About the Foundation

The Oklahoma Quality Award Foundation was founded in 1993 to provide Oklahoma businesses and organizations with a process for measuring and sustaining growth and economic and service excellence.

The Foundation's Focus is on Performance Excellence

By administering a yearly award process that highlights and gives feedback to Oklahoma organizations that aspire to excellence.
By providing training and education opportunities in performance excellence and related topics.
By promoting awareness and understanding of performance excellence throughout Oklahoma.

The Board of Directors and the Board of Examiners consist of individuals from private businesses and organizations who lead the Foundation, develop the Oklahoma Quality Award criteria and the application and evaluation process and conduct the educational services.

The Foundation sponsors development of the Award Examiners and Judges. Each year volunteers from organizations from around the state are trained and certified as Members of the Board of Examiners. Many have gone on to become examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Program.

A Total Quality Resource

The Oklahoma Quality Award Foundation can be your resource for finding information, training and experience in the use of Performance Excellence practices right here in Oklahoma.

The Foundation is funded by corporate and individual donations, contributions, application fees, and revenue from services. The Foundation office is maintained in Oklahoma City.

The Oklahoma Quality Award Foundation, incorporated in 1993, is organized and operated for educational services as a 501(c)(3) organization.