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Creating capacity for lasting social impact

By Julia Backon, Global Lead of Tech for Social Good

October 28, 2026

For more than 15 years, JPMorganChase’s Tech for Social Good program has connected employee volunteers with nonprofits and socially focused organizations to help them use technology more effectively, strengthen their operations and expand their impact. What continues to inspire me is that these engagements are never just about implementing a tool or solving a technical problem. They're about helping organizations build the capacity to serve more people and advance their missions for years to come.

Today, that support feels more important than ever. As technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, many nonprofits are evaluating how emerging tools can help them operate more efficiently, reach more people and amplify their impact, all while navigating new challenges and resource constraints.

We’ve seen firsthand how the right combination of technology expertise, strategic guidance and collaboration can help organizations unlock new possibilities. That's why we’re excited to invite nonprofits and socially focused organizations to apply for our 2027 Tech for Social Good programs, including Force for Good, Executive Consultation, and Hackathon opportunities. 

Force for Good

Many mission-driven organizations don't struggle because they lack vision. They struggle because demand for their services grows faster than their technology capacity and infrastructure can evolve. 

Through our Force for Good program, teams of JPMorganChase volunteer technologists dedicate a portion of their workweek to developing sustainable technology, data and design solutions alongside nonprofit partners. The goal isn't simply to deliver a project. It's to create solutions organizations can maintain, scale and build upon long after an engagement ends. From improving websites and donor systems to strengthening learning platforms and data insights, these projects help organizations reach more people, operate more effectively, and deepen their impact in the communities they serve. 

Our Force for Good projects illustrate how strategic technology implementations can strengthen an organization. For example, we've helped organizations replace disconnected systems with centralized platforms that improve collaboration and access to resources. We've also supported nonprofits in developing voice-enabled solutions that make information more accessible while reducing administrative burdens on staff. We build out solutions like these and many others for over 120+ organizations each year.

Executive Consultation

Not every organization needs a new solution right away. Sometimes the most valuable first step is understanding current challenges and defining a path forward.

Through the Executive Consultation Program, nonprofit leaders receive strategic guidance to prioritize opportunities, strengthen processes, improve their use of data, and develop practical roadmaps for future transformation.

For example, JPMorganChase executives partnered with a nonprofit seeking to expand its impact nationally, providing guidance on its operating model and technology strategy. Following the engagement, the organization expanded to reach partners in additional states, streamlined key reporting processes and began developing new digital tools to support future growth.

Tech for Social Good participants

Hackathons

Innovation begins with curiosity.

Through hackathons, Tech for Social Good helps strengthen organizations’ understanding of technology and data and identify new ways to solve nonprofits’ most pressing operational challenges.

For example, in the UK, teams have prototyped ways to expand learning of tactile communication skills used by the deafblind community and explored how technology could increase access to personalized playlists supporting people living with dementia across home, hospital and care settings.

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Force for Good provides solutions, consultation provides direction, and ideation via hackathons provides the knowledge and confidence for organization to make the most of both. Together, these programs help nonprofits and socially focused organizations strengthen operations, make informed technology decisions and increase their impact over time.

Whether your organization needs direction, solutions, or the capacity to make the most of technology, Tech for Social Good can help. Applications for our 2027 programs are currently open, and we welcome nonprofits and socially focused organizations to apply here by December 18. Apply here

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