PEOPLE S UNITED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AWARDS $531,500 TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NORTHEAST

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1 NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 06, 2013 Karen Galbo Phone: Fax: PEOPLE S UNITED COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AWARDS $531,500 TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE NORTHEAST BRIDGEPORT, CT The People s United Community Foundation, the philanthropic arm of People s United Bank, announced today that it awarded $531,500 in grants to nonprofit organizations throughout the communities it serves in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Eighty-five organizations received funding in support of programs that ranged from basic needs services and affordable housing projects to literacy and workforce development programs. The funding was distributed within the foundation s three areas of focus: 51 percent allocated to youth development, 32 percent to community development, and 17 percent to affordable housing initiatives. Recipients included FSW, Inc. and Partnership for Strong Communities in Connecticut; the Worcester Area Business Education Foundation and the Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership in Massachusetts; JumpStart Coalition in New Hampshire; Community Development Corporation of Long Island and Greyston Foundation in New York; the Committee on Temporary Shelter in Vermont; and Jobs for Maine s Graduates in Maine. With the onset of 2013, People s United Community Foundation continues to see significant needs across our footprint, said Vincent Santilli, Executive Director of the foundation. The foundation is pleased to be able to assist 85 organizations within our communities that are working vigorously to address those needs and improve the quality of life for residents. For a detailed list of organizations that People s United Community Foundation supported during the first grant cycle of 2013, please refer to the chart below. Established in 2007, People s United Community Foundation was formed to help support programs and activities that enhance the quality of life for citizens in the communities that People s United Bank serves. People s United Bank, founded in 1842 and serving customers from New York to Maine through a network of 419 branches, is the largest independent bank headquartered in New England. The Foundation places special emphasis on programs designed to promote economic self-sufficiency, education and improved conditions for lowincome families and neighborhoods. The funding priorities of the Foundation include community development, youth development, and affordable housing. ###

2 Organization People s United Community Foundation Grant Recipients 2013-Grant Cycle 1 Project Name Grant Amount Contact City State GIFTS OF LOVE Basic Needs $3, Avon CT ABILITY BEYOND DISABILITY FIDELCO GUIDE DOG FOUNDATION APPLIED BEHAVIORAL REHABILITATION & RESEARCH INSTITUTE BRIDGEPORT CARIBE YOUTH LEAGUE BURROUGHS COMMUNITY CENTER Supportive Independent Living Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation, Inc Guide Dog Female Soldiers: Forgotten Heroes (FS:FH) Caribe Youth Saturday Academy Burroughs Computer Center $7, Bethel CT $7, Bloomfield CT $7, Bridgeport CT $3, Bridgeport CT $5, Bridgeport CT CARDINAL SHEHAN CENTER Leadership $7, Bridgeport CT FSW CT Family Assets $20, Bridgeport CT MCGIVNEY COMMUNITY CENTER SHEPHERDS McGivney Youth s People's United Scholar Sponsorships and College Prep, Access & Readiness Support $5, Bridgeport CT $6, Bridgeport CT KENNEDY-DONOVAN CENTER Early Intervention in Connecticut. $2, Foxboro MA HORIZONS AT GREENS FARMS ACADEMY WOMEN AND FAMILY LIFE CENTER OF GUILFORD ORPORATED SPECIAL OLYMPICS CONNECTICUT Horizons at GFA Saturday Academy Guilford Neighbor to Neighbor Lifeline Special Olympics Connecticut's Coaches' Trainings $8, Greens Farms CT $2, Guilford CT $3, Hamden CT

3 CATHOLIC CHARITIES ARCHDIOCESE CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN SERVICES El Centro De Desarrollo y Reafirmacion Familiar Volunteer Financial Capability Assistance Initiative at VITA $2, Hartford CT $5, Hartford CT GRACE ACADEMY NWEA Test Analyst $3, Hartford CT HARTFORD AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Packard and Marguerite Neighborhood Build- Bloomfield $5, Hartford CT OUR PIECE OF THE PIE Pathways to Success $8, Hartford CT PARTNERSHIP FOR STRONG COMMUNITIES New Market Initiative II $10, Hartford CT BIG FUN EDUCATION Summer Learning League 2013 $6, Madison CT LITERACY VOLUNTEERS OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT Literacy Tutoring $5, New Britain CT NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICE OF NEW BRITAIN Foreclosure Prevention, Loss Mitigation and Housing Counseling $7, New Britain CT YOUNG WOMENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION NEW BRITAIN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL THE MARY WADE HOME ORPORATED OIC OF NEW LONDON COUNTY STRIVE Youth Development for Middle School Girls Congress Avenue Affordable Housing Initiative The Weekend and Transportation s Employment Training $4, New Britain CT $5, New Haven CT $5, New Haven CT $4, New London CT United Way of Western CT Sandy Hood School Support Fund $20, Newtown CT VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA HUMAN SERVICES COUNCIL BETHSAIDA COMMUNITY ORPORATED Charter Oak Community Support Services Vocational Education $3, New York NY Norwalk Mentor $2, Norwalk CT Patricia's Place $3, Norwich CT

