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The Mac Baldrige Society represents the Founding Trustees of the Institute for Performance Excellence.

These Philanthropist-Leaders have committed to supporting and promoting the Baldrige Framework and providing cutting-edge thought leadership and professional development programs and tools. The Institute will be globally recognized for improving the practices of leadership and management to strengthen America's competitiveness for the next 30 years.

The Mac Baldrige Society is an invitation-only opportunity and will be limited to 20 founding trustees represented on the Society emblem with individual stars. Their corporate brands will be included in all Baldrige Foundation Institute for Performance Excellence materials including the Chronicle of Leadership and Management, as well as digitally on the Institute website and all communications. Mac Baldrige Society organizations will be forever recognized as the leaders who helped to create the future of Baldrige for the next 30 years.

For America to keep its competitive edge, we need the Baldrige Framework to help guide organizations in optimizing performance and driving innovation to meet new challenges in global competition, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and creating Communities of Excellence. This is an opportunity for you to lay a mark on the future, and to be part of the Baldrige legacy. Make it your legacy, too. Join us as a Member of the Mac Baldrige Society.


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It was the untimely passing of Malcolm Baldrige that galvanized support in Congress to codify a quality improvement program and national quality award in his name. President Ronald Reagan said during Mac Baldrige’s eulogy, “I always prized the quality of Mac’s vision. He had the capacity to look up from the dust of the plains to the distant mountains.”

Molly Baldrige, daughter of the late Malcolm Baldrige, appeared at the 29th Annual Baldrige Quest for Excellence® conference in Baltimore in early April.  Ms. Baldrige was the keynote speaker at the Foundation’s Annual Dinner in 2016, and she returned to Quest in 2017 to continue to show her personal as well as her family’s support. The Baldrige Family continues to challenge the Baldrige Community worldwide to join them in supporting the growth of Baldrige by donating to the Foundation and its mission.

"There is no better effort to make for our country than to strengthen its organizations by making them more efficient and competitive and it's been proven that Baldrige does this across all sectors of the economy."


- Molly Baldrige

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Adventist Health is a faith-inspired, nonprofit integrated health system serving more than 80 communities on the West Coast and Hawaii. Founded on Adventist heritage and values, Adventist Health provides care in hospitals, clinics, home care agencies, hospice agencies and joint-venture retirement centers in both rural and urban communities. Our compassionate and talented team of 34,000 includes associates, medical staff physicians, allied health professionals and volunteers driven in pursuit of one mission: living God's love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope. Together, we are transforming the American healthcare experience with an innovative, yet timeless, whole-person focus on physical, mental, spiritual and social healing to support community well-being.

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Stellar Solutions is a global systems engineering business solving the most complex issues that commercial & government clients face today. Our work touches areas as broad as national security & space exploration, to the humanitarian earthquake prediction efforts of QuakeFinder. Stellar Solutions is a woman-owned small business founded by Celeste Ford in 1995 with a simple vision: satisfy our customers’ critical needs while realizing our dream jobs. Nearly 20 years later, the company’s guiding principles and strategic value differentiators remain the same.

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Located in Columbia, MO, MidwayUSA started as a small gun shop in 1977 and has grown into an industry-leading internet retailer of nearly 200,000 Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor products. Our 400,000 sq ft, state of the art, distribution center provides fast, accurate, secure, low-cost shipping for our Customers. We are a fast-paced, continually improving organization with instilled family values like honesty, integrity, and respect for others.

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Founded in 2005, ABOUT is the access and orchestration expert for a new era in healthcare. With the acquisitions of Ensocare and Acuity Link in 2020, our solutions extend across the full continuum from admissions to discharge and beyond. ABOUT is built on the knowledge of the most accomplished leadership in healthcare technology, innovation, operations, and customer success. We serve over 150 health systems with customized solutions. Our passion and dedication to delivering the right care in the right location without delay is our guiding force.

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Freese and Nichols is a privately owned engineering, planning and consulting firm serving clients across the Southwest and Southeast United States. Founded in 1894, we offer stability as a long-term trusted advisor and use our national expertise to meet contemporary challenges. As the first engineering/architecture firm to earn the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, we consistently deliver award-winning solutions backed by superior client-focused support.

