Making money better
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
The 2025 MAIAs Are Now Closed!
A huge thank you to everyone who submitted their incredible work this year.
From individuals to nonprofits to companies, the entries we’ve received are a powerful reminder of just how much amazing work is being done around the world to make money more inclusive, more understandable, and more empowering.
Our judges now begin the exciting (and very tough!) task of reviewing entries.
We can’t wait to showcase the finalists and the inspiring stories behind them – very soon.
Stay tuned!
📌 In the meantime, check out last year’s winners and MAIApedia.
Better Money with the MAIAs
Do you know everything you need to know about money? Who would you look to for expert advice?
Meet the winners of the Money Awareness and Inclusion Awards (the MAIAs), the worlds pre-eminent financial literacy and education awards, on Better Money with the MAIAs.
As finance becomes more complicated, knowing how to use money properly is becoming increasingly important.
Co-founder of the MAIAs, and long-term fund manager, Michael Gilmore, finds out all about these winning projects, what inspired them to start, and what we can all learn from them about our own financial journey.

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
The MAIAs | Making Money Better
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.
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