Become a steward of our community
Strengthen and Support
Kwan Um Zen Online
Kwan Um Zen Online is a global practice community, connecting more than 470 practitioners across 30 countries.
We are raising $40,000 by early June to sustain and expand access to Zen practice, teaching, and training worldwide.
An Invitation to Stewardship
A Shared Responsibility
Kwan Um Zen Online is a nonprofit practice community offering accessible Zen practice, teaching, and training to a global community—sustained by the practice, participation, and financial generosity of its members and supporters.
This work already exists through shared commitment.
Now is the moment to sustain and extend it together.
We are growing steadily, expanding our efforts to deliver programs that deepen and nourish your practice.
What we are asking
We are raising $40,000 by early June to support the foundation that allows this work to continue.
Your support will:
help more people find and enter practice
keep access open through scholarships
ensure teachers and programs continue to be available
This work depends on your support.
Support can take many forms
You can support this work through:
financial contribution
committed practice
ongoing participation in the sangha
We ask you to step forward as a steward of Kwan Um Zen Online.
What Your Support Makes Possible:
Opening the Path — $20,000
Clear teaching deserves a clear path.
As participation grows, we are strengthening how people find, enter, and continue in practice.
This year, 127 practitioners engaged in 21-Day Zen Challenges, building consistency and deepening commitment.
Your support makes this possible:
a renewed Beginner’s Journey
simpler, more intuitive ways to access programs
expanded programs and accessible learning pathways
So that people can begin with clarity—and continue with confidence.
Keeping the Door Open — $8,000
Practice should be available to anyone who is ready.
This year, we distributed $4,493 in scholarship support across our programs.
For some, Kwan Um Zen Online is their only connection to a Zen teacher and sangha.
Without support, that connection is not guaranteed.
Your support helps:
keep access open through scholarships
support new and returning practitioners
ensure no one is turned away due to financial constraints
So that practice remains available to all who seek it.
Sustaining the Practice — $12,000
Strong practice communities depend on steady support.
In 2025, Kwan Um Zen Online supported:
470 practitioners across 30 countries
over 1,000 practice sessions
22 teachers guiding practitioners worldwide
Your support sustains:
the consistent offering of daily and weekly practice
the ability for teachers to guide and support practitioners
the structure that allows this work to continue reliably
So that this shared place of practice remains steady and available.
A year of practice, community, and transformation — worldwide.
“Together, practice really works.”
— Mary Ann, KUZO member
2025 KUZO Impact Report
Click below to view the impact we made in 2025. Thanks to your generosity, Kwan Um Zen Online brought authentic Zen training to practitioners in every corner of the world — from busy cities to remote villages, from those newly curious about meditation to those deepening a lifelong commitment.
Join us on May 2 for the Global Sangha Gathering
Together, we will practice, connect and engage with teachings from global Kwan Um Zen teachers across the sangha. The Global Dharma Gathering is open to all of our supporters.