PORTLAND — People’s United Community Foundation, the philanthropic arm of People’s United Bank, recently announced that it awarded $67,000 in grants to nonprofit organizations throughout Maine.

Twelve organizations received funding in support of activities that ranged from financial literacy and education programs, to basic needs services and affordable housing initiatives. Recipients included Mainestream Finance, Fair Tide, Genesis Fund, Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Maine, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, and Wayside Food Programs.

People’s United Community Foundation awarded a total of $896,444 in grants to 128 nonprofit organizations throughout the communities it serves in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

The funding was distributed within the foundation’s three areas of focus, with 35 percent allocated to youth development, 31 percent to community development, and 14 percent to affordable housing initiatives. People’s United Community Foundation also contributed 20 percent of its funding to local United Way organizations across its footprint through the People’s United Bank employee match campaign.

For a detailed list of organizations that People’s United Community Foundation supported during the second grant cycle of 2013, visit www.pucf.org.