Awards Social Work and Financial Education
To highlight the important work carried out by the Social Work, in December 2025 the XX edition of the CECA Awards for Social Work and Financial Education was held in favor of social development and the improvement of financial culture in Spain.
Our awardees
The awarded projects were selected by an independent jury, composed of recognized experts from the Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business, Bank of Spain, National Securities Market Commission, Fundación Lealtad, Spainsif, YGBART, Funcas, and El Confidencial.
The CECA Awards for Social Work and Financial Education aim to recognize and disseminate projects that generate a positive and measurable impact on
the communities in which they are developed, especially in areas such as social inclusion, education, research, employment, sustainability, and the promotion of financially responsible citizenship.
For the third consecutive year, CECA invited the World Institute of Savings Banks and Retail Banks to propose a notable social initiative at the international level.
Initiatives Awarded
Programs social
1st. Fundación Caja de Burgos, for the Mental Health project. Let's speak clearly and with knowledge.
2nd. Fundación Círculo Burgos, for the Meal Scholarships project.
Culture and Heritage
1st. Fundación Caja Extremadura, for the project Singular es Plural. 10th Anniversary of Obra Abierta.
2nd. Fundación Caja de Burgos, for the project Sesión B.
Sport
1st. Fundación CajaCanarias, for the XIII Campus of Lucha Canaria Fundación CajaCanarias.
2nd. Edufinet Project (Fundación Bancaria Unicaja and Unicaja), for the Cycle of financial education for sports.
Local Development, Entrepreneurship and Employment
1st. Fundación Ávila, for the project School of Shepherds.
2nd. Fundación Caja Extremadura, for the project Talaya. Young Leaders.
Education
1st. Fundación Vital Fundazioa, for Bideak ehuntzen, a project against school bullying.
2nd. Fundación CajaCanarias, for the project Memory Island.
Research
1st. Fundación Unicaja, for the project CITAC (Center of Research and Advanced Cancer Therapies).
2nd. Fundación Caja Navarra, for the project New longevity and intergenerational future.
Environment
1st. Fundación Cajasol, for the project Environmental Action in the Dehesa.
2nd. Fundación Caja de Burgos, for the project Green Homes.
Special Prize of the Jury in Social Work
Fundación “la Caixa” for its action plan to assist people affected by cold drop (DANA).
Children and youth (0-25 years)
1st. Fundación Ibercaja, for the teaching programs on Financial Education for schoolchildren.
2nd. Edufinet Project (Fundación Bancaria Unicaja and Unicaja), for the financial education hackathon.
Adults (26-65 years)
1st. Afundación, Obra Social ABANCA, for the project Ítaca: a journey through financial education.
2nd. CaixaBank, for the Financial Education Program Tiempo Extra.
Seniors over 65 years old
1st. Fundación Ibercaja, for the project Active Transition.
2nd. Fundación Ávila for the project Actívate in 3.0.
Entrepreneurs
1st. Fundación Ibercaja, for the project of Financial Education for SMEs and entrepreneurs.
2nd. Fundación Canaria La Caja Insular de Ahorros de Canarias, for the Experimental employment itinerary project.
Special Prize of the Jury in Financial Education
Colonya Caixa d’Estalvis de Pollença, for its intergenerational economic education workshops.
In line with the mission of highlighting social initiatives from banking on a global scale, for the third consecutive year, CECA has presented an honorary award in collaboration with WSBI.
In this edition, the award was granted to Caja Huancayo, a Peruvian financial institution, in recognition of its commitment to sustainable development and financial innovation.
Caja Huancayo has been working for three decades to promote innovative financial solutions that favor inclusion, guarantee accessibility to credit, and promote more sustainable and responsible banking.
With a strong focus on microfinance, the entity has launched the EKEKO app, which transforms access to credit by removing the barriers of physical presence, promoting financial autonomy so users can request loans of up to 2,133 dollars.
It is also a promoter of the Work in Progress program for the creation of jobs for young people and women together with Fundación “la Caixa”, Fundación Grupo Social (Colombia), and Al Barid Bank (Morocco). Additionally, Caja Huancayo is a founding member of the Amazon Financial Network, created by BID Invest and the International Finance Corporation to increase investment flows, mobilize capital, promote financial inclusion, and share knowledge and innovative best practices in the sector.
The Social Work constitutes one of the fundamental pillars of the CECA sector’s activity and one of its main hallmarks. Through its associated foundations, deeply rooted in the territories where they are present, CECA promotes initiatives with real impact in areas such as social inclusion, territorial cohesion, education, culture, research, employment, and sustainability.
This commitment translates into a close, transformative social action aimed at responding to the real needs of society, reinforcing the role of foundations as drivers of social development in their communities.
Since the enactment of the Law of Savings Banks and Banking Foundations in 2013, the accumulated investment of CECA and its associates in Social Work has exceeded, in 2025, more than 1 billion euros for Social Work, 10.9% more than the previous year, being at the forefront of private social investment in Spain. Thanks to this funding, during the year more than 92,000 activities were implemented reaching more than 35 million beneficiaries, especially among the most vulnerable groups.
CECA Awards Dossier
for Social Work and Financial Education