Solve Talent Pipeline Challenges Together
Questa Education Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, collaborates with Northeast Indiana employers to tackle critical recruiting and upskilling challenges. Through flexible, customized solutions, we help you build a stronger workforce by investing in future talent and current employees.
Tailored Solutions for Talent Development
Need skilled, educated employees?
We work with you to design a targeted strategy that helps you educate, hire, and retain local talent.
Fund Future Employees:
Partner with Questa to design a Career Scholars Program that meets your hiring needs. We handle program administration, recruit students, and provide support to help scholars achieve their academic and professional goals. Funding is offered as a forgivable loan, with 100% forgiveness upon completion of employment terms at your organization. This flexible funding can support various educational paths, from certificates to advanced degrees.
Fund Current Employees
Upskill your workforce by funding educational advancement for current employees in areas critical to your organization’s growth. Questa’s upfront funding eliminates reimbursement processes, allowing employees to focus on their education while fulfilling employment requirements.
Partnering with Purpose
We work with both for-profit and nonprofit organizations to meet unique talent and development goals. Hear from some of our partners about the impact Questa has had:
How It Works: Simple Steps to Strategic Partnership
We know every organization’s talent needs are unique. Here’s how we tailor our process to ensure we’re meeting yours:
Exploratory Meeting: Start with a personalized consultation where we dive deep into your specific hiring and upskilling goals. Whether it’s supporting high-demand roles or upskilling your current team, we’ll listen and assess how Questa can help.
Customized Program Design: If our partnership aligns, we work with you to co-create a program that directly addresses your talent priorities—funding, educational paths, and retention strategies are all customized to your needs.
Comprehensive Financial Support: Qualified employees or future hires receive funding, structured as a forgivable loan. From certificates to advanced degrees, we can cover a wide range of educational pathways.
Targeted Talent Pipeline: Scholars are encouraged to join or stay with your organization, receiving up to 100% loan forgiveness and seamlessly transitioning from education to employment.
End-to-End Management: From recruitment and loan processing to ongoing support, Questa manages every detail so you can focus on running your business while ensuring a skilled, dedicated workforce.
Ready to see how a partnership can work for you?
Why Partner with Questa?
Our programs don’t just fill roles—they transform them. Here’s why a partnership with Questa brings lasting value:
High Retention Rates: 94% of our scholars join their sponsoring employer post-graduation, so you’re hiring motivated, committed employees from day one.
Higher-than-Average Graduation: With an 85% graduation rate within five years, our scholars are more likely to complete their education, thanks to Questa’s unique support and accountability model.
Regional Commitment: Scholars are encouraged to stay in Northeast Indiana after graduation, helping you reduce turnover and fuel local growth with loyal, community-focused talent.
Fully Managed Process: With over 85 years of experience, Questa manages scholarship funding, student recruitment, and scholar support—taking the administrative burden off your team while keeping you engaged and informed.
Comprehensive Support and Administration
With over 85 years of experience, Questa full-service management all aspects of scholarship funding and scholar relationships. We collaborate with your team to market, recruit, and select students, handle loan documentation and disbursements, and conduct ongoing support and compliance checks with scholars to help ensure program success.
Ready to see if Questa is right for you?
Career Scholar Success Stories
Our scholars’ achievements highlight the impact of a Questa partnership. From transformative educational support to career advancements, Questa helps bring qualified talent to Northeast Indiana employers.
For more information on how to become a partnering business or institution, contact Executive Director Elizabeth Bushnell
at 260-407-6494 ext. 105 or send us an email at info@questafoundation.org