The CFA Society of Orange County (CFAOC), formerly the Orange County Society of Investment Managers, has established the CFA Society of Orange County Foundation (CFAOCF), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation.
The mission of the foundation is to foster, promote and encourage the development of professionalism by the Orange County Investment community; and to heighten public awareness of this professionalism by:
- Providing educational scholarships for the study of financial investment practice at colleges and universities located in and around Orange County, California; and
- Supervision of a select group of students of financial investments in the management of all or a portion of the investment portfolio of the corporation.