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Grants, VC funds, accelerators, and competitions for African entrepreneurs.
Grants, VC funds, accelerators, and competitions for African entrepreneurs.
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$100K-$2M
MetLife Foundation supports Pan-African initiatives through grants and impact investments, with typical funding ranging from $100K to $2M. Its stated focus areas are economic empowerment, financial health, resilient communities, and impact investments, including climate-related work. The opportunity is relevant for organizations working to improve workforce readiness, financial stability, community resilience, and measurable social or environmental outcomes.
Grants
MetLife Foundation uses grants as part of its multi-pronged strategy to co-create an ecosystem that enables a more confident and sustainable future for communities.
Impact Investments
MetLife Foundation provides impact investments intended to generate positive measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.
Volunteering
Volunteering is part of MetLife Foundation's strategy to support communities.
Economic Empowerment
Empowering young people and adults to be competitive in the 21st century workforce.
Financial Health
Connecting individuals to tools and resources that enable financial stability through savings, asset building and preservation.
Resilient Communities
Enabling well-being that allows for a thriving, resilient, and sustainable future for all.
Impact Investments
Impact investments are originated with the intent to generate positive measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return, such as for building financial health and climate resilience that create jobs, support resilient communities and provide economic benefits.
Financial health and inclusion
Reporting support, capacity building, peer learning network
Confirm current funding cycle is open. Review reporting burden. Check geographic restrictions.
Applicants should align clearly to one or more of the foundation’s stated focus areas and show measurable social or environmental impact. For climate-related work, connect the proposal to financial health, jobs, community resilience, or broader economic benefits, since those links are explicitly referenced in the foundation’s impact investment approach.
2015
Active Since
Yes
Deploying
Multiple grantees across Africa