Hawaii · Nonprofit
ALU LIKE INC
ALU LIKE INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,290,491 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($8,255,509). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $10M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $8.3M
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Alu Like Inc does
Mission
To kokua (help) hawaiian natives who are committed to achieving their potential for themselves, their families and communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Native hawaiian career and technical education program (nhctep): contributed to native hawaiians' self-sufficiency by providing vocational, career and technical education and training programs. Alu like umbrellas a consortium of partners that include institutions of higher education, a high school and a maritime training organization. The goal of the member consortium is to get native hawaiians interested and employed in steam (science, technology, engineering, art and math) careers. As such, the partners provide courses of studies that help participants enter and remain in steam-related professions. Under the consortium, alu like provided direct service to 467 individuals.
$2,402,297 spent27% of program spendingFederal workforce innovation & opportunity act programs: provided employment and training services statewide to approximately 1,431 participants with program activities such as classroom training, work experience and on the job training, career readiness programs, etc. The focus is to assist participants to acquire the necessary skills and tools need for job placement and or to retain livable wage jobs.
$3,558,726 spent40% of program spendingKumu kahi (elderly services): promotes health in mind and body , health and nutrition education to elders to manage their chronic diseases and increase their ability to age in place. Transportation is provided to and from program sites, as well as for shopping, medical appointments, and to access other services. The program served 636 native hawaiian elders across the state of hawaii.
$1,579,149 spent$17,101 earned by the program18% of program spendingIncludes youth services and substance abuse programs (which support projects for preservation, treatment, and rehabilitation activities directed to drug and alcohol abuse), tuition assistance, financial literacy and emergency fund grants, and other various program services.
$1,416,638 spent16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,956,810.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $2.6M to $3.5M (+37%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 84% · 2018 87% · 2019 86% · 2020 82% · 2021 95% · 2022 93% · 2023 90% · 2024 93% · 2025 93%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of ALU LIKE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (21% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Mervina Cash-Kaeo
President/CEO
Board chair
Walter Kamika J Smith Iii
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1.5M → $34.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ALU LIKE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ALU LIKE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ALU LIKE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 99% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of ALU LIKE INC's grant income comes from Hawaii funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ALU LIKE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,297 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,297 human services nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding ALU LIKE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $69.1M on record.
- Department of Labor$29.6M
- Department of Education$19.6M
- Department of Health and Human Services$16.5M
- Corporation for National and Community Service$3.3M
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$150k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ALU LIKE INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Hawaii
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ALU LIKE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALU LIKE INC?
- ALU LIKE INC (Hawaii) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,290,491 to it, the largest being TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS ($8,255,509). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALU LIKE INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $8,290,491 in grants to ALU LIKE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALU LIKE INC?
- TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF BERNICE PAUAHI BISHOP DBA KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOLS is the largest funder on record, with $8,255,509 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALU LIKE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Hawaii. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing