HELPING YOUNG WORKERS INVEST IN THE FUTURE
Saving money can seem impossible, especially for young people and low-income workers who may feel down on their luck.
How we make transformational impact to build prosperity
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We Invite
We invite promising, young, low-income workers to save small amounts of money monthly.
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We Match
We match worker savings with monthly prize money.
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Learn & Invest
Prize winners learn about financial markets and make self-directed investments in publicly traded companies like Apple, Netflix, Nike, and McDonald’s. This allows savings to grow over time and introduces prize winners to long-term asset ownership.
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Evaluate & Scale
We track, analyze, and measure how small contributions grow into assets and lasting financial habits. We learn and share insights with researchers, policymakers, and donors to enable more effective and scalable approaches to economic development and financial inclusion.
Billions of people live and work in economic distress with little to no savings.
Savings is one of the most reliable predictors of financial stability, yet saving money is extremely difficult in today’s economy, marked by rising living costs, wage stagnation, inflation, and ubiquitous culture that encourages constant spending. Without savings, a financial shock—even minor—could set you back, and if it turns into debt, it can potentially have a devastating impact.
Federal Reserve data shows that 37% of Americans would struggle to cover a sudden $400 emergency without borrowing money. Common financial shocks include car repairs, medical bills, loss of income, or even a simple speeding ticket.
Apply or nominate someone to build a brighter future today.
We’re currently accepting applications and nominations for the inaugural Prosperity Prize.
Requirements, terms, and FAQs:
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Basic Requirements:
Employed full-time
Low-income salary (less than 26,000 baht per month)
18 to 30 years old
Live and work in Bangkok, Thailand
Additional Requirements:
LinkedIn Personal Profile
Other Factors:
We may also evaluate life challenges, community service experience, and or anything in particular that makes you stand out.
We’ll select winners in a competitive process that is simple and fair. Please put your best foot forward!
Requirements & terms subject to change.
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We’ll match up to 10% of a worker’s salary with a maximum of 1,500 baht per month.
For example, if a participant saves 500 baht per month, then we will match and give 500 per month. The savings and match amount is determined by how much the worker is able and willing to save.
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Prize money is give monthly for 12 months.
We hope the Prosperity Prize is just the beginning of a lifetime journey of saving, investing, and being prepared for whatever life throws your way.
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We welcome low-income workers from a broad variety of jobs including restaurants, teachers, drivers, office workers, freelancers, etc.
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Yes, we welcome applications from ASEAN citizens living and working in Bangkok if they are able to open a Thai bank and brokerage account.
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We transfer funds directly to prize winners’ bank or brokerage accounts.
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We help prize winners understand how the stock market works, dollar-cost averaging, and how to build a diversified, self-directed investment portfolio.
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Prize winners can invest in any publicly traded company in available markets. All investments are self-directed.
We suggest that participants invest in large, stable companies like Apple, Google, McDonalds, Ford, etc, rather than smaller, high-risk companies.
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Yes. However, we want prize winners to experience buying individual companies directly themselves.
We believe there is a pyschological attachment to stock investments that are self-selected, purchased, and owned directly, rather than through third-party money managers.
We want prize winners to hold investments as as long as they can and resist the tempation to sell stock. Maybe the stock you buy today will one day be given to your future children.
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We understand that saving money every month is tough! That’s why we created the Prosperity Prize … to give you extra motivation.
We allow prize winners to miss one month of saving. However, if you miss two months, then you are ineligible for future prize money and savings matches.
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Let's say you want to invest in a company, but its stock price is higher than what you can afford to pay. Instead of buying a whole single share of stock, you can buy a fractional share, which represents a partial share.
For example, if Ferrari (NYSE: RACE) trades at $390 per share, but you only invest $39, then you would own 10% of a one share of Ferrari. With fractional shares, any investor can afford to invest in companies with high priced shares.
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We invite and welcome researchers and policy makers to evaluate, study, publish, and improve the impact of Prosperity Prize.
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Yes! We welcome donations and partners.
The Prosperity Prize is a non-profit initiative sponsored by Sunday Foundation, a California-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to economic development, financial inclusion, and poverty alleviation.