About Ann O'Donnell Trumbull Perpetual Charitable Trust
Ann O'donnell Trumbull Perpetual Charitable Trust gives most often to Illinois recipients, with 75% of its grants landing in the state and a strong concentration around Peoria and nearby small towns. Tuition support is a defining thread: Bradley University appears repeatedly in the recent grants, alongside Illinois State University and several other colleges in Illinois and beyond. That pattern sits alongside practical local giving for food pantries, emergency ambulance service, and community centers in Lacon.
The trust also funds place-based service organizations that serve everyday needs. Recent grants include support for Lacon Sparland Emergency Ambulance, Lacon Community Center, Midwest Food Bank, Salvation Army, and St Jude Children's Research Hospital. The mix suggests a funder that favors direct support for institutions already embedded in local life, including higher-education aid and basic community services.
Across the recent record, the trust’s giving is steady and modest in scale rather than episodic at the extremes. Awards often cluster around tuition and donation-style gifts, with repeated support to the same organizations over multiple years. The result is a grantmaking profile centered on continuity, local usefulness, and institutional support.
What Ann O'Donnell Trumbull Perpetual Charitable Trust Funds
Higher education is one of the trust’s clearest priorities. Bradley University received $75,000 in 2023, $34,056 in 2024, and $70,000 in 2025 for tuition, while Illinois State University received $21,250 in 2024 and $34,500 in 2025 for tuition. Other tuition grants went to Lewis University, Olivet Nazarene University, Illinois Central College, Illinois Wesleyan University, Michigan Tech University, and Michigan Technological University.
Local food relief is another recurring area. The trust gave $50,000 in 2023 and $25,000 in both 2024 and 2025 to Midwest Food Bank in Peoria. It also supported Lacon Food Pantry with $25,000 in 2023 and Koinonia Lacon Food Pantry with $25,000 in 2024 and again in 2025.
Community services and emergency response also appear in the record. Lacon Sparland Emergency Ambulance received $25,000 in 2023, $10,000 in 2024, and $20,000 in 2025, while Lacon Community Center received $25,000 in 2023, $25,000 in 2024, and $25,000 in 2025.