Articles from MetLife Foundation

MetLife Foundation today announced additional recipients of its Community Impact Grant Program (CIGP), which supports local, grassroots non-profit organizations providing immediate assistance to communities impacted by the growing income and wealth divide. The new recipients span the U.S. and Asia-Pacific region, following the program’s international expansion earlier this year and announcement of a second round of 2024 funding in the U.S.

MetLife Foundation today announced another request for proposal (RFP) opportunity for its Community Impact Grant Program, which it expanded earlier this year and launched internationally in Asia Pacific. With the support and dedication of MetLife employees in the application review process, the program continues to expand the Foundation’s impact and involvement in communities where MetLife has a presence.

MetLife Foundation today announced an additional $1 million commitment to its Community Impact Grant Program, which it launched in June of 2023. The program’s success resulted from the dedication and passion of MetLife employees whose efforts expanded the Foundation’s impact and involvement in communities where MetLife has a presence.

MetLife Foundation today announced the 24 non-profit recipients of its two-year, $10 million Accelerating Commitment to Equity Innovation Fund (ACE Innovation Fund). The fund aims to democratize access to capital for non-profit organizations addressing income and wealth inequality in communities that have been historically and systemically disinvested.

MetLife Foundation today announced the recipients of its Community Impact Grant Program (CIGP), which aims to support local, grassroots non-profit organizations that provide vital services to individuals and families on low-income. The grant program was launched this summer as an open funding opportunity to expand the Foundation’s impact and involvement in communities where MetLife has a presence.

MetLife Foundation today announced that it has reached over $1 billion in giving. The Foundation was established in 1976 as an independent charitable arm of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife), and since its founding, has made significant contributions to strengthen communities where MetLife has a presence.

MetLife Foundation and Rise Against Hunger today announced that their ongoing partnership has reached its one-millionth meal milestone. In 2014, the organizations joined forces on this shared goal to help end world hunger by 2030. These efforts are further fueled by MetLife’s pledge of 800,000 employee volunteer hours as part of its 2030 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitments.

In 1940, MetLife contacted renowned painter and illustrator N.C. Wyeth with a proposal: Create a large-scale mural series to grace the walls of its headquarters, then located at One Madison Avenue. The ambitious collection, entitled The New England Series, was Wyeth’s last commission before his death in 1945, when his son, Andrew, and his son-in-law, John McCoy, took on the balance of the project.