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2007

2011

  • 2011-11-02 · LECTROJOG! — announcement: John announces a Nerdfighter-designed T-shirt on sale at DFTBA.com; unlike earlier shirts, all their royalties go to what Hank has been calling 'the fund'. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-11-02 · LECTROJOG! — John recalls that in Brotherhood 2.0 they created the Foundation to Decrease World Suck: people donated and the brothers gave the money to things like Save the Children and train fare for two Nerdfighters to meet. — 00:00:37
  • 2011-11-02 · LECTROJOG! — announcement: John announces that as part of P4A 2011 the Foundation to Decrease World Suck comes back, with no stupid stuff: Nerdfighteria will pool money and choose together how to spend it to decrease the most world suck. — 00:01:07
  • 2011-11-02 · LECTROJOG! — John says the community will be forced to prioritise its resources to address the biggest problems humans face as a species. — 00:01:07
  • 2011-11-04 · You CAN Judge a Book by its Cover! — Hank: Because of many comments saying people like his goatee and do not want him to shave it, Hank has kept it for now. — 00:00:17
  • 2011-11-04 · You CAN Judge a Book by its Cover! — ask: Hank: Calling the choice too big to make alone and a chance to fill the Foundation to Decrease World Suck before P4A, Hank asks viewers to vote with dollars at fightworldsuck.org on keeping or shaving his facial hair. — 00:02:44
  • 2011-11-04 · You CAN Judge a Book by its Cover! — announcement: Hank says that, based on whether the 'shave it' or 'keep it' pile wins, he will say in his next video whether he will do 'Neanderthal November'. — 00:03:27
  • 2011-11-09 · 27 Part Video — ask: In the description, Hank invites viewers to keep donating to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck at fightworldsuck.org. — video description
  • 2011-11-09 · 27 Part Video — announcement: Hank announces the Project for Awesome is happening again this year (2011) on December 17th. — 00:02:40
  • 2011-11-09 · 27 Part Video — Hank reports the Keep It / Shave It fundraiser result: Keep It $1494.43 beat Shave It $1449.98, together almost $3,000 for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck. — 00:03:10
  • 2011-11-11 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John: Thanks to T-shirt and game sales and the vote on Hank's goatee, Nerdfighters have donated more than $4,000 to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck. — 00:00:54
  • 2011-11-11 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — announcement: John says he and Hank will match Nerdfighters' donations to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck for the first $10,000. — 00:01:23
  • 2011-11-11 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John: With the brothers' match, the Foundation to Decrease World Suck has already raised more than $8,000, to be distributed through the Project for Awesome. — 00:01:23
  • 2011-11-11 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — ask: John points Nerdfighters who want to join either arm of the Bank of Nerdfighteria to links to fightworldsuck.org and the Nerdfighter Kiva group. — 00:03:35
  • 2011-11-28 · Stuffed with STUFF! — ask: Hank: The Project for Awesome happens again on December 17th and 18th; Hank asks viewers to make, curate and promote videos then and clear their schedules. — 00:03:24
  • 2011-12-12 (said on 2011-12-11, implied) · Our Grandfather — announcement: Hank: Videos will be submitted at projectforawesome.com, not fully working until P4A begins at noon on December 17th; people, Hank included, are already making their P4A videos. — 00:02:58
  • 2011-12-12 (said on 2011-12-11, implied) · Our Grandfather — announcement: Hank: Viewers will be able to vote for the charities in P4A videos; the most-voted charities get a piece of the money being raised for P4A, already over $10,000. — 00:03:27
  • 2011-12-12 (said on 2011-12-11, implied) · Our Grandfather — announcement: Hank's own Project for Awesome video will come on Saturday, not Friday, because that is when P4A is. — 00:03:27
  • 2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — announcement: Hank: The official time to upload P4A videos is noon Eastern time tomorrow, Saturday, December 17th. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — ask: Hank encourages everyone to donate at projectforawesome.com, live from noon, or before then at fightworldsuck.org; all the money goes into the P4A Fund. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — announcement: Hank: No funny business: the P4A Fund money is distributed to the charities that get the most votes at projectforawesome.com. — 00:00:47
