Our Mission & Vision
Making An Impact Together
The Foundation aims to assist and enrich the lives of members of the communities who have supported the band for years, as well as encourage participation from fans and friends.
All funds raised will be donated to a cross-section of national and local charities... every penny from your donations will go directly to our charity partners.
The Work That Drives Us
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Metallica Scholars
In partnership with the American Association of Community Colleges, the Metallica Scholars Initiative (MSI) is a major workforce education program that provides direct support to community colleges to enhance their career and technical education curricula. These courses provide skills and services to students looking to enter a conventional trade or other applied learning program. In 2025, we announced that MSI Year 7 will launch with our largest grant to date, totaling approximately $3M. AWMH is proud to support 75 community colleges across all 50 United States, plus Guam. Since inception, we have invested over $13.5 million in students interested in gaining the skills and training necessary to find meaningful and well-paying careers.
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Combatting Food Insecurity
Supporting local food banks while on tour is something Metallica has been doing quietly for years. The creation of the Foundation allowed the band to take this kind of giving to the next level. At every stop, a portion of ticket sales is donated to a local food bank, which we are connected to through our partnership with Feeding America. As the M72 World Tour makes its way through the United States, we are also partnering with The Farmlink Project, which is connecting the tour's catering to local organizations that can use the surplus food, ensuring we do not contribute further to the nation’s food waste problem.
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Disaster Relief & Community Support
Whether we're talking about natural disasters like wildfires, hurricanes, and earthquakes, a public health crisis like COVID-19, or community safety like that provided by family shelters, we know that funding and support for critical local services are needed in the immediate and long term. In order to maximize our contributions in these areas, we have two primary partners in emergent cases: Direct Relief and World Central Kitchen. For our focus on sustainable communities, the band and Foundation donate a portion of M72 World Tour ticket sales to local organizations providing relief services to women and children who are unhoused or in violent domestic situations.
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News From AWMH
CBS Sunday Morning Spotlights All Within My Hands
Check out this behind-the-scenes, up-close-and-personal look at how our Foundation supports workforce education, the fight against hunger, and other critical local services, as told by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo, and Carmen DeBerry, one of 9,000 students to receive Metallica Scholars funding.
Year In Review
You helped us make a huge impact in 2024.
With your support, AWMH granted more than $5M worldwide!
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to Workforce Education
$3.42M
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to Hunger Relief Efforts
$781K
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to Critical Local Services
$1M
We're a Four-Star Charity!
All Within My Hands is proud to share that our strong financial health and ongoing accountability and transparency have earned a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator. This rating designates AWMH as an official “Give with Confidence” charity, indicating that our organization is using its donations effectively based on Charity Navigator’s criteria.
Charity Navigator is America’s largest and most utilized independent charity evaluator. Since 2001, the organization has been an unbiased and trusted source of information for more than 11 million donors annually.
