The MAIA Winners 2022

After more than a month of deliberating, the MAIA judges and team are proud to announce the winners, runners-up and special commendations for The Money Awareness and Inclusion Awards for 2022.

The quality of the entries has been incredibly high. Some categories had enough strong entries that the top four or five would have won if entered in a different class. In these cases, we have awarded winners, runners-up and in some cases, Special Commendations. In other categories, where no entries were deemed strong enough to be accorded Winner status, we have awarded Special Commendations to unique and valuable entries.

In all, out of 150 entries and 40 finalists, 24 are receiving an award, 9 winners, 8 runners-up and 7 Special Commendation. We congratulate them for their hard work, their persistence, their innovation and commitment to changing the world. We also want to thank them for entering the MAIAs, for sharing their ideas and expertise to help it spread around the world. 

These are the organisations, companies and people making money better:

Winner: Professor Annamaria Lusardi

“Financial education affects financial knowledge and downstream behaviours”: a meta-analysis across 33 countries. Learn more.

Runner Up: Professor Panu Kalmi

“The Effects of Game-Based Financial Education” Learn more.

Winner: Lacey Filipich

“Money School” Learn more.

Runner Up: Gene Natali

“The Missing Second Semester” Learn more.

Special Commendation: Will Rainey 

“Grandpa’s Fortune Fables” Learn more.

Special Commendation: Global Anti-Scam Organisation

“META DeFi” to expose online and crypto frauds Learn more.

Winner: Rishi Vamdatt

Easy Peasy Finance, YouTube cartoons aimed at children Learn more.

Runner Up: Mathura Kannan

Money Matter$ talk show Learn more.

Special Commendation: Stacey Brown and Miki

“Kiddienomics”, financial concepts for younger viewers Learn more.

Special Commendation: Black Bullion

Assisting students with financial inclusion and well-being Learn more.

Special Commendation: Kinara Capital

Access to funding and financial education for Indian MSMEs Learn more.

Winner: KFI Global

“Smarter, richer, braver teens” Learn more.

Winner: MoneyPrep

A full spectrum financial literacy program for kids in grades 1-12 Learn more.

Runner Up: MoneyTime

Self-directed financial learning with a game component Learn more.

Special Commendation: The Museum of Saving

Museum with digital learning teaching important financial concept Learn more.

Winner: Finanzas en el Cole 

Peruvian teacher-training, who then spread financial literacy to students Learn more.

Runner Up: Yield & Spread

Advising aspiring philanthropists how to give more to charity Learn more.

Winner: finEdge

One-semester course to change financial behaviour, by the University of Chicago Learn more.

Runner Up: Gifting Sense

Teaching kids to “think before they buy” Learn more.

Winner: Cha-ching

18 musical cartoons that have been viewed 93 million times Learn more.

Runner Up: Ahorra y Siempre

Face to face projects teaching about money in vulnerable communities

Winner: The Young Investors Society Access initiative

Free education, mentorship and scholarships in under-resourced communities Learn more.

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 Learn more.