Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. is honored to have formed many wonderful community-based partnerships over the past years. Whether administering our Z-HOPE program or giving financial assistance through our National Educational Foundation, we do so with the understanding that service to the community is our greatest legacy.​

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​Z-HOPE (Zetas Helping Other People Excel) is an outreach service program that has six primary objectives, corresponding measures of success and a mechanism for chapter recognition. The primary objectives are:

• To provide culturally appropriate informational activities according to the Z-HOPE program format

• To foster collaborative partnerships between community organizations with shared goals

• To promote the opportunities for expansion in Stork’s Nest programs

• To facilitate community service and mentorship opportunities for members of the organization

• To provide an equitable chapter recognition program for community services rendered

• To provide a standard reporting format to concentrate efforts and demonstrate the organization’s impact

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Elder Care Initiative strives to provide education and awareness about preparing for your senior years. The African American community is least prepared when it comes to retirement, estate planning and understanding the legal and financial preparation needed to care for parents, grandparents and ultimately, for our own long term care. It is a comprehensive program that also focuses on elder abuse awareness, financial peace, supporting the caregiver and volunteering at senior care facilities.

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Zetas Have Heart is a program designed to increase awareness about heart disease in African-American women and to support members of Zeta and the community in getting fit and becoming more active.

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Zeta Sings the Blues is a program designed to create awareness for Mental Health concerns and Domestic Violence. 

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Stork’s Nest is an over 46-year-old partnership between Zeta Phi Beta and March of Dimes. Stork’s Nest is a community-based, prenatal, health promotion program for low-income pregnant women. The program is designed to promote prenatal care participation and healthy behaviors during pregnancy through two components-incentives and education. Stork’s Nest clients “earn” points toward incentives, such as maternity or baby care items, through a variety of positive, health-promoting activities; attending prenatal care appointments, participating in prenatal education classes, keeping appointments for well-baby visits,, etc. Thousands of women are serviced at Stork’s Nest all over the country every year.

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Get Engaged is a national initiative of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. that encourages members to take an active role in community organizing. Members are invited to raise awareness on key issues, promoting voter registration and mobilization, building relationships with elected officials, and encouraging qualified women and minorities to pursue community leadership positions.

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Finer Women Don't Haze is a program that raises awareness of the negative affects of hazing. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. does not support hazing in any way, shape, fashion, or form-and it is prohibited!

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ZOL - The Zeta Organizational Leadership Program is a future-focused, nationally structured, intense leadership training certification program and a blue print for leadership development and enhancement. It was developed by a think tank of talented members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. who are experts in their respective fields and are from diverse backgrounds.

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The National Educational Foundation of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc with 501 (c) 3 status (Z-NEF) is created and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes. The principle activities and purpose of the trust are to award scholarship grants to worthy students for the pursuit of higher education; to conduct community educational programs which will aid in the educational and vocational improvement in individual and community living standards; to engage in activities which will aid in the educational development of all women; and to engage in any appropriate research related to the purposes of the Foundation scholarship.

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​Grow with Google was started in 2017 to help Americans grow their skills, careers and businesses. It provides free training, tools, and expertise to help small business owners, veterans and military families, jobseekers and students, educators, startups, and developers. Since Google’s inception, it has helped more than six million Americans grow their skills, careers and businesses. In addition to its virtual presence, Grow with Google has created a network of more than 8,000 partner organizations like libraries, schools, small business development centers, chambers of commerce and nonprofits to help people coast-to-coast.

To access one of these training opportunities through Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, please click here.​

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Micah's Voice - Micah’s Voice is a 501 (c) 3 organization which provides community, hope and financial resources to families affected by autism. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated and Micah’s Voice have come together to build awareness, strengthen advocacy and execute fundraising to support families of autistic children. 

Micah’s Voice was founded by Shawn and Sharhonda Stockman. Shawn Stockman is one of the lead singers and founders of Boys II Men. The Stockman’s Foundation was inspired by one of their twin sons, Micah, who is autistic. They realized the financial burden families experienced and looked to help support these families. #micahsvoiceandzphib 

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Zeta Prematurity Awareness Program (ZPAP) occurs annually during the entire month of November in support of the March of Dimes’ Prematurity Awareness Month and World Prematurity Day on November 17th. Since 2003, Zeta chapters and auxiliaries reach out to over 300 houses of worship annually across the country and distribute information on prematurity awareness, causes of prematurity and the importance of seeking prenatal care in an effort to decrease infant mortality and the number of low birth weight babies. Over the past six years, Zeta has documented a global impact of reaching more than 543,000 people through the Sorority’s signature grassroots campaign.

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Adopt-A-School allows members of Zeta Phi Beta to identify low performing schools and provide assistance in a number of ways to enhance the educational experience, increase test scores and grades. Members purchase supplies and/or equipment, provide volunteer hours, assist with parent engagement programs and work with administrators to identify needs that may be specific to that particular school.

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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, June 15, kicks off our campaign to distribute information in our communities on identifying signs of elder abuse and where victims can go for assistance. According to Ageless Alliance, 1 out of 10 older adults are victims of abuse. Members throughout the country place informational table tents in restaurants, businesses, churches and libraries all over the country.

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International Women of Color is one of five components of Z-HOPE. The programming benefits include support for those with AIDS and those caring for AIDS victims, literacy programs, building water wells, donating rice and much more. We have built more than 52 water wells throughout Ghana. We have recently launched a Well Maintenance program to ensure that our wells are consistently functioning and providing potable water to the villages. We also built a clinic at the Afua Kobi Apem Senior School for girls in Ghana. Enrollment at the school went from 1,200 to 2,000 after opening the clinic. Villagers can also visit the health center and often do. The clinic has dramatically improved the health of the girls and their families.

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Triple Negative Breast Cancer - While triple negative breast cancer can be found in any ethnicity, breast cancers found in African American women are more likely to be triple negative. This form of breast cancer is more aggressive and often labeled more difficult to treat. It has also been found to occur disproportionately in young African American women. Zeta chapters have begun adding information about triple negative breast cancer to existing projects and programs on breast cancer to build awareness and support efforts of health care professionals and organizations recommending earlier breast health testing.

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In an effort to service the needs of our communities, Zeta Phi Beta has formed strategic alliances with the following organizations:

• American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)

• American Diabetes Association

• American Cancer Society

• American Lung Association

• American Red Cross

• Black Women’s Health Imperative

• Howard Thurman Educational Trust

• Leadership Conference of Civil Rights

• March of Dimes

• NAACP

• National Council of Women of the U.S.A.

• National Council of Negro Women

• National Medical Association

• National Pan-Hellenic Council

• National Political Congress of Black Women

• Office of Minority Health (Healthy People 2010)

• SIDS Foundation

• St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital

• The Black Women’s Agenda

• The Washington Center

• Urban League

• United Nations

• United Negro College Fund

• U.S .Fish and Wildlife Service

• Women Veterans Rock