In 2006, ASA and WISHH leadership, received
501 C3 charitable organization designation from the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) for the World Soy
Foundation, A Program of WISHH. With this
designation, The World Soy Foundation (WSF) is able to solicit
funding from public and private foundations, individuals and
industry, offering tax deductibility for the contributions.
The WSF, operated by the ASA, works with private
voluntary and non-governmental organizations to deliver soy
protein and nutrition education to people who need it around the
world. Projects sponsored by the World Soy Foundation include
complementary foods for children 6-36 months, school feeding
programs, enterprise development and soy nutritional services.
Created as the humanitarian arm of the soy
industry, the World Soy Foundation is different from the World
Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) Program that U.S.
soybean growers also support. While some of the work WISHH did in
its early years was humanitarian in nature, the World Soy
Foundation expands on that experience. The Mission of the World
Soy Foundation is "sustainable nutrition for all."
