2011 Annual Report: Changing Lives

In this year’s annual report, we tell the stories of just a few of the donors who have left bequests to the Permanent Fund for Boston—or have inspired others to create funds in their name. One story is about the very first donor who left a major bequest that allowed the new foundation to start making grants in the early part of the 20th century. Another is about a world-renowned social worker who left a fund with just one restriction—that it be used for “community building.”