Power Up Futures Foundation, Inc. (PUFF-USA) is a U.S.-incorporated, IRS-recognized Section 501(c)(3) public charity advancing equitable access to skills, leadership, opportunity and economic participation for young people and women across Africa and the Global South.
Power Up Futures Foundation, Inc. (PUFF-USA) is a U.S.-incorporated, IRS-recognized Section 501(c)(3) public charity advancing equitable access to skills, leadership, opportunity and economic participation for young people and women across Africa and the Global South.
Through its flagship programmes, partnerships, scholarships, research and public-benefit initiatives, PUFF-USA helps individuals and institutions address barriers created by unemployment, skills exclusion, gender inequality, limited opportunity mobility, and unequal access to internationally relevant capability pathways.
To expand equitable access to skills, leadership and opportunity pathways that strengthen economic mobility, institutional capability, innovation and inclusive social advancement.
A world in which every young person and woman can build the capability, confidence and connections required to participate meaningfully in the future economy.
Africa is entering one of the most consequential demographic and workforce transitions in history. Five figures define the scale of the task — and why PUFF-USA exists.
GSTLW — the Global Secretariat for Skills, Talent and Leadership for the Workforce — is the Foundation's coordinating framework for research, institutional partnerships and convening. It operates within PUFF-USA's legal and governance framework and is not a separate legal entity or a flagship programme.
PUFF-USA was incorporated in Delaware as a nonprofit corporation and recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) in December 2025. The Foundation entered its founding mobilization phase in 2026, consolidating two flagship programmes — FutureReady Africa 1M Voices and Power Up Women Africa — under a single governance and public-benefit framework, and establishing four shared capabilities to serve both.
PUFF-USA is governed by a Board of Directors and maintains policies addressing financial oversight, conflicts of interest, safeguarding, records retention, annual filings, programme integrity and related-party transactions.
Power Up Futures Foundation, Inc. is a Delaware nonprofit corporation recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) public charity, EIN 39-3560214. Determination details, deductibility, annual filings and policy documents are published on Impact & Transparency.