Arizona Food Marketing Alliance Education Foundation Scholarships 2025

Professional Scholarships

• Must be a current employee of an AFMA member company with at least one year of service. 

• Must reside in the state of Arizona. 

• Applicants plan to obtain a college degree, carry a minimum of 9 credit hours per semester and plan to pursue a career in the retail or food & beverage industry. 

Employee Scholarships

• Must be a current employee of an AFMA member company with at least one year of service. 

• Must reside in the state of Arizona. 

• Applicants plan to obtain a college degree and carry a minimum of 9 credit hours per semester. 

Dependent Scholarships

• Scholarships are available to dependents whose parent(s)/guardian(s) are currently employed by an AFMA member company and have at least one year of service. 

• Parent(s)/guardian(s) employed by an AFMA company must reside in Arizona. 

• Dependents are defined as: a subject of legal guardianship during their minority; a natural or legally adopted child; and under the age of 26 at the start of the school year. 

• Applicants plan to obtain a college degree and carry a minimum of 9 credit hours per semester.

The AFMA Education Foundation awards recipients with scholarships ranging from $500 to $5,000.

Our $5,000 scholarships are generously funded by our members and include the following:

Legacy Scholarships

• Wayne & Sharon Manning

• Crescent Crown Distributing

• Jim Hensley

• Swire Coca-Cola

• Louise & Jim Bob Moffett

• The Moffett Family

2025 Presenting Scholarships

• Arizona Lottery

• Breakthru Beverage Co.

• Federated Insurance

• Jarritos

• Mission Foods

• Monster Energy

• PepsiCo

• RL Retail Leadership Scholarship

• Shamrock Farms

• The Arizona Food Marketing Alliance Education Foundation was established solely and exclusively to support and encourage education, training and instruction for AFMA member company employees and their dependents. 

• Our Scholarships provide assistance for the education of individuals who are actively employed by an AFMA member company. 

• Funds appropriated through the Scholarship program can be used to attend an accredited community college, college or university located in the state of Arizona. Incoming freshmen are also eligible to apply.

• Scholarships are awarded based on fundraising levels from the prior year and may be used to cover the expense of tuition, fees and textbooks.  

• Scholarships are renewable each school year and recipients must reapply each year. 

• Applicants will need to submit at least one letter of recommendation and a color photo.

• Your letter of recommendation must be dated within the last two years. Nothing dated prior to 2022 will be accepted.

• The photo will be used for promotional purposes including our special edition of the Arizona Food and Beverage Industry Journal, social media sites and our website.

• Applications are scored by a panel of impartial judges. Scholarships will be awarded based on these scores and the decisions of the Scholarship Review Committee.  

Questions? Please reach out to [email protected]

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