Baldrige Foundation Employee Directory
Non-profit OrganizationsDistrict of Columbia, United States11-50 Employees
The Baldrige Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening the competitiveness of organizations and improving community well-being through performance excellence. It operates under core values including visionary leadership, customer-focused excellence, valuing people, innovation, integrity, and partnership. Through its Institute for Performance Excellence, it provides leaders and organizations worldwide with knowledge, tools, recognition programs, and systems that support improvement and measurable results. Its long-term vision is a world in which excellence is the standard and the Baldrige Framework is recognized as the global benchmark for organizational performance excellence and leadership. Based in Washington, DC, the foundation serves organizations and leaders worldwide seeking performance excellence, and in January 2026 Tommy Gonzalez joined its President's Council for Performance Excellence, a strategic advisory body.