In 1963, Tanneyhill received both the Merit Award of the New York Personnel and Guidance Association and the National Vocational Guidance Association Award. In 1971, she was the first recipient of the National Urban League's annual Ann Tanneyhill Award, named in her honor, "for excellence and extraordinary commitment to the Urban League Movement." That same year she was also honored with an Alumnae Achievement Award from Simmons College.
