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2011 Corporate Responsibility Report - JPMorgan Chase

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STRENGTHENING FOOD<br />

SECURITY<br />

Produce department of a Kroger Food4Less store, which<br />

brings fresh food to underserved communities.<br />

Around the world, almost one in seven<br />

people do not have enough food, and in<br />

the U.S. there are neighborhoods with little<br />

or no access to grocery stores or healthy<br />

foods. To help address the problem of<br />

hunger and food security, we have been<br />

applying our expertise and resources,<br />

giving $14 million to help the nearly<br />

49 million Americans at risk of hunger<br />

and providing access to $123 million<br />

in funding to support food banks and<br />

nonprofits with hunger relief missions over<br />

the past 10 years.<br />

Residents in many underserved<br />

communities across the country face<br />

“food deserts” with limited access to<br />

healthy, affordable food. In recent years,<br />

more attention has been focused on how<br />

inadequate food access affects the longterm<br />

health and well-being of residents. A<br />

number of initiatives are underway to help<br />

increase access to food.<br />

<strong>JPMorgan</strong> <strong>Chase</strong> is proud to be part of<br />

this growing movement to bring a greater<br />

variety of food choices into underserved<br />

communities. Below are some highlights of<br />

our work in <strong>2011</strong>:<br />

CALIFORNIA FRESHWORKS FUND<br />

<strong>Chase</strong> committed $32.5 million in funding<br />

for the California FreshWorks Fund, an<br />

innovative $200 million public-private<br />

partnership loan fund created to increase<br />

access to healthy, affordable food in<br />

underserved communities.<br />

KROGER<br />

In two different markets, <strong>Chase</strong>’s<br />

support is helping The Kroger Co., one<br />

of the nation’s largest grocery retailers,<br />

expand retail food distribution and<br />

bring new economic opportunities to<br />

underserved communities.<br />

In Los Angeles, Kroger recently expanded<br />

local grocery store access through four,<br />

low-cost Food4Less grocery stores in<br />

distressed communities, where <strong>Chase</strong><br />

invested $7.8 million in NMTC equity.<br />

In an underserved Dallas community,<br />

<strong>Chase</strong> made a $3.6 million NMTC equity<br />

investment to help Kroger finance the<br />

New Market Tax Credits<br />

(NMTC) is a federal tax<br />

program that provides tax<br />

credit incentives to investors<br />

for equity investments in<br />

real estate projects in<br />

low-income communities.<br />

<strong>Chase</strong> has facilitated more<br />

than $900 million in projects<br />

in <strong>2011</strong> alone. In early 2012,<br />

we received $100 million in<br />

the latest round of awards,<br />

the largest granted to<br />

more than 70 organizations<br />

this year. This award will<br />

allow us to continue to<br />

grow our commitment to<br />

community development.<br />

<strong>2011</strong> CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY REPORT 21

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