Your work as a personal finance teacher deserves to be recognized. Given the amazing individuals, educators and non-profits in the personal finance community, we wanted to make you aware of this great opportunity offered by an outside organization. The Money Awareness and Inclusion Awards 2023 contest is now accepting applications for these 12 categories: 

• Individuals can apply as academics, authors, teachers or influencers (4 categories)
• Non-profit organizations that work in developing countries, with underserved groups, and with adult or school-aged students can explain their work and the impact they are having (4 categories)
• For-profit organizations that work in developing countries, with underserved groups, using technology or promoting entrepreneurship education (4 categories)

In addition, this year this organization created three new categories in blockchain and crypto education, green financial literacy and closing the gender gap. Read more about this contest, including deadlines and application process.

MAIA co-founder Michael Gilmore said “Weak financial understanding and the legion of problems it causes can only be solved if we invite everyone to take part, whoever and wherever they are. As well as big banks and fintech start-ups, we need to hear from authors and influencers, right across the world, if we are to find the best solutions and spread them to wherever they’re needed.”

Good luck! 

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Background on the organization behind the MAIAs: 

The founder of the MAIAs, Michael Gilmore, had been working in finance for two decades. But it was only when teaching basic money lessons to migrant workers in Singapore – and noticing his own daughter didn’t comprehend those same fundamental concepts – that Michael understood money is simply not being taught properly across the world. Thus began his financial literacy crusade, at the heart of which sits the MAIAs.

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We featured one of the 2022 MAIA runner ups in this blog post: Gifting Sense Gets Young People to Think Before They Buy

About the Author

Tim Ranzetta

Tim's saving habits started at seven when a neighbor with a broken hip gave him a dog walking job. Her recovery, which took almost a year, resulted in Tim getting to know the bank tellers quite well (and accumulating a savings account balance of over $300!). His recent entrepreneurial adventures have included driving a shredding truck, analyzing executive compensation packages for Fortune 500 companies and helping families make better college financing decisions. After volunteering in 2010 to create and teach a personal finance program at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, Tim saw firsthand the impact of an engaging and activity-based curriculum, which inspired him to start a new non-profit, Next Gen Personal Finance.

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