Baldrige Foundation launched the National Assessment Center as a centralized digital platform designed to make organizational excellence more accessible, actionable, and measurable.

The Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award exists to strengthen the competitiveness of organizations and improve community well-being through performance excellence. Guided by core values of visionary leadership, customer-focused excellence, valuing people, innovation, integrity, and partnership, the Foundation, through its Institute for Performance Excellence, equips leaders and organizations worldwide with knowledge, tools, recognition programs, and systems that drive improvement and results. Its long-term vision is a world where excellence is the expectation, and the Baldrige Framework® stands as the global standard for organizational performance excellence and leadership.