The Metropolitan Life Foundation supports the delivery of adequate healthcare at reasonable cost. Grants are made for better health maintenance and illness prevention as well as training and recruitment of minorities in medical and healthcare fields and improved efficiency of healthcare delivery. Its Population and Reproductive Health Program seeks to enable African-American women, including adolescents, to manage their own fertility and to protect and promote their sexual and reproductive health. The National AIDS Fund works in partnership with African-American communities to provide care and to prevent new infections through advocacy, education, and research. National AIDS Fund grants are matched by local funds.
Emphasis is placed on combatting racism and other forms of bigotry.
It makes emergency grants to groups needing sponsorship for festivals, educational seminars, and workshops and to deserving youth for certain purposes. The Foundation encourages programs that offer preventive and early-intervention strategies for the deprived and underserved.