2011 Corporate Responsibility Report - JPMorgan Chase
2011 Corporate Responsibility Report - JPMorgan Chase
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