After her death, the buildings were placed under the control of the Maria van Pallaes Foundation and another 28 almshouses were later built using her inheritance.

The original 12 houses and refectory are now owned by the Utrecht Monument Foundation [nl] and are a Dutch national heritage site.

They bought a house along the Oudegracht but later moved to 't Groot Huijs on Oudkerkhof [nl] where Van Pallaes lived for the rest of her life.

Nevertheless, they continued their devotions, making use of clandestine churches; Van Pallaes' mother similarly practised Catholicism in Utrecht after the Reformation, despite having been raised as a Calvinist.

Two of Van Pallaes' children had Catholic religious vocations: Hendrick became a priest and Adriana became a Carmelite in Antwerp.

[9] In 1651, Van Pallaes bought land from Utrecht's Agnietenmonastery [nl] to establish a hofje or collection of buildings with an adjoining court on the street now known as the Agnietenstraat.

[10] The corner house served as a refectory and meeting place for the administrators of the foundation (who were appointed to that position by Van Pallaes in her will).

Fourth, when residents died, their inheritance was transferred to the Maria van Pallaes Foundation, which paid for their funeral.

[11] Every year, the residents received wheat, butter and cheese, partly grown by Van Pallaes' tenant farmers, from the foundation.

In 1849, residents started receiving ƒ10, 70 kilograms (150 lb) of potatoes and 100 litres (22 imp gal) of coal every year instead of the wheat, butter and cheese.

[3] Towards the end of the 20th century, they stopped receiving money, as new social security programs rendered financial support unnecessary.

In 1978, the municipality bought the houses, transferring ownership of the original 12 almshouses and the refectory to the Utrecht Monument Foundation two years later.

[14] Since 1924, the 1657 painting Yearly food distribution to the poor of Utrecht by Maria van Pallaes by Hendrick Bloemaert has belonged to the collection of the Centraal Museum and has been included in various exhibitions, most recently in Brazil's Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo.