Southern Bancorp

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Southern Bancorp
Type Public
Industry Financial services, Philanthropy
Founded1986 (1986)
Headquarters,
Area served
Arkansas, Mississippi
Total assets $1,200,000,000 (2014)
Website banksouthern.com

Southern Bancorp is a community development financial institution headquartered in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. It was founded in 1986 as Southern Development Bancorporation, and is often referred to simply as "Southern". [1]

Contents

With 43 locations, the organization focuses most of their work in the Arkansas Delta and Mississippi Delta. [2] Southern's community-development work in these areas has directly improved various aspects of resident's lives through different projects such as the Delta Bridge Project, [3] The Arkadelphia Promise, [4] and numerous other sponsorships and projects.

Origin

In 1986, then Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton partnered with the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation to help combat different issues plaguing the state. [5] From this initiative, various nonprofit development agencies came together to form Southern Bancorp.

Structure

There are three entities that make up Southern Bancorp:

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References

  1. Kelley, Brian (1993). "Rebuilding rural America: the Southern Development Bancorporation". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 529: 113–127. doi:10.1177/0002716293529001011.
  2. "Branch Locations". Southern Bancorp. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  3. Official website: Delta Bridge Project
  4. Official website: Arkadelphia Promise
  5. "About Southern". Southern Bancorp. Retrieved 23 September 2021.