Corporate Responsibility in Brazil
J.P. Morgan is committed to building vibrant communities, preserving the environment and promoting an inclusive culture across the globe that benefits people not only today, but for generations to come.
Alongside traditional philanthropy and volunteering activities, J.P. Morgan applies core expertise to social and environmental challenges. The firm also supports the individual interests and volunteerism activities initiated by colleagues, supporting our local, regional and national markets.
Following are highlights of our philanthropic activities with strategic social partners in Brazil:
- 2012
- Comunitas
Comunitas was established in 2000 by former first lady Mrs. Ruth Cardoso in order to promote social development of Brazil through the engagement of different sectors of society, encouraging and fostering collective actions in synergy with one common purpose: the confrontation of social inequality to promoting a more sustainable Brazil.
Learn more. - Ensina!
Ensina! is a social organization that works to reduce inequalities in Brazilian education, expanding opportunities for their students and approaching the society to the challenges of public education. It believes that a society that takes education as a social value is capable of mobilizing people so that each and all Brazilians may have an education of quality. To cope with this challenge, recruit high potencial young professionals (ensinas), formed in various careers, to act for two years, as agents of education in challenging public schools. The “ensinas” work as temporary teachers and carry out activities within and outside the classroom. That's how they learn, teach and, thereafter, are able to think public transformation through education.
Learn more. - Ficas
FICAS is a non-profit organization created in 1997 by a group of professionals motivated by the desire to share knowledge. Through training programs, invests in strengthening civil society organizations, contributing to make them able to assume an increasingly strategic role in social change. More than 300 organizations and 10,000 managers and educators from Brazil and Mozambique have participated in their trainings. In addition, FICAS advises institutes, foundations and companies to develop their social projects and leverage their social investment.
Learn more. - Fundação Estudar
Fundação Estudar is a non-profit organization that since 1991 supports the qualification of Brazilian young people with high intellectual potential, committed to the development of the country. In 21 years of work, Estudar has already invested US$ 8 MM in awarding nearly 500 scholarships in the best universities in Brazil and abroad, and in realizing professional developing programs. Its mission is to create opportunities for good people to act big and improve Brazil.
Learn more. - Gastromotiva
Gastromotiva is the first social gastronomic business in Brazil that aims to encourage young people from low-income communities to enter the job market and start their own culinary ventures.
Learn more. - Instituto Rodrigo Mendes
Founded in 1994, the Rodrigo Mendes Institute is a non-profit organization committed to building an inclusive society by means of education and arts.
Learn more. - Instituto Fazendo História
Instituto Fazendo História is a non-profit organization founded in March of 2005, which works from life stories of sheltered children and adolescents to promote their integral development. Look at each individual’s and family’s background to help to plan the future development of these children and adolescents.
Learn more. - Junior Achievement
Founded in the United States in 1919, Junior Achievement is the oldest and largest organization of practical education in business, economics and entrepreneurship in the world. Currently, JA operates in 123 countries and in Brazil, has units across all states and the Federal District. The goal of JA is to spark the entrepreneurial spirit in young people still at school, encouraging personal development, providing a clear view of the business world and facilitating access to the labor market.
Learn more. - Laramara
Laramara is a non-profit organization that supports the inclusion and education of the visually impaired person. Reference center in Latin America in the evaluation, diagnosis and intervention in the learning and development process of children with visual and multiple impairments. Laramara also maintains a course of education for work and vocational training.
Learn more. - Parceiros da Educação
Founded in 2006, Parceiros da Educação is a non-profit organization that brings the experience and determination of private enterprises and business leaders to the public school system, with the intent to enhance the continuous development of Brazilian public schools towards an efficient and result-oriented system.
Learn more. - Turma do Bem
Turma do Bem is a nonprofit organization, created in 2002, that offers free dental treatment to underprivileged children and youths. Turma do Bem provides this service through over 10.000 volunteer dentists throughout Brazil and 9 other countries within Latin America and Europe.
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- Comunitas
- 2011
- Gastromotiva
Gastromotiva is the first social gastronomic business in Brazil that aims to encourage young people from low-income communities to enter the job market and/or start their own culinary ventures.
Learn more. - ISMART
The Instituto Social Para Motivar e Reconhecer Talentos (ISMART) aims to identify low-income talented individuals in their own communities and provide formal quality education as well as opportunities and experiences that will enable them to fully develop their potential.
Learn more. - Junior Achievement
Founded in the United States in 1919, Junior Achievement is the oldest and largest organization of practical education in business, economics and entrepreneurship in the world. Currently, JA operates in 123 countries and in Brazil, has units across all states and the Federal District. The goal of JA is to spark the entrepreneurial spirit in young people still at school, encouraging personal development, providing a clear view of the business world and facilitating access to the labor market.
Learn more. - Turma do Bem
Turma do Bem is a nonprofit organization that offers free dental treatment to underprivileged children and youths. Turma do Bem provides this service through 8.000 volunteer dentists throughout Brazil and 9 other countries within Latin America and Europe.
Learn more.
- Gastromotiva
- 2010
- ACER
The Association for the Support of Children at Risk (ACER) is a nonprofit public social entity, located in the Municipality of Diadema, São Paulo, which has operated since 1993 to defend the rights of socially vulnerable children and adolescents. It currently cares for about 400 children and adolescents through preventive actions aimed at keeping them away from the streets and offering them concrete alternatives of productive life.
Learn more. - Associação Arte Despertar (Art Awakening Association)
The Art Awakening Association is a nonprofit organization that since 1997 has adopted art, education and culture as pillars of its actions. The association focuses on health, social and cultural inclusion, as well as knowledge dissemination.
Learn more. - CARE Brazil
CARE Brazil is a Brazilian NGO that is part of CARE International, a 12-country member federation based in Geneva that focuses on fighting poverty in more than 70 countries. CARE began its operations in Brazil in August 2001, with the mission of combating poverty by facing its structural causes in Brazilian rural and urban regions with a low HDI (Human Development Index). CARE focuses on the local and sustainable development of the communities and territories where it operates, through acting on social inclusion, strengthening of the local economy, environmental preservation, innovation in public management and social mobilization.
Learn more. - Gastromotiva
Gastromotiva is the first social gastronomic business in Brazil that aims to encourage young people from low-income communities to enter the job market and/or start their own culinary ventures.
Learn more. - ISMART
The Instituto Social Para Motivar e Reconhecer Talentos (ISMART) aims to identify low-income talented individuals in their own communities and provide formal quality education as well as opportunities and experiences that will enable them to fully develop their potential.
Learn more. - Rodrigo Mendes Institute
The Rodrigo Mendes Institute is a nonprofit organization committed to building an inclusive society through art. In addition to courses, workshops and exhibitions, it develops training programs and programs for generation of income.
Learn more. - Rumo Náutico Institute
Rumo Náutico Institute was started in 2000, with the mission of developing and professionalizing education through sailing. Over the past 10 years, more than 8,500 students from public schools have benefited from the institute's activities, which have water sports, a professional training program and an environmental program as their base.
Learn more. - Philharmonic Society Joseense
The Philharmonic Society Joseense (SOFIJ) provides full access to cultural information, enabling children, teenagers and adults from the region of São José dos Campos to study music for free, participate in orchestras and performances, and create professional or amateur opportunities in the artistic world.
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- ACER
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