Accolades

2007 Family Friendly Business
Frederick County Office for Children and Families

 2007 P. Francis Murphy Justice and Peace Medal Honoring James E. Upchurch, president, Interfaith Housing Alliance, Inc. 

2006 Theodore E. Stephens Memorial Award Recipient: James E. Upchurch, president, Interfaith Housing Alliance. Inc. 

2006 Maryland Governor’s Citation
Recipient: James E. Upchurch, president, Interfaith Housing Alliance. Inc.
Outstanding Work in the Field of Affordable Housing and Community Development

2006 Standards for Excellence – 3-year Certification
Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations

2005 Pioneer in Excellence
Recipient:  James E. Upchurch, president, Interfaith Housing Alliance, Inc.   
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)

2004 NeighborWorks Chartered Membership
Nationally Based Network of Community Development Organizations

2004 Outstanding Work as a Site Manager
Honoring Patti Penn, Interfaith Housing of Western Maryland
The United States Department of Agriculture

2003 Outstanding Support of People with Disabilities
Honoring Gail Wilson, Interfaith Housing of Western Maryland
The ARC of Carroll County, Inc.

2002 Standards for Excellence-3 Year Certification
Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations

2002 Best Community Life Program of the Year in the District of Columbia and Suburban Maryland
Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers

2002 Outstanding Work as a Site Manager
Honoring Patti Penn, Interfaith Housing of Western Maryland
The United States Department of Agriculture

Martin Luther King, Jr. Award of Excellence
Honoring Jim Upchurch, Interfaith Housing of Western Maryland
Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Frederick County Chapter, January 2002

Commitment to Excellence Award for Forest Glen Self-help Housing and Community Development
Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development
October 23, 2002

Appreciation Award
Family Crisis Resource Center
April 20, 2002

Award of Excellence
Maryland Affordable Housing Trust
February 22, 2000 

Partnership Excellence Award
Federal Home Loan Bank
1998, 1999, 2000

1999 Standards for Excellence-3 Year Certification
Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations

Successful Use of SHOP in the Completion of 27 Units of Self-help Homes
Self-help Homeownership Program
December 9, 1998

 Maxwell Awards of Excellence
Honorable Mention for Bell Court
Fannie Mae Foundation
May 19, 1998

1997 Outstanding Community Investment
Social Compact     

Maxwell Awards of Excellence
Honorable Mention for Weinberg House
Fannie Mae Foundation
May 20, 1997

Self-help Housing Grantee Award
Rural Housing Services
December 1996

Certificate of Appreciation
National Council on Agricultural Life & Labor Research Fund, Inc.
October 29, 1996

1995 Founding Participant
Local Initiatives Support Group
Rural LISC

 1995 Community Support Award
Federal Home Loan Bank

Governor’s Citation for Outstanding Service to the Community
State of Maryland
December 2, 1994

Cornerstone Award
NationsBank
June 1994

Commitment to Affordable Housing
NationsBank

Appreciation for Establishing Community Estates
Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development
December 2, 1994