  • 2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — announcement: Hank: ProjectForAwesome.com launches at noon for submitting videos; each video's charity goes into a database and people vote on whether they deem it worthy and like the video. — 00:00:47
  • 2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — ask: Hank: A guide shows how to vote for a charity seen in a video: search for it on the site (e.g. the Foundation to Decrease World Suck) and click vote. — 00:01:16
  • 2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — ask: Hank: Video makers should tag 'P4A' and 'P4A 2011', use the P4A thumbnail if they are partners, upload at noon, and submit the video at projectforawesome.com so its charity can get P4A Fund money. — 00:01:16
  • 2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — ask: Hank: Other ways to take part: donate to the P4A Fund or a charity you care about, and follow the live show at youtube.com/vlogbrothers, hosted by Hank, John and surprise guests. — 00:01:45
  • 2011-12-16 · Project for Awesome Logistics — announcement: Hank will start off the P4A live stream at noon tomorrow and John will join shortly after. — 00:02:35
  • 2011-12-17 · We Built a Well in Haiti — ask: Hank asks viewers to vote for Water.org at projectforawesome.com so it gets a share of the Project for Awesome fund. — 00:01:53
  • 2011-12-17 · We Built a Well in Haiti — announcement: Hank will see John on the P4A livestream; an end-screen video explains what the Project for Awesome is and how to take part. — 00:01:53
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John: In the last 48 hours the Foundation to Decrease World Suck raised $75,000. — 00:00:03
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John: The money came from direct donations at ProjectForAwesome.com and from DFTBA.com purchases such as Hank's Hanklerfishes and John's new zombie apocalypse story, a sequel to Zombicorns. — 00:00:03
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John: Alex Day is donating the proceeds from remixes of his song Forever Yours to charity, which John says will come to $15,000. — 00:00:03
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John: Other P4A projects also succeeded, such as iJustine's project to get wells built in the developing world and Rosie raising money for the Stroke Association. — 00:00:43
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John: Added up, the Project for Awesome raised more than $100,000. — 00:00:43
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — ask: John: Viewers can still donate at projectforawesome.com, or by buying John's new zombie apocalypse story, for the next two days. — 00:00:43
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John: The Project for Awesome generated thousands of videos about charities, millions of views, tens of thousands of tweets and hundreds of thousands of comments. — 00:00:43
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — John says this was the most fun he has had at the Project for Awesome since 2007. — 00:01:13
  • 2011-12-19 · Sharpie Face and Little Hank: The Project for Awesome's Aftermath — announcement: John: The foundation will distribute the money according to how the community decided it should be distributed; more in the coming weeks. — 00:01:13
  • 2011-12-21 · 2011 Presidential Anagrams!! — ask: The description says donations are still being accepted at projectforawesome.com. — video description
  • 2011-12-21 · 2011 Presidential Anagrams!! — announcement: Hank hopes that by Friday (23 December 2011) John will have the Project for Awesome voting results, showing which charities get the money everyone raised. (hedged) — 00:03:07
  • 2011-12-26 · Project for Awesome and Truth or Fail — Hank announces the P4A charities by votes: Kids in Need of Desks fifth (915), Kiva fourth (1,043), the Harry Potter Alliance third (1,393), Water.org second (2,000), This Star Won't Go Out first (2,224). — 00:00:00
  • 2011-12-26 · Project for Awesome and Truth or Fail — announcement: Hank: Kiva's share will be split: half to running and maintaining Kiva.org, half to loans for entrepreneurs in the developing world. — 00:00:00
  • 2011-12-26 · Project for Awesome and Truth or Fail — Hank: Each of the five charities will receive $14,269.22: the roughly $71,000 raised for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck divided by five. — 00:00:58

