Our Vision
“…the pursuit of social justice should not be considered a separate issue that follows only after the production of wealth, as if the economy existed solely to create wealth… Indeed, justice concerns every phase of economic activity, from resource acquisition to financing, and from production to consumption; every choice has moral consequences”
Magnifica Humanitas, 162
Where We Invest
Charism Capital invests globally, with a deliberate commitment to deploy capital in the Global South (across Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia) where the need for patient, mission-aligned capital is greatest and where frontline communities must shape the flow of investment.
“The world is too small to limit ourselves to one point; I want to embrace it entirely and to reach all its parts.”
How We Invest
We invest primarily through fund intermediaries: private impact funds, CDFIs, and mission-aligned financial vehicles that extend capital to individuals, enterprises, and communities underserved by conventional finance.
This intermediary-first approach allows us to reach communities at scale while partnering with managers who carry deep relationships, local knowledge, and alignment with our values.
Why Catholic Social Teaching?
Charism Capital uses Catholic Social Teaching (CST) as our starting point — a tradition that has been thinking about the relationship between capital, dignity, and human flourishing for over a century.
CST grounds investments in our humanity and care for our common home. It aims to shift our economic systems and structures to support the flourishing of life.
It demands not just access to capital's benefits, but genuine participation in capital itself: through responsible ownership, governance, and collective stewardship of wealth rooted in the well-being of future generations.
Our Core Convictions
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Impact is the mandate.
Our financial return floor is defined by what investors need, putting the concept of enough into practice. Need-based (or what we like to call ‘solidarity’) returns are not a failure, but are sometimes a faithful outcome.
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Risk doesn’t disappear.
It moves. We seek to ask hard questions: who bears the risk of this investment, and do they have the capacity and consent to bear it?
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Accountability to the excluded.
The moral measure of any economic system is how we listen to and treat those on its peripheries. We see our accountability to the people and places excluded by the dominant system as a first principle.
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Long-term participation in capital.
Most impact frameworks ask whether investments serve vulnerable communities. We ask whether they shift who owns and governs capital. Access to capital's benefits is not the same as participation in capital itself.
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How we invest forms us — as individuals, communities and institutions.
The habits of listening, accompaniment and discernment that we practice, the relationships we build, and the standards we hold ourselves to are all part of the work.
Contact Us
Learn more about our efforts to build a community and culture of investing deeply rooted in Catholic Social Teaching (CST).
“I think the difference between me and some people is that I’m content to do my little bit. Sometimes people think they have to do big things in order to make change. But if each one would light a candle we’d have a tremendous light.”