The Martha's Vineyard Times New name for community mission The Permanent Endowment will now be known as Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation. A new name results in a changed logo. The Permanent Endowment of Martha’s Vineyard has changed its name to Martha’s Vineyard Community Foundation, a moniker that better reflects its mission of providing funds to assist Island nonprofits and responding to community needs, officials from the organization said in a conference call Monday. The name change is being announced and explained to the foundation’s donors in the organization’s annual appeal letter, executive director Emily Bramhall told The Times.