NAHMA Educational Foundation Accepting Scholarship Applications Online
Alexandria, Va., Feb. 12, 2026 ― The 2026 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 8.
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.
“The NAHMA Educational Foundation is excited to get underway with another year of outreach to our residents across the nation. Two of our points of emphasis this year will be to continue our desire to secure more applications from residents/students pursuing careers in trade/technical schools and certification programs, and to secure applications from states that have never had a scholarship recipient. The foundation wants to be sure that residents/students working toward a license or certification understand they are eligible to apply for a scholarship as long as their vocational training school is fully accredited,” said NAHMA Educational Foundation Chairperson Anthony Sandoval. “We are going to really promote the scholarship program in the upper Midwest, northern New England, Arkansas, Missouri and New Mexico since we know that there are residents in those states that could take advantage of this great program that has awarded more than $3,850,000 over the life of the program. And, thanks to the continuing generosity of our many donors and sponsors, we plan to continue making $3,500 awards to individual recipients again this year.”
The 2026 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.
The foundation awarded 135 scholarships worth $3,500 each for the 2025/2026 school year. The total scholarship money awarded in 2025 was $474,500, including a $2,000 donation to the Department of Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management at Virginia Tech for scholarships for students pursuing their bachelor’s degree in property management. Since the program’s inception in 2007, more than 1,450 scholarships totaling over $3.85 million have been awarded to more than 830 residents. In each of the last six years, at least 90% of all applicants submitting a completed application have been awarded a scholarship.
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 2.5 GPA; or a high school equivalency diploma holder or matriculated college student with a 2.3 minimum GPA 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.
The NAHMA Scholarship Program has established a proud, sustained legacy of providing financial assistance to resident students. Please urge students not to wait; they should begin the application process today.
Please contact Dr. Bruce W. Johnson at the NAHMA Educational Foundation at 215-262-4230 or bjohnson@tmo.com for more information about applying for a scholarship or donating to the NAHMA Educational Foundation. 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.
