Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated was founded on the simple belief that sorority elitism and socializing should not overshadow the real mission for progressive organizations: to address societal mores, ills, prejudices, poverty, and health concerns of the day.

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Zeta Phi Beta's National and Local Programs include:

 

• The Stork's Nest Program: A partnership with the March of Dimes that the sorority has enjoyed since 1972. The Stork's Nest Program is designed to promote prenatal care participation and healthy behaviors during pregnancy through two components - incentives and education.

 

• Endowment of its National Education Foundation: 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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• Z-H.O.P.E.: an outreach service program that has six primary objectives, corresponding measures of success and which serves as a mechanism for chapter recognition.

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Some of the sorority's national partnerships include: the American Red Cross, the American Cancer Society, the March of Dimes, the NAACP, the United Nations (NGO since 2001), the United Negro College Fund, and many others.