2011 Corporate Responsibility Report - JPMorgan Chase

VOLUNTEERISM IN MENTORING, TUTORING AND READING
Innovations for Learning (Chicago, IL). In 2010, JPMorgan
Chase employees formed a relationship with Innovations
for Learning, a Chicago-based nonprofit that has pioneered
cutting-edge technology that improves the reading progress of
students in the early elementary grades. Our employees became
involved in this work by serving as “virtual tutors” for students
in Innovations for Learning schools. Beginning in Chicago, this
program was expanded to Detroit, Miami and New York in
2011. By the end of 2011, 548 JPMorgan Chase employees had
provided 22,900 hours of volunteer service through thousands
of tutoring sessions to students in these cities. This program will
continue to expand to additional sites in 2012.
Junior Achievement of America (Worldwide). JA is a partnership
between the business community, educators and volunteers, offering
programs in more than 120 countries to show young people how to
apply entrepreneurial thinking to the workplace. JPMorgan Chase was
awarded the President’s Award for Volunteerism by JA for the more
than 5,000 hours our employees spent in 2011 teaching children
about workforce readiness, entrepreneurship and economics.
Our volunteers participated in 39 events in 19 U.S. cities as
well as international cities, such as São Paolo, Brazil, and taught
lessons on topics such as budgeting, good credit, identity theft, and
understanding various investment and insurance products.
Fundación Leer (Buenos Aires, Argentina). In August 2011,
30 JPMorgan Chase volunteers spent two days reading with
children through Fundación Leer, a local charity that promotes
literacy to help children succeed in
school. More than 100 children from
economically disadvantaged areas took
part in the activities. This project was
part of a multi-year effort spearheaded
by employees, and included an $8,000
donation to sponsor future activities and
to purchase books for the school libraries
supported by Fundación Leer.
P.S. 188 (New York, NY). Over the past
five years, JPMorgan Chase employees
have built an ongoing volunteering
relationship with P.S. 188, an elementary
and junior high school located in a
disadvantaged area of the Lower East
Side of Manhattan, where many students are first-generation
Americans or have recently emigrated with their parents. In 2011,
135 employees volunteered to run Math and Reading Clubs,
a Saturday tutoring program and a mentoring program for
children ages 6–12. Each year, employees help revitalize the
halls and classrooms in preparation for the new school year, and
host a Holiday Party for the lower grades in December and an
Empowerment Day in the spring for the junior high students to
learn about career options.
See Helping Our People Succeed for more information on
our employee volunteerism.
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