Our Social Impact
What we do for a living and what we live to do are mutual.
As a mutual company, with no investors or outside owners, New York Life is uniquely aligned with our clients’ interests and priorities. We deeply appreciate the difference we can make in the lives of individuals and families, both in the work we do every day and our commitment to the communities where we work and live.
With over 20,000 New York Life employees and agents, in over 120 offices throughout the country, we understand and embrace our social responsibility. On any given day, you’ll find us volunteering at schools, on sports fields, and wherever needed, participating in The New York Life Foundation’s initiatives.
We are here for good.
The good of our community. The good of our workforce.
The good of our policyowners whose futures we help protect.
7 million
Policyowners protected.*
$9.8 billion
Benefits paid.**
Making an impact in the community.
The New York Life Foundation
Focused grantmaking and volunteering for good.
Our Foundation supports programs that benefit young people in two main ways. We are the leading provider of childhood bereavement support; and we provide educational enhancement opportunities for kids as they transition from middle school to high school. Through their service, our workforce brings our philanthropic programs to their local communities.
Bereavement Support
Dedicated to helping children and their families in time of grief.
New York Life’s goal is to help equip families, educators, and caregivers to better support grieving children. Encountering grief is far too common, with 1 in 15 children experiencing the death of a parent or sibling before turning 18 years old.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Always there when needed.
Our business is inherently about responsibility: providing financial security and peace of mind through our products and services. We extend this responsibility to the larger communities where we work and live through our commitment to a diverse workforce, an ethical culture, deep community engagement and a sustainable planet.
New and notable
Click below to read some recent stories about New York Life and the role of corporate social responsibility.
How New York Life Is mobilizing its nationwide workforce to address grief at school.
Championing grief-sensitive schools.
StoryCorps – Father's Day launch
Remembering loved ones on Father's Day (courtesy of Bo's Place in Houston, TX)*
Remembering loved ones on Mother's Day
Courtesy of Roberta’s House in Baltimore, MD and the New York Life Foundation
It's time to magnify our focus on the "Magnificent Middle"
Advancing the success of middle school students
All roads lead to the importance of investing in infrastructure.
Infrastructure is vital to the function of any nation.
*Figure encompasses all policy owners of New York Life Insurance Company (NYLIC) and its insurance company subsidiaries. New York Life's company strength is based on several factors, including insurance in force.
**Figures reflect the consolidated results of NYLIC and its insurance subsidiaries presented on a statutory basis. Benefits paid primarily include death claims paid to beneficiaries and annuity payments. It also includes dividends paid to eligible policyholders.