Baldrige is the national public-private partnership developed to promote and recognize performance excellence across the U.S. The Baldrige framework is designed to improve your organization's performance and get sustainable results by focusing on 5 key areas:

• Product and process outcomes
• Customer outcomes
• Workforce outcomes
• Leadership and governance outcomes
• Financial and market outcomes

The Iowa Recognition for Performance Award is Iowa’s National Baldrige-based process designed to recognize role model organizations in all industries across the state. Our award-process is one of the most comprehensive ways an organization can assess and improve their processes. 

Anyone can get involved at the organizational level by submitting an application at one of four levels, or at the individual level by joining our Board of Examiners.