NOAH’s unrelenting pursuit of excellence has been recognized with certification by the Center for Nonprofit Excellence.

NOAH has "achieved 100% of the Best Practice Standards for nonprofit Management," said a letter from the center signed by Executive Service Corps President and CEO Pedro Del Sol.

"The Executive Volunteers who conducted your Agency’s on-site review were tremendously impressed by the professionalism of your staff, and by the quality and organization of your Agency’s certification materials," the letter said.

The Center for Nonprofit Excellence promotes quality and accountability in the nonprofit community through leadership development, education and management services. Its goal is to strengthen the administrative capacity of nonprofit agencies and promote good practices in nonprofit administration. The agency developed a uniform set of standards for certification of nonprofit agency governance and administration, finance, human resource management and client services.

Once an agency has completed the rigid five-step process developed by the Center, donors can be assured the organization has met core requirements of public and private funders and has sound administrative standards.

Through a long, extensive process, certified agencies must carry out self-assessments of their compliance with mandatory standards and develop organization improvement plans. NOAH demonstrated full compliance as of May 14, 2007. "The Agency has no unmet mandatory standards," the letter said.

NOAH joins dozens of other certified agencies such as the Urban League of Palm Beach County, the United Way of Palm Beach County and Gulfstream Goodwill Industries.