BlueHub Capital CEO Elyse Cherry was featured on the Nonprofit MBA Podcast, where she shared insights on how nonprofit organizations can innovate, expand, and adapt during times of crisis. Drawing on her four decades of leadership, Cherry discussed BlueHub’s evolution as a mission-driven lender, the strategic creation of the SUN Initiative to help families avoid foreclosure, and how technology—including AI—can empower nonprofits to become more efficient and effective.
Cherry emphasized the importance of maintaining strategic focus, investing in systems that support long-term impact, and staying adaptable in the face of economic uncertainty.
To hear the full conversation and learn how BlueHub is helping communities thrive, listen to the full podcast here and read the press release below.
The Resilient Sector: How Nonprofits Can Lead Through Crisis and Come Out Stronger Nonprofit MBA 8.17
The crises of recent years—be they economic, political, or global health-related—have taught us one thing: the world turns to nonprofits when everything else breaks down. Food banks, housing initiatives, health clinics, and educational programs didn’t close when the world did. Instead, they scaled up. They innovated. They adapted.
But while the public relies on them, the financial foundation of many nonprofits remains fragile. And that’s where the conversation between Stephen Halasnik, Managing Partner of Financing Solution ( a leading provider of business loans for nonprofits) and BlueHub Capital CEO Elyse Cherry begins: not with despair, but with a call for reinvention.
Read an Executive Summary or Listen to the Podcast HERE
About Elyse Cherry, BlueHub Capital
Elyse Cherry is CEO of BlueHub Capital, a national economic development organization with $1.2 billion in assets under management. She helped start BlueHub Capital as a founding Board member in 1985. They have invested more than $2.4 billion to finance affordable housing, prevent foreclosure-related evictions, expand access to clean and renewable energy, create schools, community childcare, and healthcare facilities, rehabilitate inner-city real estate, and more, all in underserved communities. She also has a long history of leadership in the LGBTQ community.
About Stephen Halasnik, Financing Solutions
Stephen Halasnik is a Managing Partner at Financing Solutions and host of The Nonprofit MBA Podcast. Financing Solutions has been the largest provider of lines of credit to small nonprofits in the US since 2012.