The Partnership for Excellence
Non-profit OrganizationsOhio, United States11-50 Employees
The Partnership for Excellence is a nonprofit organization that uses the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence to help organizations across various sectors improve their performance. Its core offering is a comprehensive organizational assessment that enables leaders to identify strengths and opportunities for improvement, with a focus on how processes are deployed, evaluated, and integrated to drive results. The group serves clients in Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, and Illinois, providing guidance through self-assessments and support on applying a holistic management framework recognized internationally since 1987. Based in Columbus, Ohio, the organization operates within the nonprofit sector and positions itself as a state-level Baldrige-based program. It administers the Awards for Performance Excellence, which recognize organizational achievement based on the Baldrige Criteria, culminating in state-level platinum awards. The Partnership for Excellence serves organizations of diverse sectors and emphasizes structured, criteria-driven improvement processes as its core value proposition.