The Orlando Magic, an NBA team sponsored by Disney, donated $50,000 to Ron DeSantis' super PAC

• The Orlando Magic is currently sponsored by Disney.
• Disney and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have been feuding for over a year.

The Orlando Magic, a Florida-based NBA team sponsored by Disney, donated $50,000 to the super PAC supporting Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign.

According to records filed to the Federal Election Commission by DeSantis super PAC "Never Back Down," the Orlando Magic donated $50,000 to the group on June 26, following a tumultuous season where the team finished 34-48 after drafting Paolo Banchero as the first pick in the draft.

The donation was first spotted on Twitter by Alex Shultz, the politics editor for SFGATE.

A search through the FEC's archive shows that while this is the basketball team's first donation in support of a presidential candidate, it's not the first time it donated to political causes. In 2005, the organization donated $500 to a Democratic House campaign, $2,000 to Maverick PAC USA in 2014, and $500 to Conservative Results in 2016.

The team is owned by a company established by Richard DeVos, the father-in-law of former President Donald Trump's secretary of education Betsy DeVos. It's chaired by her brother-in-law, Dan DeVos, who donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the National Republican Congressional Committee in 2023, records show.

A representative from the Orlando Magic told Insider the company does not "publicly comment on political contributions."

The Orlando Magic donated $50,000 to DeSantis' super PAC while also taking in sponsorship money from Disney, a corporation that DeSantis and his state administration have been headbutting with in a yearslong feud after Disney pushed back against what critics called his "Don't Say Gay" legislation.

As part of a "multi-year agreement" with Disney, the Orlando Magic team jersey prominently sports a 2.5 in x 2.5 in Disney logo on the front of their uniform.