The Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Inc

“The audit committee reviews the form 990 prior to submittal. The audit committee then presents their questions to the board of directors.”

“Governance committee monitors the board of director's activities on a regular basis.”

“Compensation for the top official (ceo) was determined by the governance committee through detailed analysis of similar non-profit organizations in the same market area. Compensation is far below market/candidate experience levels. The governance committee evaluates ceo performance quarterly as part of regularly scheduled board meetings and also performs an annual evaluation to review performance and to evaluate compensation without the ceo being present. All non-profit board best practices are followed in setting, reviewing, evaluating and applying compensation. The full board then approves the compensation package for the following year.”

“Maryland, maine, michigan, minnesota, mississippi, north carolina, north dakota, new hampshire, new jersey, new mexico, new york, ohio, oklahoma, oregon, pennsylvania, rhode island, south carolina, tennessee, utah, virginia, washington, wisconsin, west virginia”

“Governing documents are available to the public on the foundation's website and upon request.”

“Part ix, line 1a & 24a - the existing national institute of standards and technology (nist), baldrige performance excellence program, is authorized in p. L. 100-107, as a public-private partnership that has been evaluating organizational performance, identifying role model organizations, and sharing their best practices for over 30 years, resulting in dramatic improvements in organiazational performance outcomes, and sustainability as well as over 25 billion in economic benefit to the nation. The baldrige performance excellence program develops and provides the world-renowned baldrige excellence framework - a management, best practices, assessment, standards, and leadership framework that is globally recognized and used by small businesses, industry, and governmental organizations across all business and organizational sectors including healthcare and education. The baldrige foundation and program also serve as the foundation for more than 30 state-based baldrige programs covering all 50 states and territories, as well as the new community of excellence 2026 initiative which uses the baldrige framework to strengthen communities by bringing together leaders and organizations from all sectors to work together and find innovative and creative solutions to the challenges they face. Nist has measured the baldrige return on investment at greater than 820 to 1 for the us government. The money gifted to the federal government under this act pays for the 16 federal employees in the baldrige program, their organizations and for conferences to share best practices across the united states. The gift also supports all state baldrige programs which feed into the national program.”

“Growth in jobs nearly 20 times greater than matched industries and time periods (63% versus 3.2%, per the bureaus of economic analysis and labor statistics). In addition, organizations who use the baldrige framework long-term have seen a 92.6% increase in median revenue growth and a 67% median growth in infrastructrue supporting inner city and community growth through job creation. Value for the healthcare sector: according to a thomson reuters study, hospitals have lower rates of mortality and complications, higher profit margins, and higher improvement levels than peers in the 100 top hospitals (top 3% nationwide). Baldrige helps improve healthcare quality and affordability. The president's council of advisors on science and technology recommended that doc and hhs build on the baldrige awards to help improve cost and quality of healthcare across the us. Value for public education: school districts have achieved role-model graduation rates: 97.4% (pewaukee school district, wisconsin); 93%-95% sustained over 3 years (jenks public schools, oklahoma); the highest rate of any large u.s. School district over 2 years (montgomery county public schools, maryland); and 7% average annual improvement for 4 years (iredell-statesville schools, north carolina). Baldrige improves efficiency and student performance. Demonstrated benefits include improved ap course participation and performance, standardized test scores, gratuation rates, and college attendance rates. Conference and individual recognition: the foundation also hosts 2 conferences each year to share the best practices of the highest performing organizations with conferees. Best practices are also made available to the public on our website and the baldrige programs website. This public benefit and sharing of best practices in healthcare, education, and business has no equal in the non- profit sector. Additionally, each year the foundation recognizes one outstanding leader from across the nation who has made an impact of leading their organization with baldrige values and for public good. Achievements specific to 2017: 2017 was a year filled with achievement, progress, and performance excellence examiners, judges, and volunteers at the state and national level and around the globe have contributed to the success and prosperity of thousands of organizations in every sector of the economy. The alliance for performance excellence continues to introduce baldrige to hundreds of organizations, while the baldrige consultant community passionately develops and guides baldrige organizations and serve as champions and ambassadors throughout the nation for our program. In 2017, the baldrige foundation continued to fund the baldrige performance excellence program at the national institute of standards and technology (nist). The baldrige program's mission is precisely aligned with nist and the department of commerce. This public-private partnership, which improves the performance and competitiveness of u.s. Organizations, has an economic impact of more than one billion-dollars annually. The baldrige program had a very successful year in 2017, executing the awards process and delivering exceptional training experiences like the baldrige executive fellows program and examiner training. In fy17, the baldrige executive fellows program and several other training offerings were ranked first and fourth, respectively, by leadership excellence and development awards (lead) in their education categories for emphasis on human resources and leadership/ organizational development. The baldrige program is the only state or federal government program to be recognized in lead award categories. This year, more than twenty high-performing organizations met the requirements to be considered for the malcolm baldrige national quality award. After an arduous awards process, this year's national role-model award recipients are: bristol tennessee essential services, bristol, tn; stellar solutions, palo alto, ca; ad”