2012

2013

  • 2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John retells the Evil Baby Orphanage: Hank asked about killing baby Hitler, a commenter proposed an orphanage for evil babies, inspiring fan fiction, web comics and now a professionally produced card game. — 00:57:30
  • 2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John says the Nerdfighter Kiva group is at about $1.76 million, and that every day he makes two loans from the Foundation to Decrease World Suck's rotating $8,000 of Kiva credit. (hedged) — 01:56:15
  • 2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — John: The P4A charities have not been announced because the total is not yet known; John expects to know in a couple more weeks, after working out PayPal and shipping costs. (hedged) — 00:01:05
  • 2013-03-08 · ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! — announcement: Hank says the Project for Awesome has been a huge success every year, and this year (2013) raised over $400,000. — 00:00:58
  • 2013-03-08 · ONE MILLION NERDFIGHTERS! — announcement: Hank: The P4A money goes to the Office of Letters and Light, Not Forgotten, the Wildlife Waystation, the Alzheimer's Society, the Harry Potter Alliance, Save the Children, BGSU Dance Marathon, Uncultured Project, a charity heard as 'Taycho', and Love146 Dayton Task Force. — 00:01:27
  • 2013-03-15 · Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes — Hank says one P4A perk was choosing a Vlogbrothers video topic; many such videos will be uploaded unlisted, but one donor asked for a video on something the brothers care about, so this is it. — 00:00:58
  • 2013-06-21 · New Channels, New Songs, and Just Plain News — Hank: according to Weird Games, the Evil Baby Orphanage card game has now sold over 4,000 copies. — 00:00:26
  • 2013-09-03 · Bigger Pizzas: A Capitalist Case for Health Care Reform — John: freed from saving every dollar against bankruptcy, Hank could invest in DFTBA Records, VidCon, the Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Crash Course, SciShow, the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and more; none could have happened without publicly subsidized health insurance. — 00:02:55
  • 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John writes that viewers can donate directly to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, which has zero overhead, so every penny goes to P4A charities the Nerdfighter community chooses. — video description
  • 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John: P4A also raises money for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck; the community then decides where to donate it, which John says teaches thoughtful philanthropy. — 00:00:29
  • 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John says last year's (2012) P4A raised more than $400,000 for organizations fighting illiteracy, domestic violence and global poverty, among other things. — 00:00:39
  • 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — announcement: John says he and Hank are auctioning their World Cup 2014 support: donations to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck on behalf of a team decide whom they support, top to bottom. — 00:00:55
  • 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — announcement: John: Currently Germany is fifth and the Netherlands seventh in donations, so if they meet the brothers back Germany; Switzerland is last. — 00:01:11
  • 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — announcement: John says they will not just casually root: they will watch every game, wear the chosen teams' jerseys, learn their soccer history and songs, and try to watch live on Google+ Hangouts. — 00:01:19
  • 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — announcement: John announces the Foundation to Decrease World Suck is now an official 501(c)(3) federally sanctioned charity, so US donations are tax-deductible. — 00:01:40
  • 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — announcement: John: Every dollar donated to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck this year (2013) will be matched up to $125,000 by anonymous donors. (doubtful: $125,000) — 00:01:51
  • 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John: The Foundation to Decrease World Suck has $23,955 in the bank, from VidCon, the Nerdfighter Minecraft server and charity items at DFTBA.com, a much better start than last year (2012). — 00:02:00
  • 2013-12-16 · Project for Awesome Time!! What does it Mean?! — Hank says last year (2012) P4A raised $400,000, and this year (2013) an anonymous donor matches donations up to $125,000. — 00:01:41
  • 2013-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! — John writes that each comment and tweet during the 48-hour livestream is worth a penny to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, which every year gives all its funds to the charities the community chooses in P4A. — video description

