JUST THE FACTS
- Downtown Newsmagazine
- May 27
- 1 min read
While the president set some new record as his inaugural committee raked in money ($239 million) for his late January swearing-in, companies and individuals from Michigan coughed up about $6 million in the process. Taken straight from federal records, in descending order, here’s who gave from the mitten state: Breeze Smoke LLC, Hazel Park, $1 million; Stellantis North America, Auburn Hills, $1 million; General Motors, Detroit, $1 million; John Rakolta, Detroit, $500,000; Terry Rakolta, Detroit, $500,000; Dow Chemical, Midland, $500.000; Daniel DeVos, Grand Rapids, $250,000; Suzanne DeVos, $250,000; Ford Motor, Dearborn, $199,000; Betsy DeVos, Grand Rapids, $125,000; Dick DeVos, Grand Rapids, $125,000; Doug DeVos, Grand Rapids, $125,000; Maria DeVos, Grand Rapids, $125,000; Matthew Lester, Southfield, $100,000; Thomas Broad, Detroit, $100,00; Ron Boji, Orchard Lake, $100,000; Argus Logistics, Troy, $100,000; Schostak Brothers Company; Livonia, $100,000; Rajan Patel, Northville, $50,000; Brian Demkowicz, Grosse Pointe, $50,000; Scott J. Seligman (trust), Southfield, $50,000; Carol O’Keefe, Bloomfield Hills, $25,000; Patrick O’Keefe, Bloomfield Hills, $25,000; and Kurt Foulds, Westland, $500.