The 2025 NAHMA Educational Foundation scholarship season is open, and the online digital application is now available. To access the application, visit nahma.communityforce.com. The deadline for completed applications is 10 p.m. Eastern on May 12.
The NAHMA Educational Foundation strongly encourages management company personnel and partners to promote this outstanding program to affordable housing residents by downloading and sharing promotional flyers available on the Educational Foundation’s webpage.
- 2025 NAHMA Foundation Scholarship Application Flyer
- 2025 NAHMA Foundation Scholarship Application Flyer-Spanish
- 2025 NAHMA Foundation Scholarship Application Flyer-Trade School
“As our economy confronts the need for skilled trade technicians, the NAHMA Educational Foundation will be promoting the scholarship program to student residents pursuing careers in trade/technical schools and certification programs. As always, we will welcome those residents attending college, but our outreach goal for 2025 will be to secure more applications from eligible trade school students,” NAHMA Educational Foundation Chairperson Anthony Sandoval said. “In each of the last four years, the foundation has been able to award scholarships to more than 85% of the individuals submitting completed applications. As a result of the continuing generosity of our donors and sponsors, the foundation anticipates being able to award each recipient with a $3,500 scholarship again this year. We are working diligently to assist as many residents as we can with financial assistance this year.”
The emphasis is on securing applications from student residents not seeking a college degree but working toward a certification or license that will allow them to qualify for a job in any one of a wide variety of trades (e.g., pharmacy tech, cosmetology, commercial driver’s license drivers, medical office specialist, heavy equipment operator, etc.). The foundation wants to ensure that residents seeking this type of training understand they are eligible to apply for a scholarship as long as their trade/technical school is fully accredited.
The 2025 scholarship application can be accessed by visiting nahma.communityforce.com or by visiting nahma.org and selecting NAHMA Educational Foundation on the About Us tab dropdown list.
In 2024, the scholarship program distributed $413,000 to 118 students in multifamily communities nationwide. Since 2006, more than 1,300 students have been awarded more than $3,398,000. Eligibility for the program requires that an applicant be a resident in good standing at an AHMA- or NAHMA-member multifamily community and be either a high school senior with a minimum GPA of 2.5; or a high school equivalency diploma holder or matriculated college student with a minimum GPA of 2.3 at an accredited community college, college, university, or trade/technical school. All necessary forms are provided within the web-based software. Applications from students in graduate-level programs are not accepted.
For more details on the NAHMA Educational Foundation’s mission and opportunities to support its work, contact Brenda Moser at brenda.moser@nahma.org.
ABOUT NAHMA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
The NAHMA Educational Foundation is organized and operated exclusively as a Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Founded in October 1994, the NAHMA Educational Foundation works to assist residents of federally subsidized housing as they strive to enhance their lives, job opportunities, and children’s futures. Its mission is also to enhance the livability and standing of communities managed by NAHMA member companies nationwide. For more information, visit http://www.nahma.org/about/educational-foundation.