Southwest Alliance for Excellence

Imagine a future where every organization in your community not only pursues excellence but achieves it—transforming how they work, delivering sustained exceptional results, and fueling economic growth. This vision is within reach, and you have the power to make it a reality.

A Catalyst for Transformation

SWAE, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit professional organization, is dedicated to organizational performance excellence and is creating a movement that will revolutionize how organizations operate across the Southwestern region of the USA. Our mission is clear: to empower communities, organizations, and individuals to pursue performance excellence using Baldrige-based guidance and support.

The Power of Communities of Practice

At the heart of our strategy lies the concept of Communities of Practice. These collaborative networks bring together organizations from diverse sectors—business, healthcare, education, government, and nonprofits—to share knowledge, learn from each other, and accelerate their journeys toward excellence.

Key Benefits:

1. Cross-sector collaboration fostering innovation
2. Rapid adoption of best practices
3. Accelerated improvement and faster results
4. Sustainable culture of excellence

Your Opportunity to Make a Difference

We invite you to join us in this transformative journey. Your philanthropic support will enable us to:

1. Expand our reach from dozens to hundreds, and eventually thousands, of organizations

2. Strengthen our programmatic capacities

3. Become an even stronger partner in the communities we mutually serve

The Ripple Effect of Excellence

By supporting our Communities of Practice, you're not just helping individual organizations—you're creating a flywheel effect that will transform our regional economy and ensure sustainable success for all.

Imagine the Impact:

• Thriving businesses driving economic growth
• Efficient government services supporting communities
• Innovative educational institutions preparing the workforce of tomorrow
• Healthcare organizations delivering exceptional patient care

Join the Movement

Your investment in SWAE's Communities of Practice will help turn performance excellence from an aspiration into a reality for countless organizations. Together, we can create a future where organizational performance excellence is the norm, not the exception, driving positive, lasting impact within our communities and beyond.

SWAE is making Arizona, Nevada, and Utah better places to live, learn, and work by helping organizations in these states achieve superior results through the use of the Baldrige Framework for Performance Excellence. To fulfill our mission, SWAE provides organizations an opportunity to be evaluated organizational-wide or to have certain processes evaluated through our Performance Excellence Program (PEP), from which they receive valuable feedback on its Strengths and Opportunities for Improvement to achieve and sustain excellence, and the opportunity for State-level recognition of performance excellence. 

SWAE also provides professional development opportunities to individuals through its Baldrige Criteria-based webinars, workshops, short courses, Examiner training, and the opportunity for trained Examiners to participate on Assessment Teams in evaluating PEP-applicant organizations. To learn more about SWAE, visit www.swae.org or call (651) 270-2452.

Be a part of this transformative journey. Your support today will shape the success stories of tomorrow. Join us in building a Culture of Excellence that will benefit generations to come.