The MAIA Winners 2023 | The Money Awareness and Inclusion Awards | 3 January 2023 | TBA

The Money Awareness and Inclusion Awards – the MAIAs – celebrate the increasingly important work being done to help people understand money better, and benefit from the financial system.

Whoever you are, and however you are helping other people learn about money, we think there’s a space for you at the MAIAs.

Individuals
From teachers buying books with their own funds to help their class learn about money or influencers reaching new audiences

Non-profits
It could be a school scheme or community program, we want to find which voluntary groups are spreading the word best

Corporate
We're looking for fin-tech start-ups disrupting the system all the way to the big institutions using their scale to change the world

2022 Winners

BEST ACADEMIC PAPER:

Winner: Professor Annamaria Lusardi
“Financial education affects financial knowledge and downstream behaviours”: a meta-analysis across 33 countries.

Runner Up: Professor Panu Kalmi
“​​The Effects of Game-Based Financial Education”

BEST BOOK:

Winner: Lacey Filipich
“Money School”

Runner Up: Gene Natali
“The Missing Second Semester”

Special Commendation: Will Rainey
“Grandpa’s Fortune Fables”

BEST CRYPTO EDUCATION PROJECT:

Special Commendation: Global Anti-Scam Organisation
“META DeFi” to expose online and crypto frauds

BEST INFLUENCER:

Winner: Rishi Vamdatt
Easy Peasy Finance, YouTube cartoons aimed at children

Runner Up: Mathura Kannan
Money Matter$ talk show

Special Commendation: Stacey Brown and Miki
“Kiddienomics”, financial concepts for younger viewers

BEST FOR-PROFIT FINTECH:

Special Commendation: Black Bullion
Assisting students with financial inclusion and well-being

BEST FOR-PROFIT IN A DEVELOPING ECONOMY:

Special Commendation: Kinara Capital
Access to funding and financial education for Indian MSMEs

BEST FOR-PROFIT SCHOOL AGE EDUCATION:

Winner: KFI Global
“Smarter, richer, braver teens”

BEST NON-FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY:

Winner: MoneyPrep
A full spectrum financial literacy program for kids in grades 1-12

Runner Up: MoneyTime
Self-directed financial learning with a game component

Special Commendation: The Museum of Saving
Museum with digital learning teaching important financial concept

BEST NON-PROFIT FOR ADULT EDUCATION:

Winner: Finanzas en el Cole
Peruvian teacher-training, who then spread financial literacy to students

Runner Up: Yield & Spread
Advising aspiring philanthropists how to give more to charity

BEST NON-PROFIT FOR SCHOOL-AGE:

Winner: finEdge
One-semester course to change financial behaviour, by University of Chicago

Runner Up: Gifting Sense
Teaching kids to “think before they buy”

BEST NON-PROFIT IN A DEVELOPING ECONOMY:

Winner: Cha-ching
18 musical cartoons that have been viewed 93 million times

Runner Up: Ahorra y Siempre
Face to face projects teaching about money in vulnerable communities

BEST PROJECT FOR UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES:

Winner: The Young Investors Society Access initiative
Free education, mentorship and scholarships in under-resourced communities

Runner Up: Enrich HK
Empowering migrant workers with interactive financial literacy education.

Special Commendation: YourToolkit
Providing comprehensive, relevant information for women and families facing abuse