ALU Like Inc.

ALU Like Inc., a Native Hawaiian-controlled nonprofit organization based in Honolulu, Hawaii, operates exclusively as a federal grant recipient, delivering employment and training services, senior nutrition and supportive services, and digital literacy programs to Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities. The organization acts as a prime grant recipient on 136 of its 144 recent awards (94%), with minimal subrecipient activity routed through state and local partners.

ALU Like's federal grant portfolio centers on three core capability areas anchored by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (ACL). Under ETA's Native American Employment and Training program (CFDA 17.265), the organization delivers employment and training services including career services, occupational skills training aligned with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, and follow-up support for up to twelve months post-exit. Recent ETA awards include a $1.295 million project grant (July 2025 through June 2028) for employment and training services for unemployed and underemployed Native Hawaiian individuals, and a $1.369 million project grant (July 2024 through June 2027) for similar services. Under ACL's Older Americans Act formula grants, ALU Like operates multiple concurrent programs: the Title VI Part B program (CFDA 93.047) received a $1.505 million award (April 2026 through March 2029) delivering nutrition services and supportive services to Native Hawaiian elders aged 60 and older; the OAA Nutrition Services Incentive Program (CFDA 93.053) holds an active award through March 2029; and the Title VI Part C Native American Caregivers Support program carries multi-year funding for caregiver assistance. The Institute of Museum and Library Services funded the organization's Spectrum Technology Center's Hale O Ka'a'ike digital literacy project (September 2023 through August 2026), which expanded evening and weekend access to computers and digital skills training in the Nanakuli community on Oahu.

Customer concentration sits heavily with ACL across three distinct funding lines (Administration for Community Living appears in the top five by award count), ETA (21 awards), and the Department of Education Office of Career Technical and Adult Education (33 awards), together covering 74 percent of awards. The organization also receives formula grants from the Administration on Aging for Native American Title VI programs and from the Center for Integrated Programs for MIPPA grants. In its sub-award role, ALU Like delivers financial literacy training and substance misuse prevention services as a sub-recipient to the Hawaii Department of Human Services and Hawaii Department of Health, with additional engagement through Papa OLA Lokahi and the University of Hawaii on workforce transitions and health initiatives.

Activity has remained relatively modest and steady across the past five years (four to eight awards annually from 2022 through 2026), with four awards completing ultimate performance in the next twenty-four months. The organization holds no federal contracts, GWACs, or procurement vehicles; its federal footprint is entirely grant-funded and concentrated on direct service delivery to Native Hawaiian populations in Hawaii.