4 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRISIS CENTER EASTER SEALS CONNECTICUT HOMEFRONT NORWALK ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY NOW ORPORATED YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF STAMFORD DVCC SafeHouse, Housing & Economic Advocacy Project Easter Seals Camp Hemlocks HomeFront 2013 Low- Income Home Revitalization Initiative Wealth and Asset Development Center (WADC) Youth Financial and Business Literacy LEAD After School Extra Learning Opportunities $3, Stamford CT $3, Stamford CT $10, Stamford CT $2, Stamford CT $2, Stamford CT COVENANT SOUP KITCHEN Meals $3, Willimantic CT Connecticut Total $211, DONORSCHOOSE ORG DonorsChoose.org Double Your Impact $100, New York NY PORT WASHINGTON PARENT RESOURCE CENTER Outreach $3, Port Washington NY MADISON SQUARE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAMS & SERVICES OF ROCKLAND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF LONG ISLAND UNION CHILD DAY CARE CENTER Explorers Academy $3, New York NY Homebound Meal Delivery Waiting List Relief NeighborWorks HomeOwnership Centers comprehensive prepurchase housing counseling programs $5, Nanuet NY $5, Centereach NY LBCC Computer Lab $5, White Plains NY GREYSTON FOUNDATION Greyston's Workforce Development 2.0 $7, Yonkers NY New York Total $128, LAWRENCE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB,. Planning for the Future $5, Lawrence MA

5 BAY PATH COLLEGE BETTER HOMES BIG BROTHERS-BIG SISTERS OF HAMPDEN COUNTY Investing in the Academic Success of Adult Undergraduate Women at Bay Path College Liberty Hill Townhouses Resident Services Community-Based Mentoring $10, Longmeadow MA $3, Springfield MA $2, Springfield MA GRAY HOUSE Kids' Club $5, Springfield MA UNITED TEEN EQUALITY CENTER PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE SPECIAL OLYMPICS MASSACHUSETTS Workforce Development for At-Risk Youth in Lowell and Lawrence Project Advance: s For People's Employment Placement $4, Lowell MA $2, Framingham MA Young Athletes $5, Marlborough MA COMMUNITY FARMS OUTREACH Waltham Fields Outreach Market $3, Waltham MA BENEVOLENT FRATERNITY OF UNITARIAN CHURCH BOTTOM LINE FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN- BOSTON GENERATIONS ORPORATED Roxbury Youth s $3, Roxbury MA College Access and College Success s - MA Friends of the Children- Boston mentoring program $7, Jamaica Plain MA $3, Boston MA Classroom Literacy $3, Boston MA INTERISE Merrimack Valley StreetWise $7, Boston MA JUMPSTART FOR YOUNG CHILDREN Jumpstart Boston $5, Boston MA METROPOLITAN BOSTON HOUSING PARTNERSHIP CHILDRENS FRIEND VALLEY RESIDENTS FOR IMPROVEMENT WORCESTER AREA BUSINESS EDUCATION FOUNDATION Foreclosure Prevention and Tenancy Preservation Initiative The School Age Mothers, known as "SAM" VRI Homework Learning Center Small Business and Workforce Education Initiative $7, Boston MA $4, Worcester MA $3, Worcester MA $3, Worcester MA

6 WORCESTER COMMUNITY HOUSING RESOURCES WCHR Affordable Housing Project $5, Worcester Ma Massachusetts Total $91, BIG BROTHERS-BIG SISTERS OF GREATER MANCHESTER Read To Succeed $2, Manchester NH MORE THAN WHEELS Credit Repair $7, Manchester NH ST JOSEPH COMMUNITY SERVICES Meals on Wheels $5, Merrimack NH YWCA NEW HAMPSHIRE Babies' Best Beginnings $2, Manchester NH SHARE OUTREACH ORPORATED CHILDRENS DYSLEXIA CENTERS NASHUA ADULT LEARNING CENTER JUMPSTART COALITION FOR PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY HOUSING PARTNERSHIP People Helping People $5, Milford NH Remedial Tutoring for Youth with Dyslexia in New Hampshire $2, Lexington MA Clearway High School $4, Nashua NH 2013 MoneySmarts Teacher Conference Homeward Bound $2, Hillsboro NH $7, Portsmouth NH RICHIE MCFARLAND CHILDRENS CENTER RMCC's Early Learning Group $2, Stratham NH New Hampshire $40, CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY Growing Money $10, Burlington VT COMMITTEE ON TEMPORARY SHELTER COTS Housing Resource Center $5, Burlington VT KING STREET CENTER Afterschool Excellence $10, Burlington VT SPECIAL OLYMPICS VERMONT Athletes and Families Initiative $3, South Burlington VT THE MENTOR CONNECTOR NEW ENGLAND KURN HATTIN HOMES Mentoring Children of Prisoners Student Needs Support Fund $2, Rutland VT $4, Westminster VT

7 Vermont Total $34, MAINE HOUSING AND BUILDING MATERIALS EXCHANGE Building Materials Supply Fund for Low-Income Families $7, Lisbon ME ISLAND INSTITUTE Island Scholars Network $7, Rockland ME COMMUNITY FINANCIAL LITERACY JOBS FOR MAINES GRADUATES MAINE SPECIAL OLYMPICS Community Financial Literacy Success with Financial Literacy 2013 Summer Sports Coaches College $3, Portland ME $5, Augusta ME $3, South Portland ME Maine Total $25, Grants Total: $531,500.00