Meet the Founder
Charity is a regenerative systems practitioner who believes in the power of intention, innovation and relationship to shift our economies from extraction to regeneration, where living systems can thrive. Her beloved role as a mama shapes the integrity and passion with which she responds to the work that calls her into being.
As an advisor, designer, and facilitator, she builds bridges between worlds through the design of funds, initiatives, and enterprises creating deep and culturally relevant systems change. In 2024, Charity co-authored "Assets in Common," a book exploring how businesses and leaders can build a thriving economy through shared ownership models. She was acknowledged as a recipient of the 2023 "5 under 35" Young Alumni Award at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. Before founding Sacred Futures, Charity's extensive background in investment, finance and development led her to direct the investment, development, and management of over $575 million in educational facilities creating over 40,000 school seats. She has structured over $3.8 billion in leveraged finance transactions across multiple sectors. Charity holds a B.S. in Management with a concentration on Economics and a B.A. in International Relations. Charity serves on investment committees and boards of several mission-aligned funds and organizations. Explore her portfolio of work, writings and mentions at www.charitytaylormay.com.
Our Values
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We aspire to reveal the nodes that connect us to landscapes, cultures and creatures alike. Our agrarian understanding of what it means to be human on this earth drives our core mission.
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We are inquisitive, eager to explore and adapt to uncharted territory. It is in the edges of the unknown where true innovation lies, when we are curious to ask why and how.
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All too often we strive to find a solution that can be condensed into a few key highlights and labeled as ‘transformative.’ However, the complexities of life’s existence, with hardships, joys, injustices and new discoveries along the way calls for more grounded approach. A deep approach, one that begins with listening and observing. And going deep into our work requires that we also go deep into ourselves to understand how we bring ourselves to face these complexities.
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We value sitting with the stories that make and shape all life around us and look to the old growth forests for a model.
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We acknowledge the wisdom of the living world and those stewarding it. Our humble approach is to uncover ways that we can serve the movement and establish infrastructure that will hold strong well beyond Sacred Futures' time.
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We prioritize the renewal cycle between work and rest. We reject hustle culture and embrace the tenets of slowing down so that we can better observe, listen and learn from nature and our partners.