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← QUESTA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by QUESTA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,065,583
Total expenses
$2,254,031
Contributions and grants received
$2,650,391
Grants paid
$156,492
Program service revenue
$215,205
Investment income
$199,987
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$16,624,759
Total liabilities, end of year
$300,817
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$16,323,942
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,098,906
Management and general expenses
$98,178
Fundraising expenses
$56,947
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,098,906

Program services were 93.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,650,391

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Loan administration fees

    total $176,057 · related or exempt $176,057

  • 2b · Program service revenue: Loan interest & late fees

    total $39,148 · related or exempt $39,148

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $211,278 · excluded $211,278

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $3,606,490

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $3,617,781

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$11,291

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$11,291 · excluded -$11,291

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $156,492 · program services $156,492

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $122,652 · program services $68,338 · management and general $8,716 · fundraising $45,598

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $313,165 · program services $306,465 · fundraising $6,700

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $99,062 · program services $84,413 · management and general $12,890 · fundraising $1,759

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $39,853 · program services $38,259 · management and general $797 · fundraising $797

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $29,514 · program services $14,864 · management and general $14,650

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $39,910 · management and general $39,910

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,810 · management and general $3,810

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $68,305 · program services $67,991 · management and general $82 · fundraising $232

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $22,233 · program services $21,201 · management and general $667 · fundraising $365

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $37,046 · program services $35,564 · management and general $1,111 · fundraising $371

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $27,754 · program services $26,921 · management and general $833

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,588 · program services $2,871 · management and general $179 · fundraising $538

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $39,374 · program services $31,499 · management and general $7,875

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,335 · management and general $1,335

  • 24a · Other expenses: Loan Forgiveness

    total $1,141,891 · program services $1,141,891

  • 24b · Other expenses: Bad Debt Expense

    total $98,947 · program services $98,947

  • 24c · Other expenses: Miscellaneous Expense

    total $9,100 · program services $3,190 · management and general $5,323 · fundraising $587

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,083,823 · end of year $1,907,219

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $927,488 · end of year $1,253,955

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,402,209 · end of year $3,485,382

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $21,532 · end of year $34,688

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $593,915

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $277,591

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $83,041 · end of year $316,324

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $8,388,206 · end of year $8,619,204

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $145,613 · end of year $1,007,987

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $20,934 · end of year $39,013

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $113,856 · end of year $104,964

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $156,840

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,689,697 · end of year $9,756,687

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,227,425 · end of year $6,567,255

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Questa Education Foundation helps individuals access post-secondary education, graduate with less debt, and become contributing members of Northeast Indianas workforce.

  • Questa Education Foundation administers the following loan and scholarship programs:During fiscal year 2023, Questa Foundation provided over $1,974,632 in Questa Scholars loans to 439 students from Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Kosciuscko, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Wells and Whitley counties attending college. Students in the Questa Scholars Program are typically eligible to borrow up to $20,000 over four years ($2,500 per semester for up to $5,000 per academic year) for college. Students who graduate college and meet certain residency and employment requirements in northeast Indiana for 1 - 5 years after college typically become eligible to have 50% - 100% of the principal loan balance forgiven over the five years. Please see Schedule O for further information.

    Expenses $1,934,990 · Revenue $39,148

  • Questa Education Foundation administers the following grant and scholarship programs: The Venette and Mabel Sites Grant assists current students with financial need who graduated from public Allen County high schools who are in the Questa Scholars Program. Grants are applied to a student's current Questa loan balance and assist with paying down a student's debt. Awards are made based upon academic performance and financial need. Fifty-seven (57) students received $83,000 in Sites scholarship awards during the fiscal year. Please see Schedule O for further information on additional scholarships and grants.

    Expenses $163,916 · Grants $156,492 · Revenue $176,057

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Elizabeth Bushnell PhD

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $124,437
    From this org
    $119,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,437
    Hours/week
    40
  • Emily E Pichon JD

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ian Boyce CFP

    Vice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Todd Jones CIC

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Derek Lamle CPA

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JoAnne Alvarez EdD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Allyn P Decker PhD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Shenita Bolton M ED

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Erin LaCross DNP RN

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Pete Van Baalen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Edmond O'Neal

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Dave Haist JD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • James Cashman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Daniel Solms

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Denice Beights

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Phil Downs PhD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Brok Lahrman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Stepanie Veit

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
19 December 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202313539349300816

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