Susan Kelly, Program Director for the Center Pole, is a co-founder of the Kelly Foundation.

In 2002, the Kelly Foundation became partners with the Center Pole and now focuses on students from Center Pole’s service area.

Kelly Foundation students have attended these colleges and universities:	Dartmouth College Brown University Syracuse University Stanford University Cornell University Guilford College College of Wooster University of Arizona University of Montana University of South Dakota University of New Mexico New Mexico State University Montana State University Purdue University Rhode Island School of Design Marymount University Institute of American Indian Arts George Washington University University of Wyoming
and have completed these educational programs:	Legacy Global Youth Village Legacy Iraqi Youth Exchange LINC Program in Indonesia Youth for Understanding (Denmark, Germany) Shrine Mont Camps Washington Internships for Native Students (WINS) Department of Justice Internships Department of Transportation Internships Morris K. Udall Congressional Internships National Museum of the American Indian Internships Smithsonian Internships Outward Bound (Maine, Minnesota and Colorado)
They have been:	Gates Millennium Scholars Presidential Scholars National Bonner Scholars Indian Health Service Scholars