2014

  • 2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — announcement: John says all ten organizations will receive $50,000 apiece from the Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck. — 00:02:00
  • 2014-05-27 · ALL THE SHIRTS (and some paths to community) — announcement: John is auctioning off his World Cup support and has acquired gear from all 32 nations; donating via the link buys his love for a country, tax-deductible in the US. (playful) — 00:00:12
  • 2014-05-27 · ALL THE SHIRTS (and some paths to community) — announcement: John: So far the plan has raised nearly $6,000 for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck; starting today all proceeds go to sarcoma research. — 00:00:35
  • 2014-05-27 · ALL THE SHIRTS (and some paths to community) — announcement: John: For every dollar donated John will donate three, making each dollar worth four, and he will support the donor's chosen team, unless someone else pays more. — 00:00:53
  • 2014-06-17 · Old. — John is auctioning his World Cup support for sarcoma research; as of Tuesday he is no longer for the United States but all in for Mexico. — 00:00:03
  • 2014-06-17 · Old. — John matches every $1 donated with $3; in total the fundraiser has raised more than $55,000 to fight sarcoma. — 00:00:12
  • 2014-06-17 · Old. — ask: John points viewers again to the World Cup fundraiser link in the doobly-doo. — 00:02:35
  • 2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria — John wears a Brazil jersey because Brazil fans, with matching, gave over $16,000 to sarcoma research to win his World Cup affection; the project has raised over $80,000 for the Sarcoma Foundation. — 00:01:37
  • 2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria — John: Five: vlogbrothers has never run pre-roll ads because the brothers find pre-rolls annoying; it has only display ads. — 00:01:59
  • 2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria — John says pre-roll ads are about 99% of YouTube's revenue, and that with them vlogbrothers could earn five or six times what it does now (he can't give actual numbers). (hedged) — 00:02:08
  • 2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria — John asks whether and how to run pre-rolls; options: keep things as they are, delete ads entirely, or run pre-rolls and give all the money to the Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck or to education and Nerdfighter projects, or a mix. — 00:02:17
  • 2014-07-15 · Exciting Announcements and Mosquito-Borne Illnesses — announcement: John reports that tens of thousands answered his question from last week (week of 7 July 2014); they voted overwhelmingly to turn on vlogbrothers pre-roll ads and split the income between the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and a fund for educational video projects. — 00:00:13
  • 2014-07-15 · Exciting Announcements and Mosquito-Borne Illnesses — announcement: John says the brothers will do what the vote decided and promises Nerdfighters updates on how the money is spent. — 00:00:25
  • 2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank: For once writing 'see you tomorrow' in text in a video, Hank had to give away Peeps on the streets of Missoula, which is how he met Kurt the punk-rock Nerdfighter. — 00:00:44
  • 2014-07-18 · EVERY VLOGBROTHERS PUNISHMENT! — Hank: In March John missed a video while hospitalised and replied to Hank on a forum, so he ate a blenderized Happy Meal, waxed his legs and licked a cat; Hank is unsure why three, possibly Daniel Biss donations. (hedged) — 00:01:03
  • 2014-09-19 · The Oculus Rift is Freakin Me Out — announcement: Hank says vlogbrothers has run pre-roll ads for over a month, building a pile of cash the brothers are distributing to awesome creators. — 00:03:22
  • 2014-09-19 · The Oculus Rift is Freakin Me Out — announcement: Hank: The first recipients are YouTube's Physics Girl, who gets an equipment grant, and Kelly Kend, who is making a documentary about consent and sexual assault. — 00:03:29
  • 2014-09-19 · The Oculus Rift is Freakin Me Out — Hank says he found Kelly's work, reached out, and offered her some of Nerdfighteria's money; she is very excited. — 00:03:42
  • 2014-10-14 · A Minor Crisis — John says Nerdfighteria has a federally sanctioned, tax-deductible charity, the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, which gathers money mostly around the Project for Awesome and gives it all away. — 00:01:22
  • 2014-10-14 · A Minor Crisis — John says the foundation was unusually active outside P4A this year (2014): over $300,000 for Water.org's work in Ethiopia and over $90,000 for sarcoma research during his World Cup fundraiser. — 00:01:32
  • 2014-10-14 · A Minor Crisis — John says the foundation now has about $45,000, partly from Nerdfighter projects like Nerdcrafteria (he says 'Minecrafteria') and more Vlogbrothers income - its best shape ever going into P4A. — 00:01:44
  • 2014-12-16 · Jelly Face, Sharpie Face, Peanut Butter Face, and Mummy Dancers: The 2014 Project for Awesome — John says the Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck works because it has no overhead: DFTBA Records warehouse workers who pack and ship perks volunteer, as do Sam Rudge, Karen Kavett, Laura Chernikoff and dozens of others. — 00:02:05

