Speedwagon Foundation

The Speedwagon Foundation (スピードワゴン財団), often abbreviated as "SPW", is a powerful and influential organization created by Robert E. O. Speedwagon in 1910, funded by the money he made from the oil he discovered in the.

It is primarily featured in the second, third, fourth, and sixth parts of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, with an alternate version of the group having a minor role in the seventh and eighth parts.

Summary
The foundation dedicates itself to medical research and environmental conservation, but it has also helped the Joestars countless times through intel, supplies, and backup. The foundation also has connections with underworld groups and studies many supernatural phenomena, such as the Pillar Men and Stands.

History
"At the beginning of the century, a lone Englishman by the name of Robert E. O. Speedwagon, arrived in the USA and started his own oil business. Because of this he became one of the world's richest men. Speedwagon decided that after his demise, the large sum of his fortune would be used for medical research and wild animal and plant protection. In this organization exists a department called the Supernatural Research Department, which is responsible for supplying the Joestar Family with everything they need. This was the will of Speedwagon, who died in 1952."

Their first noted action was the investigation of the ancient Mexican temple where the Pillar Man Santana slumbered. Speedwagon Foundation scientists subsequently sheltered the remains of Santana after his defeat, and uncovered a prediction announcing the awakening of three other Pillar Men in the same year. The foundation's Special Fighting Technological team also fought alongside the Germans against Kars's vampire army.

The Speedwagon Foundation effectively continued to help the Joestar bloodline throughout the 20th century. In 1988 and 1989, they aided the third Joestar Group in reaching Cairo, through reconnaissance intel and various modes of transportation. Moreover, doctors from the foundation helped with taking care of Holy Kujo in Tokyo, while agents in Egypt discovered the existence of the Egypt 9 Glory Gods. They tended to the team's injuries at the end of their journey, most notably in helping revive Joseph Joestar.

In 1999, the Speedwagon Foundation led by Jotaro Kujo first escorted Joseph Joestar to Morioh and then were given the Bow and Arrow for study and protection. In 2011, the SPW Foundation provided a submarine for Jolyne Cujoh's escape from Green Dolphin Street Prison. After Jotaro Kujo was rendered comatose, the doctors of the foundation tended to his body and cooperated with Jolyne to retrieve her father's Stand and Memory Discs. They also threw a special spear toward the Kennedy Space Center, which combined with Ermes Costello's Kiss and enabled her and Jotaro Kujo to reach Enrico Pucci.

There are two known headquarters of the Speedwagon Foundation located in Washington, D.C. and Dallas, Texas. However, there are also smaller branches in Tokyo and Meguro, Japan.

rey infinito
In the 70s, after acting as a mere advisor, Lisa Lisa becomes the head of the Paranormal Phenomena Section of the Speedwagon Foundation, seemingly tasked with handling and neutralizing all supernatural threats to society. In around 1972-73, a team of investigators led by an agent named J.D. Hernández go to Guatemala to investigate a series of mysterious murders. During the investigation, they discover that the culprit, a man named Fabio Ubuh, seems to have a supernatural power which is eventually revealed to be a Stand. However, the Stands are poorly understood at the time, Lisa Lisa herself seemingly only having a vague understanding of them despite investigating them for years. During the Speedwagon Foundation's investigation, they also hire two local helpers, Octavio Luna Kan and Joaquín Ruiz-Jorruda, to help find the criminal. With Lisa Lisa's personal intervention, Fabio is eventually arrested.

The team's mission changes to tracking the origin of Fabio's powers, and they eventually discover that a group of human traffickers are using Arrows to turn people into Stand Users before enslaving them.

Over Heaven
In Over Heaven, the narrative frame consists in a translator from the Speedwagon Foundation having contacted Josuke Higashikata and asked him to restore the remains of DIO's Diary to find a possible clue on how to free Jotaro Kujo from his comatose state following Jotaro's encounter with Whitesnake. The translator managed to decypher the book although he is not sure the content is genuine.

Blackstar
In the short story Blackstar, the Speedwagon Foundation is handling a multidimensional threat called the Spaghetti Man, seemingly a bait meant to lure humans from the three-dimensional spacetime to another dimension entirely, based on the superstring theory and the conclusion that ten different dimensions exists with human acting in three dimensions and other beings acting in other dimensions. They learn that Rohan Kishibe, the famous japanese manga artist, will be Spaghetti Man's next target. They monitor Rohan and also spread their theories in an internet forum dedicated to Spaghetti Man's legend to cue Rohan on how to handle Spaghetti Man.

After Rohan encounters the Spaghetti Man and survives, one of the agents of the Foundation named Gabriel contacts Rohan and asks for a portrait of Spaghetti Man. Rohan doesn't answer, forcing Gabriel to travel personally to Japan to meet Rohan and ask for the portrait as well as his testimony on his encounter for half a million dollars. Rohan accepts to give his testimony plus a sketch of Spaghetti Man to Gabriel not for money but in exchange of the Foundation's intel on Spaghetti Man. Satisfied, Gabriel nonetheless warns Rohan not to make any story about him to avoid attracting the wrong kind of attention.

Steel Ball Run Continuity
Although its origins are unknown, the Speedwagon Oil Company is present in the new continuity. During the events of Steel Ball Run, the Speedwagon Oil Company has no connection to the Joestars except for helping to fund Steven Steel's Steel Ball Run race.

In JoJolion, it is revealed that Lucy Steel has become a member of the foundation some time after the events of Steel Ball Run, specializing in and. In 1901, she's shown in Morioh carrying a suitcase with the Speedwagon Foundation's logo. In 1941, she investigates Morioh once again.

After meeting Lucy, travels with her back to America and joins the Speedwagon Foundation as her assistant. In 1952, he meets another member there named Suzi Q.