SOY is an acronym used by many not for profit organizations. Most commonly the acronym is found to stand for Support Our Youth as it is in Northern Indiana. There SOY raises money through various community-oriented activities such as their Dusk To Dawn Relay, which is in turn used for many youth related programs. Though this is just one example of the acronym meaning Support Our Youth, its repeated use does not necessarily mean a connected organization State to State or country to country. In Toronto, for example, SOY, in mission, raises the quality of life for gay, lesbian, and transgender youth.

SOY has also been used by organizations to mean:

Furthermore it is used as an acronym in awards: