MKF provides Texas college or trade/technical school scholarships for eligible Santa Fe, Alvin, Angleton, Arcadia, Ball, Brazosport, Brazoswood, Columbia, Danbury, Dickinson, Hitchcock, La Marque, O’Connell, Sweeny and Texas City High school graduates and GEDs. They encourage all qualifying current high school seniors, graduates and GEDs to apply.
E.W. Kelley and his family gave IU a multimillion dollar gift in the fall of 1997 that is used to support the Kelley Scholars Programme. In appreciation for the donation, the institution gave the Kelley family the name to its school of business.