He donated 200,000 yen (which was the equivalent of almost 5000 ounces of gold). Between what are now Aierhand Aisan Roads in Keelung, he constructed a Hall of Brotherly Love, which provided for some 280poor families.
顏雲年發起創立財團法人基隆博愛團，率先捐贈二十萬日圓（時值黃金四千兩），在今天基隆的愛二路、愛三路間興建博愛館，共收容貧民兩百八十餘戶。