The AUW ALICE Fund
The AUW ALICE Fund fuels change, innovation and collective action around core issues that no agency or government entity can address alone.
The AUW ALICE® Fund
Established in 2018, the AUW ALICE Fund is a dedicated funding source specifically designed to foster creative solutions, pilot programs, and non-profit innovation. The fund is supported by corporate sponsors, foundations, and individual donations.
The AUW ALICE Fund fuels change, innovation and collective action around core issues that no agency or government entity can address alone. It is not a grant–it is a movement that calls for shared goals, metrics, tools, and an unprecedented amount of coordination.
Our Impact
From 2019-2021, hundreds of individuals received job training, financial literacy training, and are achieving financial stability thanks to ALICE Initiative work and AUW’s partner agencies.
Programs developed by the Cohort provided:
- Loan capital for small businesses
- Pathways to affordable home ownership
- Education for increasing earning potential
- Legal support and employment for kūpuna
In addition, ALICE Policy Hui mobilized nearly 8,000 actions (testimony, letters, etc.) on ALICE priority issues resulting in landmark legislative victories including raising the minimum wage and establishing a permanent and refundable earned income tax credit in 2022.
Current (2023) advocacy work supports increasing earned income tax credit impact and eligibility. The recently passed package of credits, which pulled from two bills proposed by Governor Green as well as the House Majority Bill provide an update to the refundable food/excise tax credit, expand the state’s refundable Earned Income Tax Credit to 40% of the federal credit, expand rental assistance for kūpuna and expand accredited daycare options that will allow more parents to return to work.