ALU Like Inc.

ALU Like Inc. is a Hawaii-based nonprofit organization serving Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities through direct federal grant work as a prime recipient (95% of awards) and occasional sub-recipient, with $180.8 million in combined obligated dollars across 142 federal awards since 1994. The organization holds no federal contracts but operates exclusively in the grant space, specializing in employment and training services, senior nutrition and supportive services, healthcare workforce development, and community digital literacy programming, all focused on Native Hawaiian and indigenous populations in Hawaii.

ALU Like Inc. concentrates across three principal federal grant programs. The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (CFDA 17.265, Native American Employment and Training) anchors the largest capability stream, with 21 prime grants totaling $1.295 million to $1.439 million per project period, delivering career services, occupational skills training under WIOA, and employment follow-up support for unemployed and underemployed Native Hawaiian adults. Representative awards include a $1.295 million project grant (July 2025–June 2028) and a $1.439 million project grant (July 2023–June 2026) for employment and training services. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living funds Older Americans Act nutrition and caregiver services through formula grants under multiple titles, with 52 combined awards split across Title VI Part B (Grants for Native Hawaiians, CFDA 93.047), Title VI Part C (Grants for Native American Caregivers Support), and the Nutrition Services Incentive Program. Recent awards include formula grants running April 2026–March 2029 under Title VI Part B ($1.505 million), Title VI Part C, and the Nutrition Services Incentive Program, all supporting nutrition services and supportive services delivery to Native Hawaiian elders aged 60 and older. The Department of Education's Office of Career Technical and Adult Education supplies 33 awards totaling five project grants running through September 2026 in partnership with Hawaii community colleges and high schools (Castle High School Health Careers Academy, Kauai Community College, Kapiolani Community College, Windward Community College, and Leeward Community College) for career technical education pathways.

Additional federal grant footprint includes the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management (AmeriCorps Seniors Foster Grandparent Program, CFDA 94.011), which awarded ALU Like Inc. $671,318 (September 2025–June 2028) to engage AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers aged 55 and older in intergenerational mentoring and tutoring services to children with special needs in Hawaii. The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded a project grant (September 2023–August 2026) for the Spectrum Technology Center's Hale O Ka'a'ike digital literacy initiative in Nanakuli, Oahu, expanding computer access and digital skills training to residents aged 18 and older. ALU Like Inc. also serves as a sub-recipient on seven federal grants from the Hawaii Department of Human Services (TANF financial literacy programming), the Hawaii Department of Health (substance misuse prevention services), and the University of Hawaii (Ulu Ae Transitions Project), indicating limited subgrant pass-through activity.

Customer concentration centers on three departments, with the Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living, and Department of Labor together accounting for 75% of recent award volume. The organization's posture is entirely grant-based with direct service delivery to Native Hawaiian beneficiaries; it holds no federal contract vehicles, IDIQs, GWACs, or BPAs and does not compete in the prime contracting marketplace. Activity remained stable through the past five years (4 to 8 awards annually from 2022–2025, with 4 awards in 2026), with ten awards reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months, triggering recompete opportunity. The organization has operated continuously since 1994 and demonstrates sustained grant funding relationships, particularly with DOL and HHS, centered on workforce development and senior services for Native Hawaiian populations across Hawaii.