Watt Foundation

The Watt Foundation was established in 2021 as a largely charitable non-governmental organisation funded through the exuberant wealth of Jack Watt (Timeline). The Watt Foundation has its de facto head office in Watt Ranch, Kentucky. It is headed by its Director Jolene Smith. The Watt Foundation overseas the Future Museum.

Education for underprivileged children, adult education and civilian support in warzones constitute the chief interests of the Watt Foundation. Its flagship programme is the New Heroes Initiative, where the highest achieving students funded and supported by the Watt Foundation are invited to meet Jack Watt and a varying selection of other high profile individuals such as members of Jack Watt's Armored Core team. This also includes an all-expenses paid tour of Watt Ranch, and a set of lessons taught by Jack Watt. Jack Watt's reading level has had minor improvement from attempting to teach these high-achieving students.

Formation of the Watt Foundation

Those closest to Jack Watt decided he was too dangerous with his own money not long after he became on of the richest individuals on the planet following the events of Grimskull in 2016. This was most firmly cemented when Jack Watt went on television in 2020 declaring a $1,000,000 reward for each ‘bad guy’ arrested by the public. This was in tandem with the reelection of President Mike Jackson for a second term. Unsure of which ‘bad guys’ he was referring to and witnessing the excessive stoking of a 'Super Terror' (targeted abuse of former supers) Jack Watt was pressured to back out of the declaration and give control of his finances over to a third party. The additional explanation was to avoid the bankrupting outcome this would lead to for Jack Watt. This third party would come to be the Watt Foundation.

Charity or Image Control?

It is unclear whether the Watt Foundation is primarily a charitable NGO with image control tendencies on the side, or a device of propaganda with a small amount of societal contributions to perpetuate its more sinister aspects. For what it is worth, the Watt Foundation is among the largest active charities in the world with genuine impact and a sufficient degree of transparency to showcase its contributions. While associated with Armored Core, the Watt Foundation has formal independence cemented through its Director position being totally separate from the Armored Core apparatus.

While Jack Watt's image has continuously been benefited by the Watt Foundation and questions about his association to his grandfather Hector Watt, ally of Grimskull, largely quieted, Jack Watt seems largely oblivious. Jack Watt seems primarily to associate the foundation with an obligation to share the opportunities he never thought he had, having grown up in the Ecopalypse.