For Our Communities

Chapter 06

Our Approach

As one of the world’s leading financial services companies, MetLife plays an important role in caring for our communities. MetLife regions, lines of business and colleagues contribute to community engagement and outreach. MetLife Foundation helps connect MetLife colleagues with nonprofits and opportunities to make a difference through volunteerism, pro-bono work and grantmaking. These efforts have been instrumental in MetLife Foundation reaching over $1 billion in giving since the Foundation’s inception in 1976.

 

Governance

 

As a separate legal entity, MetLife Foundation has its own Board of Directors, chaired by MetLife’s Regional President of Europe, Middle East and Africa and Head of Global Sustainability. MetLife Foundation’s President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) reports directly to the Foundation’s Board Chair. As a fully integrated role, MetLife Foundation’s President and CEO also serves as MetLife’s Head of Corporate Giving and Employee Volunteerism, a function overseen by the Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee of MetLife’s Board of Directors.

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Strengthening Communities Through Our Grantmaking
Strengthening Communities
Through Our Volunteering

Delivering on Our Priorities

MetLife Foundation seeks to drive economic mobility by addressing the needs of people with low income around the world. MetLife Foundation makes grants across three strategic giving portfolios:

Economic Empowerment

Supports efforts that upskill and reskill talent, develop an entrepreneurial mindset and connect talent to paid employment with family-sustaining wages;

Financial Health

Supports efforts that build financial health and resiliency through budget management, savings and access to credit; and

Resilient Communities

Supports efforts that open up and expand access to mental and physical well-being resources, arts and culture, and environmental causes for a more resilient planet.

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MetLife’s Head of Global Technology and Operations (right) joins colleagues to volunteer with Rise Against Hunger at MetLife’s New York City site.

Highlights: MetLife Foundation

$39.4M

in total grants globally in 2024

$13.2M

in giving toward environmental causes since 2020

$2.6M

given through Community Impact Grant Program since 2023, with 650,000 people served and 84 organizations supported

500,000+

volunteer hours completed globally since 2020

$133.7M

in giving to support communities on low income since 2021

$1.4M

in giving to support disaster preparedness in 2024
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Read our 2024 Sustainability Report

for more information on MetLife initiatives and progress.