MENTORING AND WORK EXPERIENCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Through The Fellowship Initiative ("TFI"), we provide extensive
and hands-on academic, social and emotional support to
young men of color in high school. Since launching TFI in 2010
in Chicago and New York and through the end of 2021, we
have matched more than 350 high school Fellows with
JPMorgan Chase employees, who serve as mentors for about
three years. The mentors engage the Fellows in academic and
project-based learning activities, college and career planning
and leadership development opportunities, all with the goal
of helping the Fellows successfully complete high school and
prepare for post-secondary pathways. The program has
contributed to a 100% admission rate to college among
graduating Fellows.
In 2020, we committed to grow the program to 1,000 Fellows
nationally over the next 10 years – and in 2021, we made
progress toward that goal by expanding the initiative to
Houston, Oakland, and Washington, D.C. In these cities, we
are working with local nonprofits – DiscoverU, Kingmakers of
Oakland and Youth Guidance – to deliver the program.
In the U.K., our Firm’s Aspiring Professionals Program, run in
collaboration with the Social Mobility Foundation, supports
talented young people from low income backgrounds with
work experience, mentoring and skills sessions to equip them
with skills to succeed in their future careers. Since launching
in 2012, 800 young people from 426 different schools have
been supported, and 70% of participants have secured a
place at a university. Approximately 450 volunteers from the
Firm have acted as mentors to the young people since the
start of the program, and our Firm has committed to continue
to run the program for a further three years and reach an
additional 500 young people.
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