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COMMUNITIES

The Challenge

The Challenge is part of a $500 million, five-year initiative to help drive inclusive, equitable growth and create greater economic opportunity in communities across the globe.

Launched in 2018, the Annual Challenge, formerly known as the AdvancingCities Challenge, is a yearly competition that supports promising ideas helping to advance equity and economic opportunity through effective leadership and community-driven solutions that foster collaboration and contribute to systemic, sustainable change.

In 2021, in response to the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women of color, JPMorgan Chase evolved the Challenge to source bold solutions that catalyze economic recovery and long-term prosperity for Black and Latina women, their families, and local economies. This year’s Challenge builds on the success and lessons of the 2021 Challenge and will continue to focus on U.S. economic recovery from the pandemic. In response to growing national concerns about mental health, the Challenge will also provide support for a subset of solutions at the intersection of mental health and economic mobility.

Through the 2022 Challenge, we invite organizations to apply for up to $3 million to support innovative, sustainable solutions that help drive wealth creation for and economic success of women of color, which is foundational to building more equitable communities and furthering an inclusive economic recovery.

The 2022 Challenge Call for Ideas is now closed.

2021 Challenge Winners

To date, JPMorgan Chase has awarded more than $80 million to 19 collaboratives working to drive equitable and inclusive economic growth.

2020 Challenge Winners

To date, JPMorgan Chase has awarded more than $80 million to 19 collaboratives working to drive equitable and inclusive economic growth.

2019 Challenge Winners

To date, JPMorgan Chase has awarded more than $80 million to 19 collaboratives working to drive equitable and inclusive economic growth.