Southern Bancorp

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".

With 56 locations, the organization focuses most of its work in the Arkansas Delta and Mississippi Delta. 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, The Arkadelphia Promise, and numerous other sponsorships and projects.