What Sacred Futures does

Sacred Futures is a privately held, founder-led regenerative systems consulting firm established in 2022 by Charity May and organized as Sacred Futures LLC in California. The firm serves organizational leaders, capital stewards, funders, impact investors, and community-based nonprofits navigating transitions, new ventures, and structural reinvention. Its client base to date is concentrated in mission-aligned organizations across food systems, sustainable agriculture, textiles and fiber, women's sports investing, and shared ownership models.

The firm delivers its work through three service pillars — "Shape the Source" (organizational design, governance, leadership formation, succession), "Steer the Channel" (braided capital strategies, capital mobilization, fund design, impact investment strategy, policy formation, structuring), and "Sustain the Flow" (capacity building, collaborative research, immersive learning, leadership formation) — packaged in three engagement formats: Architect in Residence (embedded partnerships), Immersions (cohort retreats and curriculum), and Adaptive Advisory (one-on-one retainer or session-based work). It also offers a single named product, Waystack Navigator, an educational card deck used to facilitate improv-style workshops on integrated and braided capital strategies through role-play and simulated deal negotiation. Founder Charity May is the sole disclosed practitioner, with prior career credentials of directing $575M+ in educational facilities (40,000+ school seats) and structuring $3.8B+ in leveraged finance transactions.

The business model is professional services revenue from custom engagements, combined with Waystack Navigator workshop hosting and facilitator training. No pricing is publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, directing prospective clients through a discovery form on the website. Marketing channels are content-led, anchored by a Substack newsletter, the firm's website, and organic social media. There is no evidence of external investment, no parent company, and no disclosed revenue. Notable intellectual property includes the 2024 co-authored book "Assets in Common" on shared ownership models and the 2023 Weatherhead School of Management "5 under 35" alumni award given to the founder.

Name

Sacred Futures

Legal name

Sacred Futures LLC

Website

https://sacredfutures.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sacred Futures is a founder-led regenerative systems consulting firm that advises compassionate leaders, impact investors, and mission-driven nonprofits on integrated capital strategy, organizational design, and immersive learning, with clients across food systems, textiles, and shared ownership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Regenerative Systems Consulting

NAICS

Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Philanthropy & Foundations Advisory (Donor-Advised Funds, Endowments) (FSAAABAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

SDG / Thematic Sustainable Investment Funds (FSANAJAN), Estate & Legacy Planning Advisory (FSAEAAAG)

Keywords

• Regenerative systems consulting
• Capital strategy advisory
• Organizational design services
• Integrated capital education
• Leadership formation consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Strategic Advisory Services: One-on-one strategic advisory sessions for leaders working through capital decisions, organizational inflection points, or pivotal questions. Available on retainer or session basis.
2. Architect in Residence: Embedded partnership model where Sacred Futures embeds with organizations to bring futures imagination, structural design and technical creativity. Relational, transformative engagement for initiatives that shift entire systems.
3. Immersive Learning Experiences: Learning spaces and retreats for leaders including cohort-based programs, capacity building initiatives, and facilitated experiences. Available as custom retreats, series, and embedded curriculum.
4. Waystack Navigator Workshops: Hosting the Waystack Navigator card game at organizations or events, and facilitator training for the integrated capital educational game.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Sacred Futures is a regenerative systems consulting firm that architects organizational and capital infrastructure for systems change. It delivers advisory services through three pillars—Shape the Source (organizational design, governance, succession planning), Steer the Channel (braided capital strategies, fund design, impact investment structuring, policy formation), and Sustain the Flow (capacity building, collaborative research, immersive learning)—offered via embedded Architect in Residence partnerships, Immersions retreats and cohort programs, and Adaptive Advisory retainers. Its named product, Waystack Navigator, is an educational card-deck workshop tool that teaches integrated capital stacking through role-play.

Product overview

Sacred Futures is a consulting and advisory firm offering a portfolio of services and one named product. The core offerings center on three service pillars: Shape the Source (organizational design and leadership development), Steer the Channel (capital strategy and braided capital advisory), and Sustain the Flow (capacity building and immersive learning). The company also offers three engagement formats: Architect In Residence, Immersions, and Adaptive Advisory. The primary named product is Waystack Navigator, an educational card deck designed to teach integrated capital concepts through interactive workshop facilitation. The services are positioned for compassionate leaders, capital stewards, and organizations engaged in systems change.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Waystack Navigator: An educational tool and card deck game designed to facilitate immersive, improv-style workshops for understanding integrated capital stacks and braided capital strategies. A learning initiative developed through Sacred Futures for funders, community-based organizations, lenders, executive directors, board members, and impact investors.

Products and services

• Waystack Navigator Integrated Capital Game

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• The Bench StrategycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborating on reimagining women's sports investing through a reparative lens. A client/organization they shape with in the systems change ecosystem.
• San Diego Food System AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking to expand viability of small-scale farmers, ranchers, fishermen, food business owners, and the communities they serve in San Diego County.
• Fibers FundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnering to build an equitable and regenerative natural fiber and textile industry.
• Runway RootscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesigning trust-based capital strategies that repair harm, build community wealth, and fuel cultural transformation.
• Potlikker CapitalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBuilding the infrastructure, relationships, and resilience producers and processors need to thrive for a strong regional food system.
• Sustainable Agriculture Food Systems FunderscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMobilizing funders towards integrated capital strategies for food systems change.
• Assets in CommoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-authored book in 2024 exploring how businesses and leaders can build a thriving economy through shared ownership models. Unlocking power of interconnected, purpose driven enterprises through shared ownership.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Caprock: Multi-family office focused exclusively on impact investing, advising wealthy families and foundations on portfolio construction and integrated capital strategy — overlapping strongly with Sacred Futures' capital advisory work.
• Sonen Capital: Impact investment advisor for foundations, families, and endowments focused on 100% impact alignment — competes for the same philanthropic capital stewardship and fund design engagements.
• Arabesque: Advises asset managers and corporates on sustainable investing, ESG integration, and thematic impact strategies — adjacent to Sacred Futures' impact investment strategy and policy formation work.
• Tideline: Boutique impact investing advisory firm serving foundations, family offices, and asset owners on strategy, manager selection, and integrated capital — a direct competitor for Sacred Futures' impact investment and capital stewardship clients.
• RSF Social Finance: Provides integrated capital strategies — including loans, grants, and equity — to social enterprises and works closely with funders on stacked-capital approaches, directly mirroring Sacred Futures' Steer the Channel / braided capital offering.
• NetGain Partners: A nonprofit collaborative of funders investing in sustainable agriculture and food systems; Sacred Futures lists several of its members (e.g., Potlikker Capital, Sustainable Agriculture Food Systems Funders) as customers, making NetGain a comparable ecosystem player.

Broad incumbents

• Imprint Capital: Now part of Goldman Sachs, Imprint advises foundations and endowments on mission-aligned and impact investment strategies, competing for the same institutional capital stewardship engagements.
• Bridgespan Group: Large nonprofit and philanthropic advisory firm working with foundations, NGOs, and social sector leaders on strategy, organizational design, and impact — the same buyer persona Sacred Futures serves, but at much greater scale and breadth.

Emerging players

• The Giving Compass: Platform and community helping funders and donors learn about effective giving and integrated philanthropic strategies — comparable to Sacred Futures' learning experiences and capacity-building work.
• Open Impact: Advisory firm supporting funders, nonprofits, and networks on systems-change strategy, equity-centered evaluation, and learning — directly comparable to Sacred Futures' organizational design and leadership formation services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sacredfutures

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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