about the foundation
Building a public-interest resource for peptide research and observational knowledge
World Peptide Foundation coordinates two flagship public-interest programs: The Human Peptide Project™ preserves structured, de-identified human experience, while The Living Peptide Record™ organizes living, source-traceable scientific records. The programs are connected while observation and scientific evidence remain visibly and permanently separate.
This naming hierarchy is intentional: World Peptide Foundation names the nonprofit corporation; The Human Peptide Project™ names the research platform. Neither name represents a product manufacturer, clinical service, medical practice, or substitute for professional medical care.
Mission
To responsibly preserve and organize the world's observational knowledge regarding peptide use while clearly distinguishing observation from scientific evidence.
Vision
WPF is building a uniquely integrated worldwide reference system for peptide research through its two coordinated flagship programs — a permanent public resource designed to remain valuable to researchers, students, clinicians, educators, journalists, policymakers, and the public for generations.
What we do not do
- We do not exist to persuade.
- We do not exist to advocate.
- We do not exist to promote peptides.
- We do not exist to market products.
- We do not exist to compete with pharmaceutical companies.
- We do not exist to replace physicians or scientific research.
We exist to preserve observational knowledge responsibly, and to teach people how to interpret that information honestly.
What we organize ourselves around
Observation
Collecting structured observational reports using a transparent, versioned methodology.
Preservation
Protecting those observations for decades — versioning changes, archiving responsibly, and maintaining historical continuity.
Interpretation
Helping readers understand what observations mean: their uncertainty, their limitations, and how to reason about self-reported data generally.
Evidence
Comparing observational patterns with published scientific literature, while keeping the two visibly, permanently separate.
Current governance and planned oversight
Corporate governance and website administration are separate. The Board of Directors governs the corporation subject to its Articles and applicable law; a website Owner account is a technical role, not a substitute for the Board. The corporate Board is distinct from the planned Scientific Advisory Board and Ethics & Privacy Advisory Board. Those advisory bodies are not represented as seated. The Charter and Governance Manual are being reconciled with the corporate records.
At the last institutional status review (2026-10-20), external legal review and external ethics review remained pending. See the Governance page for the reviewed institutional status and accountability boundaries.
Scientific and editorial independence
The project's stated independence policy is to protect scientific and editorial work from commercial influence and to disclose material funding and conflicts. At the last institutional status review, the funding disclosure was: No current funding disclosed. No Annual Transparency Report is represented as published. Future funding and material conflicts are intended to be disclosed through the public transparency process.