2015

  • 2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — John: Bank of Nerdfighteria update: Vlogbrothers ad revenue is split in half between the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and a fund sponsoring online educational content such as Physics Girl and The Financial Diet. — 00:02:05
  • 2015-05-26 · Sixteen Parts — John: So far this year (2015) the Foundation to Decrease World Suck has raised about $40,000, mostly from people watching ads on Vlogbrothers; John thanks viewers for 'ingesting' the advertising. — 00:02:18
  • 2015-10-20 · Nerdfighteria's Resident Comptroller? — John says Daniel believed government service was noble; in 2008 Nerdfighteria helped raise money for his campaign and he lost, but he won in 2010 and was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 2012. — 00:01:03
  • 2015-11-09 · Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) — ask: Hank lists ways to take part in P4A: make a charity video, donate through the week-long Indiegogo campaign with perks from YouTubers, watch and promote the livestream and videos, and vote for favourite videos. — 00:01:52
  • 2015-12-08 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report — announcement: John announces the ninth annual Project for Awesome starts Friday at noon Eastern, with fundraising starting at midnight via an Indiegogo with perks, 100% going to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck. — 00:01:12
  • 2015-12-08 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report — John says the Foundation to Decrease World Suck has no overhead: everyone volunteers, and it only distributes money raised during the P4A and the rest of the year to charities. — 00:01:32
  • 2015-12-08 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report — announcement: John says the P4A's first half raises money for Save the Children and the UNHCR, matched by $350,000 from Save the Children donors plus $250,000 from Hank and John. — 00:01:41
  • 2015-12-08 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report — John says the Foundation already has $80,000 before P4A starts, mostly from Nerdcrafteria and Vlogbrothers ad revenue, half of which sponsors online educational projects and half goes to the Foundation. — 00:02:42
  • 2015-12-11 · The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 — ask: John asks viewers to join him in supporting these children. (hedged) — 00:03:37
  • 2015-12-11 · The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 — announcement: John says all first-day donations to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck are split between Save the Children and the UNHCR, later money going to viewer-chosen charities. — 00:03:42
  • 2015-12-11 · The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 — announcement: John says donations can go straight to the Foundation via a new fee-free card made by Google, which matches every dollar up to $100,000. — 00:03:54
  • 2015-12-15 · P4A 2015 - Condensed Soup — ask: Hank notes Google matches only donations made through the donation cards until December 21, 2015, so donors using them should do it soon. — video description
  • 2015-12-15 · P4A 2015 - Condensed Soup — announcement: Hank says the P4A Indiegogo is still open at projectforawesome.com/donate, with perks like the Pets of YouTube calendar, socks and coin until midnight Eastern tonight. — 00:03:03
  • 2015-12-15 · P4A 2015 - Condensed Soup — announcement: Hank says donations through the on-screen donation card are still matched by Google up to $100,000, and every cent passes to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck. — 00:03:26
  • 2015-12-29 · How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars — John says the first half of the Project for Awesome raised more than a million dollars, with matching donors, to be split between Save the Children and the UN Refugee Agency. — 00:00:34
  • 2015-12-29 · How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars — John thanks viewers for donating and for voting, stressing that all the charities were decided by their votes at projectforawesome.com. — 00:01:44

2016

2017

  • 2017-11-24 · The Bizarro History of Black Friday: (AND 2017 CENSUS!) — announcement: Hank: The usual P4A calendar and t-shirt come before P4A this year (2017): a Vlogbrothers calendar from a silly photo shoot themed 'Silly brother, serious brother', proceeds to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck. — 00:02:51
  • 2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money — John: Recent recipients of the educational grants funded by Vlogbrothers ad revenue include the YouTube channels Draw Curiosity, Step Back History, Mr Beat, Neuro Transmissions, Cogito, Up and Atom and Soliloquy, as well as Odd Quartet and the Anthropological Life Podcast. — video description
  • 2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money — announcement: John says that since 2014 all Vlogbrothers ad revenue has been split evenly between the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and a fund sponsoring online educational content. — 00:00:04
  • 2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money — announcement: John says the educational fund has given grants to dozens of projects, and submissions are now open for the next round of grants. — 00:00:14
  • 2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money — John says the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, despite its silly name, is a real charity: federally sanctioned, with tax-deductible donations. — 00:00:46
  • 2017-11-28 · Let's Talk about Money — John says the Foundation has about $125,000 in the bank, $15,000 more than a year ago, largely thanks to money made helping distribute the documentary Kedi. — 00:01:04

2018

2019

  • 2019-01-04 · Bid Daddy Likes Pork Rinds - P4A Recap 2018! — Hank thanks the P4A's donors, volunteers, video makers, guests and champions, and the nonprofits making the world better. — 00:03:40
  • 2019-02-22 · I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore — announcement: The description says that, because of how their accounting works, DFTBA profit going to Partners In Health extends back through the entire last year (2018). — video description
  • 2019-02-22 · I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore — announcement: Hank explains that DFTBA profit not going to Partners In Health is either held as an operating reserve or distributed to small minority owners who invested when the company needed it. — video description
  • 2019-02-22 · I Don't Want The Same Things Anymore — announcement: Hank: With big goals for maternal health in Liberia with Partners In Health, Hank says DFTBA will give the vast majority of its after-tax profit to PIH for that project, with more information soon. — 00:02:56
  • 2019-04-23 · untitled — ask: John: Life's Library has slots open for its new book, Isabel Allende's House of the Spirits; sign up at lifeslibrarybookclub.com, with all proceeds going to Partners In Health's work in Sierra Leone. — 00:02:26
  • 2019-10-25 · Unscripted and Unhinged — announcement: Hank says, having not mentioned it on the channel, that DFTBA now gives all the profit distributions that would go to him and John to charity. — 00:00:29
  • 2019-11-26 · old fashioned parts video — In a comment John says the Foundation to Decrease World Suck has no employees: its costs are perks made and shipped by DFTBA at its charity rate; the rest is paid by the brothers or done by volunteers. — creator comment
  • 2019-11-26 · old fashioned parts video — John recalls that in 2007 the Foundation to Decrease World Suck was mostly a joke, decreasing worldsuck by paying for people's first concerts: of some value, though maybe not the most efficient. — 00:00:51
  • 2019-11-26 · old fashioned parts video — John says that as the Project for Awesome grew, the Foundation became a real charity able to accept tax-deductible donations despite its very silly name. — 00:01:05

