What is “philanthropy promotion?”
There are many ways to promote philanthropy. The Zing Foundation’s special niche is to support people with wealth to act as active partners in social change. We do this by playing a leadership role in the fields of donor education, which teaches people how to be effective givers, and donor organizing, which brings donors together for healing and activism.
Inspiring examples of extraordinary givers are on the Bolder Giving web site »
We live in a consumer culture that idolizes spending and accumulation of wealth, and where, for the past 60 years, the average giving in the U.S. has stayed flat at 2-3% of income across all income levels. Despite this, we believe that among the 7.5 million millionaires in the U.S. there are easily tens of thousands who want to realize their full giving potential, both in money and in impact, and who recognize that their human and financial resources could provide an enormous boost to efforts for change.
Read about our Bolder Giving initiative, or our work to strengthen the field.