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# MoMA and Frick Trustees Shelled Out $900K Combined to Trump’s Campaign
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/moma-and-frick-trustees-shelled-out-900k-combined-to-trumps-campaign/
- Published: 2020-11-13T22:45:23.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:49:56.000Z
- Description: Ronald S. Lauder, honorary chairman of the Museum of Modern Art’s board of trustees, and Stephen Schwarzman, a trustee at the Frick Collection, both donated significant sums to Trump’s reelection campaign according to Forbes.
- Author: Hakim Bishara
- Tags: News, Donald Trump, Frick Collection, MoMA, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-small, #Import 2025-11-24 09:08 (2019, 2020, part 3)

Ronald S. Lauder, the honorary chairman of the Museum of Modern Art's (MoMA) board of trustees, donated $200,000 to President Donald Trump's re-election campaign, according to [*Forbes*](https://www3.forbes.com/business/here-are-the-billionaires-backing-donald-trumps-campaign-vue/9/?ref=hyperallergic.com).

Lauder, whose fortune is estimated at $4 billion, is the youngest son of the late cosmetics magnate Estée Lauder. The billionaire served as MoMA's chairman for a decade between 1995-2005\. He has been the museum's honorary chairman [since 2007](https://observer.com/2007/05/jerry-speyer-elected-chairman-of-moma/?ref=hyperallergic.com).

Lauder also serves as the president of the World Jewish Congress, and he has [informally advised Trump](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/06/18/donald-trumps-new-world-order?ref=hyperallergic.com) on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. According to Forbes, Lauder did not contributeto Trump's campaign in 2016.

The report also reveals that Stephen Schwarzman, a trustee at the Frick Collection in New York, made a [donation of $699,400](https://www3.forbes.com/business/here-are-the-billionaires-backing-donald-trumps-campaign-vue/20/?ref=hyperallergic.com) to Trump's 2020 campaign. Schwarzman, whose net worth is estimated at $16.8 billion, is co-founder of the investment company Blackstone. With $545 billion in assets, Blackstone is considered the world's largest private equity firm. Like Lauder, Schwarzman's sizeable donation to the Trump campaign is his first.

MoMA and the Frick have not responded to Hyperallergic's immediate requests for comment.