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84 asks of this kind (Money), 2007–2026; 40 (48 %) have a result, thanks or close reported in a later video. Each ask lists the opening request, up to three reminders and every reported outcome, each linked to its video and moment. "No report" means nothing inside this snapshot — not that the ask failed. Back to Asks & outcomes.

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  • 2019-04-09 · John asks viewers to donate to Partners In Health at pih.org/hankandjohn (2019) — John · reported back
    • asked 2019-04-09: The description asks viewers to donate to Partners In Health at pih.org/hankandjohn. — The Only Psychiatric Hospital in Sierra Leone video description
    • reminder 2019-10-22 (196 days later): John asks viewers to donate $5 or $10 a month or more at pih.org/hankandjohn, saying it will make a huge difference. — Why We're Donating $6,500,000 00:06:25
    • reminder 2019-10-25 (199 days later): Hank closes by asking viewers to give to Partners In Health or check out the pilots. — Unscripted and Unhinged 00:03:33
    • reminder 2020-01-28 (294 days later): John asks viewers to make a monthly or one-time donation at pih.org/hankandjohn, each dollar matched by generous people within Nerdfighteria. — Looking Away (Again) 00:05:16
    • …24 more reminders on the thread page
    • → result reported 2019-10-25 (199 days later): Hank says they have already raised more than half of their initial goal of $240,000 at pih.org/hankandjohn. — Unscripted and Unhinged 00:00:29
    • → result reported 2019-11-07 (212 days later): What John misses most is promoting his work: the Partners In Health Sierra Leone fundraising is going amazingly, but he knows there would be more donors and Pizzamas shirt buyers if he posted. — I took a year off social media. Here's what happened. 00:00:40
    • → result reported 2019-11-26 (231 days later): John says over 3,000 viewers have joined the brothers in donating to strengthen Sierra Leone's healthcare system, and they are grateful and excited to watch the progress. — old fashioned parts video 00:02:08
    • → result reported 2020-01-07 (273 days later): John says thousands of viewers have become monthly donors to the project at pih.org/hankandjohn; he is grateful, as are people in Sierra Leone, one of whom made him an artwork. — Endings · Beginnings 00:01:02
    • → result reported 2020-02-11 (308 days later): In a comment, John says they just passed 5,000 total donors at pih.org/hankandjohn and thanks them. — 1,100 Days: A Mental and Physical Health Update
    • → result reported 2020-07-21 (1.3 years later): The community's response has been incredible: donations have kept going up every month despite everything; John thanks donors and points to pih.org/hankandjohn. — Somebody Once Asked . . . 00:02:52
    • → thanks 2020-07-21 (1.3 years later): John thanks the community for donations that have kept rising every month and points to pih.org/hankandjohn. — Somebody Once Asked . . . 00:02:52
    • → result reported 2020-11-17 (1.6 years later): Thanks to thousands of monthly donors at pih.org/hankandjohn, matched by donors within Nerdfighteria, current rates will raise over $15 million over five years. — Our Biggest Project Yet: A One Year Update 00:04:43
    • → thanks 2020-11-17 (1.6 years later): John thanks the thousands of viewers who are already monthly donors. — Our Biggest Project Yet: A One Year Update 00:07:39
    • → thanks 2020-12-29 (1.7 years later): John credits the monthly donors for reaching the money needed to break ground on the Maternal Center of Excellence. — Looking Back at My 2020 Goals 00:02:55
    • → result reported 2021-04-20 (2.0 years later): John assumed the pandemic would delay the MCOE for months or years, but donations grew every month and, with Partners In Health, over $20 million has been raised. — Breaking Ground!!! 00:00:29
    • → thanks 2021-04-20 (2.0 years later): John thanks everyone who worked so hard and gave so generously to reach this moment. — Breaking Ground!!! 00:01:46
    • → thanks 2021-08-24 (2.4 years later): The description thanks the many viewers who donated to Partners In Health's work in Sierra Leone on John's birthday, the perfect present. — It's My Birthday. I Gave Myself This Video. creator comment
    • → thanks 2021-10-01 (2.5 years later): Hank says that because John did that work, they have raised tens of millions of dollars for Partners In Health, and donors, Awesome Socks Club members, Pizzamas buyers and community members were all part of it. — A Lie I Heard this Week 00:02:53
    • → result reported 2022-01-04 (2.7 years later): Since then thousands of viewers have become monthly donors, and hundreds more formed a matching fund so every monthly dollar is matched. — After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING 00:00:58
    • → thanks 2022-09-13 (3.4 years later): John thanks donors at pih.org/hankandjohn, subscribers to the Awesome clubs, and everyone who gives the crisis their attention. — A Million Things at Once 00:03:32
    • → result reported 2023-05-02 (4.1 years later): Helped by the nearly $40 million Nerdfighteria and PIH raised over three and a half years, the MCOE will be the world-class center Kono's mothers and children deserve. — GOOD NEWS 00:01:27
    • → thanks 2023-05-02 (4.1 years later): John tells the thousands of monthly donors, the one-time givers and those who shared the project that this is the change they are making. — GOOD NEWS 00:05:21
    • → result reported 2023-10-17 (4.5 years later): Over the last five years the community has raised over $40 million to build the Maternal Center of Excellence in Sierra Leone, which John says is coming along great. — My Next Book 00:01:27
    • → result reported 2024-06-18 (5.2 years later): Thousands of people became monthly donors at pih.org/hankandjohn, giving $5 to $50 a month; they raised several million dollars over five years, all matched by a Nerdfighteria matching fund. — The Tea 00:00:58
