Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner were photographed sharing a table and laughing with Beyoncé and Jay‑Z Saturday evening at the Michael Rubin REFORM Alliance Casino Night in Atlantic City.
The charity event at Ocean Casino Resort drew roughly 300 vetted VIP guests for an evening of gambling, dinner and performances to benefit REFORM Alliance, an organization that says it works to "transform probation and parole by changing laws, systems and culture to create real pathways to work and wellbeing." Tickets for the evening reportedly started at $50,000, and participation in the charity tournament carried a $100,000 entry fee.
Ivanka Trump wore a silver scoop‑neck mesh gown with matching open‑toe heels and carried a black clutch as she posed with event host Michael Rubin, his wife Camille Fishel and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Kushner wore a black tuxedo. Guests also included model Ashley Graham, recording artists Latto, Travis Scott and Ice Spice, actors Emma Roberts and Cameron Diaz, comedians Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish, and investors Clara Wu Tsai and Daniel Loeb.
Organizers said entertainers treated attendees to performances that included a full set by The Weeknd. In 2023, the REFORM Alliance Casino Night raised about $24 million, surpassing its $20 million goal; that year Jay‑Z donated a custom watch that fetched $1.5 million at auction.
Photographs from the event show Ivanka Trump seated at a gaming table, handling green chips alongside Rubin. Media accounts described the evening as a high‑profile fundraising effort in a setting among Atlantic City's larger casino properties.
The appearance came days before President Donald Trump’s scheduled state visit to the United Kingdom. Buckingham Palace published a schedule that included a Thursday engagement in which First Lady Melania Trump will meet the Princess of Wales at Frogmore Gardens in Windsor as part of events tied to the visit. The palace said the meeting will focus on the Scouts' Squirrels programme and the Go Wild nature badge.
REFFORM Alliance was founded with the aim of addressing challenges in the U.S. supervision system, and its fundraising galas have attracted major figures from entertainment, sports and business. The Atlantic City event required board approval for VIP attendance, according to media reports, and continued a pattern of high‑end galas that channel celebrity attention and donor dollars toward criminal justice reform initiatives.
Representatives for Ivanka Trump, Kushner, Beyoncé and Jay‑Z did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Event organizers did not provide an immediate comment on guest lists or ticket pricing beyond what was disclosed publicly.
The Reform Alliance Casino Night has become a recurring fundraiser with rotating performers and celebrity attendees; organizers have previously leveraged live auctions and collectible donations to bolster proceeds. This year’s roster and high entry prices underscore the event’s positioning as both a social and philanthropic fixture on the fall calendar.