J.P. Morgan’s Force for Good programme is back to help charities in 2023

Digital technology can help charities accelerate their mission, making them more efficient, more agile, and ultimately more effective for the communities they serve.  

How charities choose to use digital, however, is dependent on numerous factors, including skills, resources, and budgets. As demand for digital services continues to rise, as noted by 48% of charities in the Charity Digital Skills report, nearly two in five charities (38%) cited upskilling staff and volunteers as an important challenge in the coming year. A similar proportion (35%) said that further improving, developing, or scaling digital services was also a priority. 

Innovation comes at a cost. Digital training takes time and dedication and often the innovative solutions that charities need are expensive or unsustainable. Charity employees and volunteers need technology to support their goals in the long-term and finding the right solution can be a laborious process, especially without the right skills readily at hand.  

That’s where programmes like J.P. Morgan’s Force for Good come in. Force for Good provides charities and non-profit organisations with a team of highly-skilled employees from J.P. Morgan to help them build sustainable digital solutions to their biggest challenges.  

Whether it’s helping an LGBTQ+ charity support older adults online or improving the efficiency of Make-A-Wish UK’s process to matchup experiences and beneficiaries, there are many different projects that J.P. Morgan’s employees have supported since 2013, when the programme was started.  

The programme aims to develop skills and resources that will help the non-profit sector achieve their mission, establishing “a culture of continous learning and development while giving back to the community”.  

Teams of up to ten employees from J.P. Morgan work with each participating charity between five to eight months, during which charities explain their challenge, the team members identify potential solutions, and ultimately implement them.

The teams dedicate approximately 4 hours per week on the project over the course of the program. Through each project, the Force for Good teams dedicate extensive time to really understand an organisation and research how to best solve the challenges that they are facing. 

Force for Good takes into account the unique needs of each organisation, its resources, its technical maturity, and its budget, which truly differentiates the programme from many other similar ones. Volunteers prioritise the sustainability of their solutions, often adapting and enhancing a charity’s existing technology, so that they can continue to use it once the Force for Good project ends.  

Force for Good in 2023 

J.P. Morgan’s Force for Good program is now taking applications for the 2023 cycle. Charities experiencing digital challenges, but perhaps unsure of the right skills or solutions needed, can apply here to be connected with a team of employees from J.P. Morgan. 

Charities interested in applying can download a list of application questions to circulate with their colleagues in preparation. Questions can also be emailed to the Force for Good team at force.for.good@jpmorgan.com. 

Force for Good has helped close to 900 charities in their digital transformation since 2013, including the International Rescue Committee, sexual health and wellbeing charity Brook, and disaster relief charity RE:ACT. Many of these projects can be explored further on the Force for Good dedicated site, under ‘Our Stories’.   

To be the next charity to benefit from J.P. Morgan’s expertise, click below to apply. The deadline for applications is 30 November 2022.