    • → result reported 2024-11-19 (5.6 years later): To do right by the project in a long-term, open-ended way, thousands of people donate every month at pih.org/hankandjohn and dozens more fund a monthly match; John calls this the financial backbone of the maternal and infant care project. — Let's Talk about Money 00:01:00
    • → thanks 2024-11-26 (5.6 years later): John thanks those who donated at pih.org/hankandjohn, bought from Good Store, or, just as vitally, gave their attention and interest over the last five years. — Good News 00:04:14
    • → thanks 2025-05-13 (6.1 years later): John thanks those who donated directly at pih.org/hankandjohn or bought socks or soap. — I Have the BEST News 00:00:58
    • → result reported 2025-06-13 (6.2 years later): Hank says about a third of the money was raised by Partners In Health, a third donated directly by the community, one-time or recurring, and the final third mostly Good Store profits. — Moving to Hope from Hopelessness (3 ways) 00:07:18
    • → thanks 2025-10-01 (6.5 years later): John tells viewers who bought a Pizzamas shirt, donated monthly to Partners In Health or encouraged others to care about maternal mortality that they played a role in this story. — Real Reasons for Hope 00:03:53
    • → result reported 2025-10-31 (6.6 years later): Hank says the money came from hundreds of thousands of sock sales, dozens of major gifts, a store that donates its profit, and many Nerdfighters giving once or monthly. — We Did It… 00:05:47
    • → thanks 2025-10-31 (6.6 years later): Hank says the real work is done on the ground by wonderful people, and he is grateful to them and to everyone who supported the project, even by watching. — We Did It… 00:07:43
    • → result reported 2026-02-20 (6.9 years later): Hank says a huge amount of the money came from asking people to become small monthly donors to Partners In Health, which thousands did. — What We Actually Did. 00:02:55
    • → thanks 2026-02-24 (6.9 years later): Thanking Hank and everyone who took the risk, John says 13 babies were born on the MCOE's very first day. — Risk Is a Privilege 00:04:52
    • → result reported 2026-05-05 (7.1 years later): In Sierra Leone last week (week of 27 April 2026) John kept thinking of Hank and the thousands who donate monthly at pih.org/hankandjohn, most of whom have never been there. — Noted Brother Hank Green 00:02:14
    • → thanks 2026-08-28 (7.4 years later): Hank thanks everyone who has supported Partners In Health or Save the Children over the years; much good has been done. — Why the Deadliest Virus Was the Easiest to Kill 00:09:44
  • 2019-10-22 · John asks would-be donors of $2,000 or more to join the PIH Sierra Leone matching team by email (2019) — John · reported back
    • asked 2019-10-22: John asks people able to donate $2,000 or more who want to join the matching team to email him at sparksflyup@gmail.com. — Why We're Donating $6,500,000 00:08:24
    • reminder 2019-10-25 (3 days later): Hank says advising donors is a little what he and John try to do, and invites people to email hankandjohn@gmail.com so they can help them make the most of their dollars. — Unscripted and Unhinged 00:02:11
    • reminder 2020-01-07 (77 days later): John asks people who can make a big donation to Partners In Health to email him at sparksflyup@gmail.com or donate directly to the matching fund. — Endings · Beginnings 00:01:21
    • reminder 2020-01-28 (98 days later): John points those able to give $2,000 or more to a link to join the matching fund. — Looking Away (Again) 00:05:16
    • …6 more reminders on the thread page
    • → result reported 2020-11-17 (1.1 years later): Thanks to thousands of monthly donors at pih.org/hankandjohn, matched by donors within Nerdfighteria, current rates will raise over $15 million over five years. — Our Biggest Project Yet: A One Year Update 00:04:43
    • → result reported 2022-01-04 (2.2 years later): Since then thousands of viewers have become monthly donors, and hundreds more formed a matching fund so every monthly dollar is matched. — After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING 00:00:58
    • → result reported 2022-11-15 (3.1 years later): John says thousands donate monthly at pih.org/hankandjohn, thousands more have given once, and around a hundred Nerdfighters give $2,000 to $100,000 a year so every dollar is matched. — 3 Years In: What Happened, Why, and What's Next 00:02:55
    • → result reported 2024-06-18 (4.7 years later): Thousands of people became monthly donors at pih.org/hankandjohn, giving $5 to $50 a month; they raised several million dollars over five years, all matched by a Nerdfighteria matching fund. — The Tea 00:00:58
    • → result reported 2024-11-19 (5.1 years later): To do right by the project in a long-term, open-ended way, thousands of people donate every month at pih.org/hankandjohn and dozens more fund a monthly match; John calls this the financial backbone of the maternal and infant care project. — Let's Talk about Money 00:01:00
    • → result reported 2025-05-13 (5.6 years later): John says dozens of viewers came together to build a matching fund so every dollar donated monthly could be matched. — I Have the BEST News 00:00:58
  • 2019-11-26 · John asks donors of $1,000 or more to join the P4A 2019 matching fund by emailing ftdws@complexly.com (2019) — John · reported back
    • asked 2019-11-26: With no pressure, John asks viewers who would like to join the matching fund ($1,000 or more, per the description) to email ftdws@complexly.com; it really helps drive donations. — old fashioned parts video 00:03:24
    • → result reported 2019-12-03 (7 days later): Right now every donated dollar is matched by nerdfighters who contributed to a matching fund and by donors to PIH and Save the Children. — We Are Cats Now, I Guess? 00:03:28
  • 2019-12-03 · John asks viewers to donate to P4A 2019 at projectforawesome.com/donate (2019) — John · reported back

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