Baldrige Program Impacts

820 to 1: Ratio of Baldrige Program benefits for the U.S. economy to program costs
(Economic Evaluation of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, December 2011)

124: Baldrige Award winners 
(including 8 two-time winners and 1 three-time winner) serving as national role models

85%: Median growth in revenue for two-time Baldrige Award winners

55.5%: Median job growth for two-time Baldrige Award winners
(compared with 4.6% for a matched set of industries and time periods)

2010–2020 Baldrige Award applicants represent

• 675,535 jobs

• over $189 billion in revenue/budgets

• about 614 million customers served

$5.6 million: value of services donated by 248 national Baldrige examiners in 2020

1,000+: organizations evaluated annually by Baldrige-based state, regional, and sector-based programs 

Baldrige Impacts in Health Care

• A study by Truven Health Analytics links hospitals that adopt and use the Baldrige Criteria to successful operations, management practices, and overall performance.
• 65% of hospitals are likely to "use the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence as a systematic framework for performance improvement or as an internal assessment tool" by 2018, according to survey results reported in Futurescan 2013 PDF.
• According to the same survey, 41% of hospitals are likely to submit an application for the Baldrige Award or a state-level Baldrige-based award by 2018.

Baldrige Impacts, State by State

Learn more about impacts and benefits in each state.

Baldrige Infographics

Baldrige Helping Organizations Succeed for 30 Years
Baldrige Criteria: Thirty Years of Evolution = Revolutionary Change

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