Instead, the roster of attendees was heavy on rich businessmen and celebrities without much big-money political pedigree — including actor Robert Davi of Goonies fame, Christian radio titan Stuart Epperson, Jewelry Exchange president Bill Doddridge and Lending Tree CEO Doug Lebda.

They are among the assortment of relative big-money newcomers upon whom the presumptive GOP nominee and his allies are relying to help fund pro-Trump efforts that have lagged far behind those of his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. Her campaign and its big money allies are expected to raise as much as $1.5 billion or more, leaning heavily on a roster of multi-millionaires and billionaires she and her husband have spent decades cultivating.

Some of Trump’s allies, on the other hand, concede they’ll be lucky to raise one-third of that.