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The UNC think tank that once provided John Edwards a platform to discuss poverty issues is not counting on the former Senator and two-time presidential candidate to return to the fold.

The University of North Carolina Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity was launched in 2005, and Edwards served as its director until he resigned at the end of 2006 to launch his second run at the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, Lorenzo Perez reports.

Edwards' disclosure Friday to ABC's "Nightline" that he had an affair with campaign videographer Rielle Hunter has had no impact on contributions or grants to the nonpartisan center, said Katie Bowler, assistant dean for communications for UNC’s law school.

Edwards has not had a role at the Chapel Hill center since since he left it in 2006, Bowler said.

"He continues to support the ideals of the center, but there’s no expectation that he will be returning," Bowler said.

John Edwards has admitted to an extramarital affair.

In an interview with Nightline, the former North Carolina senator said that he had an affair with Rielle Hunter but that he did not love her.

Edwards also denied he was the father of Hunter's baby girl, Frances Quinn, although the one-time Democratic Presidential candidate said he has not taken a paternity test.

Edwards said he knew he was not the father based on timing of the baby's birth on February 27, 2008. He said his affair ended too soon for him to have been the father.

ABC News writes that Edwards "repeatedly lied" during his presidential campaign about having an extramarital affair with Hunter, a novice filmmaker.