October 20
SMHA Chair of the Board Roberta Madden Receives Woman of Distinction Award
From the YWCA Greater Baton Rouge for her life's work advocating for women.
August 19
SMHA Honored by NeighborWorks
June 10
June 10
January 21
West End Receives Community Leader Certification Award
March 12
RICOH Recognizes SMHA for 2nd Time
January 16
SMHA's Sister Helen Vinton Receives Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award.
December 18
SMHA's Chair of the Board Receives the 2015 Anne Mackie Award
May 15
NeighborWorks Green Organization
"Southern Mutual Help Association, Inc. is a Chartered Member of NeighborWorks America. The NeighborWorks Green Organization designation is recognition of our comprehensive commitment to sustainable operations. NeighborWorks America awards the designation to organizations that have met a set of green achievement criteria that covers an organization’s overall management and office operations as well as the programs of the organization that are covered by the NeighborWorks Green Organization Guidelines. 
January 15
CEO Selected as one of EBiz' Women Who Mean Business
January 1
Most Interesting People
SMHA's Sr. Helen Vinton selected as one of eight "most interesting people of 2014" by Acadiana Lifestyle 
August 18
West End WINS Great Places in Louisiana AWARD!
West End Redevelopment Initiative Earns the 2011 GREAT PLACES IN LOUISIANA AWARD! 
February 24
SMHA’s three-year report earned “Gold” status in the League of American Communications Professionals’ 2008 Vision Awards Annual Report Competition.
January 28
Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SoSAWG), founded by SMHA's Helen Vinton in 1971, awarded her for her "gentle wisdom and tireless determination" at its annual conference in Louisville, Kentucky. 
August 14
A Living Case Study in Community Development Improvement
Lorna Bourg was named a recipient of the Mike Sviridoff Leadership Award by Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) as one of the top 25 leaders in the community development movement in the USA and LISC recognized that she has built SMHA into a living case study in community development improvement. 
November 14
SMHA Board Member, Roberta Madden Honored
By 100 Black Men of Metro Baton Rouge, at their 49th annual awards dinner, recognizing her work in advancing unity and diversity. Lorna Bourg, Executive Director of SMHA said, "Robbie Madden has a long standing commitment to social justice issues. Her life has been dedicated to racial and gender equity as well as the health of Louisiana's citizens. We are proud to have her as part of the Southern Mutual Help Association's family of policy makers." 100 Black Men is the local chapter of a national organization that works to improve the community, with a special interest in helping young people. October 15
NCRC's James A. Leach Award
Southern Mutual is named recipient of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s (NCRC’s) 2004 Hon. James A. Leach Award, given to the one rural non-profit organization nationally that has made the most outstanding contributions to economic justice and community development. September 17
Independent Sector's 2003 Leadership IS Award
Southern Mutual receives Independent Sector's 2003 Leadership IS Award. This national award is presented to one non-profit organization that exemplifies a commitment to leadership development, internally with board and staff and by volunteers and externally by creating a diverse and inclusive leadership community. 
June 23
OMB Watch's Hall of Fame
Assistant Executive Director Helen Vinton selected an inaugural inductee of OMB Watch's (Office of Budget and Management Watch's) national Public Interest Hall of Fame. OMB Watch, a Washington-based public interest organization, honored Helen as one of twelve inductees across the country for her work in pursuit of environmental protections and sustainable development. August 13
Women of Courage Award
Southern Mutual Financial Services’ Clem Matthews was selected as a finalist for the Women of Courage Award from the McAuley Institute. 
May 22
Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas’s Spotlight Award
SMHA and Teche Federal Savings Bank, along with Louisiana Rural Home Loan Partnership members IberiaBank and MidSouth National Bank, are the first Louisiana recipients of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas’s Spotlight Award for Innovations in Community. SMHA received a $10,000 check from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas. This partnership has moved over $5 million in five years to 78 very poor first-time homeowners. October 15
A Place in the Country
SMHA was featured in the documentary, a Place in the Country, which premiered during the 2002 Stand Up for Rural America Gala In Washington, DC. The film featured eight non-profit organizations from across the United States, along with interviews with Senators Kit Bond (MO) and Tom Daschle (SD), Congresswomen Jo Ann Emerson (MO) and Eva Clayton (NC), and Robert Rubin, Chair of the Citigroup Executive Committee and former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. 
April 19
Wade Mackie Peacemaking Award
SMHA Board Member Robbie Madden received the Wade Mackie Peacemaking Award from the Bienville House Center for Peace and Justice. March 4
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
SMHA’s Executive Director Lorna Bourg was reappointed to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Louisiana Advisory Commission. May 10
Conrad Hilton Humanitarian Prize
SMHA named one of 17 finalists for the Conrad Hilton Humanitarian Prize out of four hundred non-profit organizations nominated world-wide. October 20
One of Six James A. Johnson Fellows
SMHA’s Executive Director Lorna Bourg named one of six James A. Johnson Fellows by Fannie Mae Foundation April 6
Mother Theodore Guerin Medallion
SMHA's Life Quality Director, Sr. Helen Vinton, received the Mother Theodore Guerin Medallion from Saint Mary of the Woods College, Indiana, recognizing outstanding leadership in Louisiana's rural communities. April 21
Harvard’s JFK School of Government
SMHA’S Executive Director Lorna Bourg received a fellowship to Harvard’s JFK School of Government for the Senior Executives Summer Program. May 19
Fannie Mae Foundation's Sustained Excellence Award
SMHA received Fannie Mae Foundation's Sustained Excellence Award and named one of the 10 best housing and community development non-profit corporations in America over a ten-year period. 
September 5
SMHA Chosen as One of Nine
SMHA is chosen as one of nine non-profits across the country to pilot the Acadiana Rural Home Loan Partnership (now the Louisiana Rural Home Loan Partnership). March 6
Outstanding Dedication to Social Justice
Attorney Marion Overton White received an award for 27 years of Outstanding and Dedicated Work of Justice in Behalf of Human Rights for Louisiana’s Rural Poor and for his continued service on the Southern Mutual Help Association, Inc., Board of Directors. March 5
A 2nd Maxwell Award of Excellence
SMHA became the only organization to receive a second Maxwell Award of Excellence from Fannie Mae Foundation. The grant was for $25,000 for work in Four Corners, Sorrel and Glencoe (Dailey Iberian, May 4, 1995). February 16
HUD Commissioner’s Award
SMHA received the HUD Commissioner’s Award for significant contributions to HUD’s mission to help create communities of opportunities 
November 5
Grassroots Activism
SMHA's President and co-founder, Sr. Anne C Bizalion, received the national Older Women League (OWL) Grassroots Activist Award. September 9
Maxwell Award of Excellence
SMHA receives its first Maxwell Award of Excellence from Fannie Mae Foundation. 
May 17
MacArthur Fellowship
SMHA’S Executive Director, Lorna Bourg, was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in recognition of accomplishments in public affairs, dedication to creative pursuits and capacity for self direction 
May 2
Iberia Parish Environmental Leadership Award
SMHA's Director of Life Quality, Sr. Helen Vinton, received an Iberia Parish Environmental Leadership Award. 
May 12
The Fay Bennett Award
The Fay Bennett Award presented to Sister Anne Catherine Bizalion for Leading the Fight Against Oppression and Exploitation in Rural Louisiana from The National Sharecroppers Fund. 
June 2
Ms. Foundation
SMHA's Executive Director Anne C. Bizalion received the Ms. Foundation "Found Women" Award. March 8
George Mitchell Award from the Southern Regional Council
SMHA received the Southern Regional Council’s George S. Mitchell award as one of two outstanding organizations in 13 states.