In 2019, the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Foundation made a 10-year, $2 million commitment to the LIFEvest program. With a shared vision to support underserved communities with financial education, the program strives to strengthen an understanding in financial matters, expose students to a college campus, encourage admission to a college or university, explore various career fields, and inspire confidence and success in all areas of life. The Âé¶¹´«Ã½ LIFEvest Financial Literacy Program, hosted by the Center for Investment and Wealth Management at the UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business, is a weeklong summer on-campus training program dedicated to teaching underserved students currently enrolled in 8th and 9th grade about financial literacy. Students who apply live in Southern California, and come from low-income, diverse, and underrepresented communities in Orange County, Los Angeles, Riverside, and Atlanta. More than 90% of them would be the first in their families to go to college.Â