We’re a Native Hawaiian Organization (NHO)-owned 8(a) Small Business, built on the vision of Hawaii’s late Senator Daniel Inouye.
Senator Inouye fought hard for NHOs to be officially added as a recognized group eligible to participate in the SBA’s Entity-owned 8(a) Business Development Program by Congress in 1988.
The sole purpose of NHO-owned 8(a) firms is to create jobs, build local capacity, and reinvest profits into Native Hawaiian communities, in Hawaii—not for individual gain, or to inve