Frequently Asked Questions

The final round will take place at the New York corporate headquarters of J.P. Morgan on April 17, 2009 for freshman and sophomore students.

The non-profit chosen must already be established, and a tax ID number (in the US) or a registered charity number (in Europe) must be provided upon registration.  If you are unsure if your organization is eligible, please email jpmorganundergrad@goodventure.org to verify.

Teams will be able to register for the Good Venture Case Competition through the close at 11:59 p.m. ET on Monday, January 19, 2009. All registration forms, executive summaries, and accompanying materials must be received by February 9, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

No. Just submit your team information, team-member résumés/cvs, personal statements, executive summary, and PowerPoint presentation.

Your team can consist of members from your school or other schools. J.P. Morgan employees are not eligible to participate in the competition.

The maximum number of members per team is 4.

No. Each participant may belong to only one team. Teams may not submit more than one proposal.

Yes, you may change team members until the deadline for the competition. If the team members change, you must notify us and submit the résumé/cv and personal statement of the new team member. Once the deadline for submissions has occurred, all teams are final and cannot be changed.

Yes. Your executive summary should be no longer than five pages.

As long as you provide all the required information and give a winning description of your proposal, your executive summary can be as brief as you like.

Please see proposal parameters.

We'd like you to use a standard 10, 11, or 12-point font and one-inch margins. Please include your team name and contact information on every page. Either black & white or color is acceptable. We expect your submission to be professional and readable, so use your best judgment regarding format and style. Save your style points for the final round.

You should also include:
• Cover page with each team member's name, school or company affiliation, graduation date, e-mail and snail-mail addresses and phone number. The cover page will not count against the five-page limit.
• One-page résumé/cv for each team member. These will not count against the five-page limit.
• Personal statement no longer than 200 words in length from each team member describing what motivated him or her to participate.

Yes.

As part of the proposal process, you must submit your résumé, which will be reviewed by the recruiting team that covers your school/university. Your résumé will be used to get to know you better, not as part of the proposal evaluation process. Teams who make it to the final round will also have the opportunity to network and learn more about J.P. Morgan's Investment Bank and internship programs. Outstanding students interested in an internship may be asked back to interview for a Summer Analyst position for 2010.

You should submit your required documents via email to jpmorganundergrad@goodventure.org

Judges will assess your submissions by numerous factors. Some of these include creativity, alignment with
J.P. Morgan investment brand, and an understanding of the non-profit. Each section of the proposal will be valued as follows in the judging process: 30% for background information; 30% for Requested Funds information; 40% for information on Social Return On Investment and budget details.

All submissions will become the property of J.P. Morgan. Unfortunately, we cannot send submitted materials back to any team. If your team is invited to the finals, your Good Venture Case Competition proposal will be made available to all participating judges.

On or before March 17, 2009

April 17, 2009

Time slots will be 45 minutes for presentation and Q&A. Judges will have received the documents you submitted in advance and will be prepared for you. They will be told to make this as "real world" as possible, meaning that they can start asking questions whenever they want. There is no telling what they will do. But hey – that’s what it will be like when you are out raising money.

Any team that makes it to the final rounds also wins kudos, great networking and pitching practice, and prime exposure to J.P. Morgan executives.  You also win an all-expenses paid trip to New York.