An inclusive and sustainable future can be built through economic opportunity and resilience. The MetLife Foundation is the philanthropic arm of MetLife and is dedicated to promoting economic mobility, financial health, and resilient communities worldwide.
The Foundation operates through strategic collaborations, grantmaking, and impact investing to dismantle barriers and enable under-resourced communities to establish stable, prosperous lives.
About MetLife Foundation: A Vision for Inclusive Economic Mobility
Established in 1976, MetLife Foundation has promoted positive social change for almost half a century. Now its efforts are concentrated in a multi-faceted approach in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) and MetLife’s 2030 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Commitments.
The Foundation's philanthropy focuses on four main pillars:
- Economic Inclusion
- Financial Health
- Resilient Communities
- Impact Investing
Combined, these areas of concentration seek to build greater equity, opportunity, and well-being in communities throughout the world.
Economic Inclusion: Opening Career and Earning Opportunities
Paths to State-Based Sustainable Economic Progress
In its Economic Inclusion work, MetLife Foundation supports:
- Upskilling and Reskilling Programs: Equipping employees with the skills to meet a transforming economy's requirements.
- Career Development: Empowering people to build family-supporting careers.
- Intergenerational Mobility: Establishing channels to break poverty cycles and work towards long-term financial stability.
The Foundation’s investments help to make sure low- and underserved communities are able to compete in today's transforming economy—and have success to pass to future generations.
Financial Well-Being: Enhancing Community and Personal Resilience
Empowering Individuals with Basic Money Habits
Financial security is a foundation for economic opportunity. MetLife Foundation's Financial Health initiatives concentrate on:
- Personal Finance Education: Equipping people to take control of their budgets.
- Savings Programs: Fostering behaviors that lead to financial stability.
- Access to Credit and Benefits: Increasing opportunities for people to access low-cost credit and important public/private resources.
The Foundation assists individuals and families in establishing stability, planning for their futures, and overcoming unforeseen setbacks through improved financial well-being.
Resilient Communities: Fostering Well-Being
Creating Greater, Safer, and More Resilient Communities
The Foundation’s Resilient Communities strategy promotes programs that:
- Increasing Access to Physical and Mental Healthcare Services: Enabling communities to flourish through well-being.
- Promote Climate Resiliency Programs: Working in collaboration with organizations to establish more resilient and ecologically sustainable communities.
- Supporting Arts and Culture: Promoting resilience through cultural enrichment and active community participation.
The MetLife Foundation builds long-term stability and a sense of well-being by strengthening communities' social, environmental, and cultural foundations.
Impact Investing: Fostering Social Change Through Capital
Aligning Financial Investments with Social Purpose
The MetLife Foundation also employs Impact Investing in generating social value in addition to financial returns. Its investments are aimed at:
- Expanding Racial Equity
- Encouraging Women’s Financial Freedom
- Promotion of Climate Adaptation and Mitigation
The Foundation facilitates systemic change in the markets it serves by deploying capital in a strategic manner into initiatives that foster inclusion and resilience.
The MetLife Foundation Programs Benefit Individuals
The Foundation's initiatives and collaborations benefit:
- Low-Income Communities and Underserved
- Women and Minority Populations
- Emerging Workers Requiring New Skills
- Communities Confronting Health and Climate Issues
Each initiative is meant to establish avenues for enduring opportunity and resiliency.
Find out more about our current initiatives at MetLife Foundation's website.
How to Partner with the MetLife Foundation
Organizations seeking to collaborate with the Foundation generally:
- Align with Strategic Pillars: Economic Inclusion, Financial Health, Resilient Communities, and Impact Investing.
- Demonstrate Scalable Impact: Proposals must have obvious avenues to make systemic, long-term impacts.
- Prioritize Equity and Inclusion: Emphasizing interventions that benefit marginalized and underserved communities.
The Foundation looks forward to collaborations that support its vision of a more inclusive global economy.
How Fluxx Assists Global Foundations Such As MetLife
Effective philanthropy demands effective grant management and impact tracking. Tools such as Fluxx allow top foundations to:
- Streamline Grantmaking Processes: From application intake to final reporting.
- Capture Real-Time Impact Data: Monitoring results on economic, financial, and community health indicators.
- Facilitate Open Collaboration: Engaging funders and grantees in a continuous dialogue.
Using technology, foundations such as MetLife are able to maximize their investments' reach, effectiveness, and efficiency.
Enabling Communities Toward a More Equitable Tomorrow
The MetLife Foundation is shaping a future where opportunity is available to everyone through its ambitious investments in economic inclusion, financial health, resilient communities, and impact investing.
By concentrating on sustainable and scalable solutions, the Foundation ensures all initiatives lead to a more empowered and equitable global community.
For more information about MetLife Foundation’s work, go to the MetLife Foundation’s website.