Freese and Nichols plans, designs, and manages infrastructure projects with client service and continuous improvement in mind. Our vision is to simply be the firm of choice for clients and employees. We continually partner with clients to deliver on our mission: Innovative Approaches … Practical Results … Outstanding Service.

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We are the TATA Group.

India's only value based corporation — a visionary, a pioneer, a leader, since 1868. As a 29-year-old, Jamsetji Tata set up a trading firm in 1868. Today, the operating companies of the Tata group lead the nation in ten business verticals. The Tata Trusts promote education, health, culture and livelihood initiatives in India. The companies of the Tata group employ many of India's finest, strengthened by a culture of ethics and integrity. The companies of the Tata group employ many of India's finest, strengthened by a culture of ethics and integrity. We are inspired by Jamsetji's words and deeds which have helped us contribute to society and help build fine institutions.
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We're here to make a difference in our community through the gift of organ and tissue donation. Our mission is to save lives through excellence in organ and tissue donation. As an organ and tissue recovery organization, our work happens at the intersection of death and life.

We help donor families through moments of grief and loss, support transplant patients, and facilitate safe, reliable donations for transplant. Our approach is designed to save lives while supporting families, patients, and our community. Together with our partners, we are working toward a brighter future where organs and tissues are always available to those in need. 


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The Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE) is one of 57 federally designated not-for-profit organ procurement organizations (OPOs) in the United States. CORE partners with more than 150 hospitals and health care facilities to deliver the gift of life by coordinating the surgical recovery of organs, tissues, and corneas for transplantation. CORE also facilitates the computerized matching of donated organs, tissues, and corneas.

With integrity and compassion, our goal is to bridge the gap between donor families, health care providers, and transplant recipients so that we may forever transform lives.

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Adani Group is a diversified organization in India comprising 7 publicly traded companies. It has created a world class transport and utility infrastructure portfolio that has a pan-India presence. Adani Group is headquartered in Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat, India. Over the years, Adani Group has positioned itself to be the market leader in its transport logistics and energy utility portfolio businesses focusing on large scale infrastructure development in India with O & M practices benchmarked to global standards. With four IG rated businesses, it is the only Infrastructure Investment Grade issuer in India.

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SANPEC specializes in the design, engineering, testing, inspection, risk management, sustainability, and integrated quality management for critical electric power, lighting, and renewable energy infrastructures. From ensuring financial viability, building greater customer loyalty, and improving the quality and health of transmission assets, our team has evolved to manage dynamic change effectively and prevent the catastrophic impact of economic, social, and environmental risks.

With an unshakeable resolve to make the world a better place for future generations, we solve complex infrastructure challenges by integrating deep domain expertise, unparalleled engineering and leadership excellence, extensive fabrication knowledge, research and innovation, co-creation, and collaboration.


The company has been at the forefront of the quality and sustainability revolution in the electric power sector. Drawing strength from our distinctive roots in education and STEM research, we are deeply committed and passionate about improving workforce development goals and connecting real-world knowledge and opportunities to maximize the greater good.  

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Southcentral Foundation is an Alaska Native-owned, nonprofit health care organization serving nearly 70,000 Alaska Native and American Indian people living in Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna Borough and 55 rural villages in the Anchorage Service Unit.

Incorporated in 1982 under the Tribal authority of Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Southcentral Foundation is the largest of the CIRI nonprofits, employing more than 2,500 people in more than 80 programs.

Southcentral Foundation’s Vision is a Native Community that enjoys physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellness; its Mission is to work together with the Native Community to achieve wellness through health and related services. The organization has developed and implemented comprehensive health-related services to meet the changing needs of the Native Community, support individuals and families on their wellness journey.

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IMPORTANT:  If you are, or plan to be, an award applicant, you acknowledge that the Baldrige Foundation does not manage, oversee, or influence the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award administered by the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, nor any Baldrige-based State Program Award. Further, you acknowledge that your donation has not/will not give you any advantage in any current or future awards process to include the National Quality Award and/or the Baldrige Foundation Individual Leadership Awards.  And that your pledge cannot be made in a year in which you are applying for the National Quality Award.