2020

2021

  • 2021-01-19 · let's go on a parts adventure — announcement: John: There will be many perks for donors, such as collages Sarah has been making from old magazines. — 00:02:55
  • 2021-01-19 · let's go on a parts adventure — announcement: John: Working with the donation platform Tiltify, the P4A can finally accept PayPal donations, after 14 years. — 00:02:55
  • 2021-02-05 · The Project for Awesome will be Different This Year! — ask: Hank: Second: donate, at the Tiltify for perks or simply at fightworldsuck.org. — 00:01:27
  • 2021-02-05 · The Project for Awesome will be Different This Year! — ask: Hank: Larger donors who want to join the matching fund should email the Foundation to Decrease World Suck at Complexly before noon Eastern on February 10. — 00:01:57
  • 2021-02-12 · Doing Better — ask: Hank says projectforawesome.com/donate is the place to donate and get perks. — 00:03:40
  • 2021-02-16 · A Lovely Winter Walk — John is grateful to everyone who took part: donating, making P4A videos, voting for charities, and the jokes and memes shared in chat. — 00:00:29
  • 2021-02-16 · A Lovely Winter Walk — ask: John: The P4A fundraiser stays live until midnight Eastern Tuesday, so John urges viewers to pick up last-second perks now. — 00:00:58
  • 2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John says the brothers' share also seems high, because the money belongs to Nerdfighteria, not to them; that is why half goes to grants for educational creators and half to charity. — 00:02:26
  • 2021-08-17 · Who Owns Nerdfighteria? — John stresses the 'in part': the brothers can afford not to make money from Vlogbrothers and DFTBA only because they earn elsewhere, John from books and Hank from his many jobs. — 00:02:55
  • 2021-10-15 · What is Pizzamas? ...and a New Friend — Hank says that may be part of why they started donating all Pizzamas profit: not making money helps it not feel like work. (hedged) — 00:01:56
  • 2021-12-07 · Reading Hank's Decade-Old Tweets — John reads Hank's 2011 tweet tallying the keep-it-or-shave-it vote, $993 to keep it and $879 to shave it, with Keep It making a comeback. (playful) — 00:00:28

2022

2023

  • 2023-09-25 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE!!! — announcement: The description says all Pizzamas proceeds go to support PIH's work, with an emphasis on tuberculosis treatment and diagnosis. — video description
  • 2023-09-29 · Like Apocalyptic Horsemen — John: As exhibit B, John cites the great goatee debacle of 2011: since it aged so poorly, a post-Pizzamas mustache might too, so it has to end with Pizzamas. (playful) — 00:02:14
  • 2023-10-06 · I Quit — Hank says that for over ten years half of the Vlogbrothers channel's ad revenue has gone to grants for small educational internet creators, since getting started is harder than it used to be. — 00:07:20
  • 2023-11-17 · WHAT AM I DOING — announcement: Hank says he will donate his share to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, and announces that he owns a piece of Gubbins. — 00:02:41
  • 2023-11-17 · WHAT AM I DOING — announcement: Hank says 10% of whatever money Gubbins makes will go into the money distributed through the Project for Awesome. — 00:03:23
  • 2023-12-24 · John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated — Hank: From a 2011 tweet, Hank recalls a donation vote to keep or shave his goatee ($993 to $879) that he calls a huge mistake, since the first SciShow and Crash Course episodes were filmed with it. (playful) — 00:16:34

