JM Financial Foundation (formerly JM Morgan Stanley Foundation), the philanthropic arm of the JM Financial Group believes in strengthening and uplifting the lesser privileged communities by enabling them to be self reliant. It does this by adopting a dual platform of ‘education for children’ & ‘health for all’. The Foundation has partnered with several NGOs to work on a number of outreach initiatives.

Every year, JM Financial organises an annual Walkathon, to raise funds for the JM Financial Foundation. The event – a 6-km walk on Marine Drive, Mumbai, from NCPA Apartments to Mafatlal Bath and back, attracts enthusiastic participation from employees of the JM Financial group companies, other corporates, children and citizens. The funds raised have supported projects undertaken by KC Mahindra Trust’s Nanhi Kali, Sunbeam Foundation, Jai Vakeel School and Round Table India, among many others.

The Group has Project Drishti, in aid of the blind. Every month, JM Financial employees collect all their old glossy magazines and brochures and donate these to a school meant for the visually challenged. The school uses this material for preparing Braille, a method used by the visually challenged to read and write. Braille is best on glossy material, which most magazines/ brochures use. The Group has also organised an Eye Donation Awareness camp in association with Eye Bank Donation and Coordination Centre, an NGO, to educate people about donating eyes and encourage them to do it.

JM Financial Group encourages employee participation through its employee volunteering initiative `Sparsh’.  The Group had tied up with Akanksha and HelpAge India for this initiative where employees can volunteer as individuals and also form groups to assist these NGOs.

JM Financial Group continues to contribute regularly towards several relief operations carried out during calamaties or disasters that impact our society.