The Newport Beach-based Orange County Community Foundation marked its 25th anniversary Nov. 12 as nearly 700 philanthropists and business and community leaders attended its annual meeting at Hotel Irvine.

Since its founding in 1989, the foundation has awarded more than $300 million in grants and scholarships, supporting the work of nonprofits worldwide.

For more information, visit http://www.oc-cf.org or call (949) 553-4202.

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MIND Research gets $3.2-million gift

The MIND Research Institute of Irvine announced a $3.2-million contribution from The PwC Charitable Foundation to help improve youth financial literacy by developing game-based math instructional software.

MIND's financial-literacy curriculum will be the first to apply the visual ST Math approach toward financial concepts and simultaneously teach math skills required for financial literacy.

The program, geared toward sixth- through eighth-graders, will include areas such as saving and investing, planning and money management, homebuying, environmental sustainability, credit and debit, and risk and insurance.

MIND's programs reach more than 800,000 students and 31,000 teachers in 40 states, according to a news release. For more information, visit http://www.mindresearch.org.

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Around Town: Newport-based foundation celebrates 25 years