva/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images / Getty Images)
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Uber – $1 million
Uber headquarters in San Francisco, California, USA, Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Uber Technologies Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on August 6. (Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
On top of the ride-hailing company’s contribution, Trump’s inaugural fund also received $1 million from Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.
Ford – $1 million
Ford signs at a dealership in Richmond, California, U.S., Friday, June 21, 2024. CDK Global, a software provider to about 15,000 car dealers, was hampered by debilitating cyber attacks this week that have had a crippling effect on auto sales (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Vehicles are also being provided by Ford for the inauguration, according to a company spokesperson.
Toyota Motor North America – $1 million
Robinhood – $2 million
In this photo illustration, a woman holds a smartphone with the Robinhood Markets logo displayed on the screen. (Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images/Getty Images)
General Motors – $1 million
Like Ford, General Motors is supporting the inauguration with vehicles.
Intuit – $1 million
Meta Platforms – $1 million, according to The Wall Street Journal
Sign outside Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, USA, Thursday, February 1, 2024. Meta Platforms Inc. released earnings figures on February 1. (Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
Delta Air Lines – $1 million
Bank of America confirmed to FOX Business that it was making a contribution to Trump’s inauguration without specifying the amount.
Meanwhile, his inaugural fund is also receiving a donation from Goldman Sachs, according to a source familiar with the matter. That donation, the size of which was not clear, was reported earlier by Reuters.
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Corporate inaugural fund contributions are not uncommon, with companies such as Bank of America, Google, Microsoft having done so for previous presidential inaugural committees. In another example, Boeing made $1 million in gifts to presidential inaugural committees in 2013, 2017 and 2021, according to the company.
Companies aren’t the only ones sending funds to Trump’s January 20 inauguration committee.
FOX News Digital reported in mid-December that Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT creator OpenAI, had plans to give. The donation was said to be worth $1 million.
Another tech CEO — Apple’s Tim Cook — made a contribution of that size, according to Axios. FOX Business reached out to Apple for comment.
In total, more than $170 million in funds have poured into Trump’s inaugural fund, The New York Times reported last week.
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The president-elect is expected to be sworn in on Monday at noon local time, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to watch in person.
There will be several other events that day, including a parade and three balls after the inauguration. Events are also taking place on the Saturday and Sunday before it.