2024

  • 2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — announcement: John: Project for Awesome donations are tax-deductible because the Foundation to Decrease World Suck is a real charity, though its name sounds like it isn't. — 00:03:06
  • 2024-09-23 · IT'S HERE! — announcement: John says all the money made at pizzamas.com this Pizzamas goes to Partners In Health; keeping it would be morally repugnant. — 00:01:46
  • 2024-10-04 · Trees are Destroying the Earth (Again) — Hank thanks John for a wonderful Pizzamas and says, as always, 100% of Pizzamas profit is donated to help Partners In Health build health systems where most needed. — 00:05:05
  • 2024-11-01 · Working Through a Crisis with My Brother — ask: Hank asks for applications for the Vlogbrothers sponsorship: half of their money helps newer educational creators on any internet platform. — 00:00:29
  • 2024-11-01 · Working Through a Crisis with My Brother — ask: John: Hank points to the description for P4A art, the Vlogbrothers grant and the New York Times article; John adds a link to pre-order his new book. — 00:09:20

2025

  • 2025-01-17 · How the P4A is Changing in 2025! — Hank lists ways to take part: donate, make, watch or vote on videos, join the livestream, or donate at fightworldsuck.org any time of year. — 00:03:24
  • 2025-01-24 · Am I OK? — Hank says half the money from this channel supports up-and-coming online educators and the other half goes to Partners In Health. — 00:05:55
  • 2025-09-29 · PIZZAMAS IS UPON US! — John says they donate 100% of their Pizzamas proceeds to Partners In Health. — 00:04:31
  • 2025-09-30 · WHO ARE WE AND WHAT ARE WE DOING — Hank says a lot of the channel's revenue goes to small educational creators through grants. — 00:05:45

2026

  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John thanks the Project for Awesome team: the Foundation to Decrease World Suck board, producers Laura Chernikoff, Lindsay Ballantyne, Sari Riley, Sylvia Roma Miller and Amy Darling, the web, design, perk and social media staff, moderators, video reviewers and matching donors. — 02:12:52
  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John says the Foundation to Decrease World Suck is a real 501(c)(3), so donations are tax deductible in the US. — 02:36:45
  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John pledges they will not buy a yacht with the money: the Foundation to Decrease World Suck is a real charity, and donations fund community health workers, education for kids in refugee camps and charities chosen by the community. — 04:06:30
  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — Hank explains how the money works: it all goes into the Foundation to Decrease World Suck; after paying perk shipping costs, half the pool goes to Partners In Health and Save the Children and half is shared among the organizations voted for at projectforawesome.com, and the Foundation zeroes out its bank account every year. — 05:03:22
  • 2026-05-29 · Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute — Hank says the brothers justified taking the ad money by putting half into a pool granted to small educational creators, first YouTubers and now on multiple platforms: over 10 years, dozens of grants. — 00:05:20
  • 2026-06-19 · You Have to Poop in the Eiffel Tower — Hank explains the Vlogbrothers Creators Grants: part of the channel's ad money goes into a pool, and every year creators of somewhat educational content apply for small grants. — 00:04:38
  • 2026-09-18 · John was Wrong about YouTube Views — Hank says views may suit brand deals, but Vlogbrothers does none: they make things with people, such as artists' Pizzamas shirts whose money goes to Partners In Health. — 00:08:15
  • 2026-09-28 · Death. Taxes. Pizzamas. — John says no one is paying him to praise the shirts, because 100% of the Pizzamas royalties go to support Partners In Health. — 00:02:14
  • 2026-10-02 · the most powerful attention-consuming tools in the history of the world — ask: The description asks viewers to get their Pizzamas at pizzamas.com, noting that all the value Pizzamas captures goes to Partners In Health. — video description
  • 2026-10-07 · The 5 Meanest Things We've Named a Species — announcement: Hank announces that Pizzamas has officially broken even, so every further purchase adds to what goes to Partners In Health. — 00:03:36
  • 2026-10-08 · The Test of a First Rate Intelligence — ask: John asks viewers to get Pizzamas items at pizzamas.com, available only for the next few days; all proceeds go to Partners In Health. — 00:01:28
  • 2026-10-09 · The Productivity Lie — Hank: Among the Vlogbrothers things he is proudest of, Hank names the yearly bets on educational creators funded by a piece of Vlogbrothers ad revenue, which he calls the most rational thing. — 00:05:58
  • 2026-10-09 · The Productivity Lie — Hank says Pizzamas pays artists and product designers to make amazing pizza stuff, available for the last time, with the profit donated to Partners In Health. — 00:08:58