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Foundation to Decrease World Suck

nonprofit · in 131 videos (2007–2026)

The brothers' charitable fund, set up in 2007 during Brotherhood 2.0 to send Nerdfighters to their first concerts and address global poverty; later a nonprofit that receives Project for Awesome money.

Part of: Project for Awesome

Videos by year: 2007: 32 · 2011: 11 · 2012: 14 · 2013: 9 · 2014: 9 · 2015: 7 · 2016: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2018: 8 · 2019: 5 · 2020: 1 · 2021: 7 · 2022: 2 · 2023: 5 · 2024: 4 · 2025: 4 · 2026: 9

Also known as: FTDWS, Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck, Foundation for Decreasing Suck Levels Worldwide, Brotherhood 2.0 Foundation for Decreasing Suck Levels Worldwide

Website: fightworldsuck.org

Threads

Also named in the threads: Hank: embarrassing moment sock puppet theater (2007 punishment) · Daniel Biss runs for Illinois state representative (2007) · The Evil Baby Orphanage (2007) · Hank's conceit that Brotherhood 2.0 is a 16-year-old (2007) · VidCon 2012 edition · Bank of Nerdfighteria: the Nerdfighters' Kiva lending team · John asks viewers to vote for favorite P4A 2012 videos at projectforawesome.com to decide where the funds go (2012) · Hank asks viewers to join the P4A 2013 livestream and comment on P4A videos (2013) · P4A 2013 edition · John asks Nerdfighters to take the survey on pre-roll ads on vlogbrothers and on education content (2014) · John: keep Nerdfighters up to date on how the vlogbrothers pre-roll money is spent (2014) · P4A 2014 edition · The Financial Diet: YouTube show, one of Hank's newest video projects (2015) · P4A 2015 edition · John asks viewers to donate to P4A 2016 through its Indiegogo campaign and perks (2016) · Kedi on the Vlogbrothers channel for YouTube Red subscribers (2017) · P4A 2017 edition · P4A 2018 edition · Pizzamas 2018 edition · John asks donors of $500 or more to join the P4A 2021 matching fund by Google form or email (2021)

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

world suck (56) · Project for Awesome (42) · Bank of Nerdfighteria (10) · Save the Children (11) · Evil Baby Orphanage card game (2) · online advertising (6) · DFTBA Records (12) · Indiegogo (3) · Brotherhood 2.0 (9) · Punishment (8)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

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
    • 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
  • 2011-11-04 · 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
  • 2011-11-09 · 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 — 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
  • 2011-11-28 · 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: 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
  • 2011-12-16 · 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
  • 2011-12-17 · 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
  • 2011-12-19 · 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
  • 2011-12-26 · 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
    • 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
  • …and 30 statements more in 2011 — all statements of 2011

2012

  • 2012-03-13 · Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — announcement: John says the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, a Nerdfighteria project for over five years, is finally becoming an actual charity that can take tax-deductible donations; the process is ongoing and complicated. — 00:00:30
    • John reports the Foundation had over $9,000 at the end of last quarter and now about $30, a success because it went from $9,000 to $88,000 to nothing by giving all the money away. — 00:00:30
  • 2012-05-04 · Screaming Through VidCon — ask: Hank: VidCon 2012 will raise money for the Project for Awesome and the Foundation to Decrease World Suck through a book drive and a charity auction; attendees should bring books. — 00:02:27
  • 2012-08-10 · I Don't Have a Favorite Pony — announcement: Hank says at $50,000 the Kickstarter adds a Nerdfighter expansion in which players can play John and Hank as time nannies. — 00:03:17
  • 2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — announcement: John says money raised for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck goes to the organizations in the five most-voted videos, at the discretion of an all-Nerdfighter P4A board, so a rigged vote cannot win. — 00:01:56
  • 2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS — John says that after last year's (2011) Project for Awesome the Foundation to Decrease World Suck gave more than $80,000 to five charities chosen by the YouTube community, leaving it broke. — 00:00:29
    • John says the foundation now has $15,000 in the bank plus $60,000 in pledges, which he says should be bigger than last year (2011). (hedged) — 00:00:29
  • 2012-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2012 IS HERE! Save the Children. — announcement: John announces the sixth annual Project for Awesome: today people all over YouTube are making videos about their favorite nonprofit organizations. — 00:00:00
    • John says that for this year's (2012) Project for Awesome he is supporting Save the Children. — 00:02:20
  • 2012-12-21 · Meet the Team: The Missoula Office (And P4A and TheBrainScoop) — announcement: Hank reports the P4A 2012 Indiegogo campaign raised $397,000 and, with other donations across the internet, more than half a million dollars. — 00:01:45
  • 2012-12-28 · Nood Ood, Drums, Donuts, Fish, the USDA, P4A and SLEDDING! — announcement: Hank says the Project for Awesome raised more money than anybody expected. — 00:01:50
    • Hank says the plan was to split the money among the charities in the top five P4A videos, but with so much raised they are talking about expanding to ten charities. (hedged) — 00:01:50
  • …and 28 statements more in 2012 — all statements of 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
    • 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
  • 2013-03-08 · 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
    • 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
  • 2013-09-03 · 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
  • 2013-12-16 · 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
  • …and 7 statements more in 2013 — all statements of 2013

2014

  • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • John matches every $1 donated with $3; in total the fundraiser has raised more than $55,000 to fight sarcoma. — 00:00:12
  • 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
    • 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
    • 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
  • 2014-07-18 · 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
  • 2014-09-19 · 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
  • 2014-10-14 · 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
  • …and 10 statements more in 2014 — all statements of 2014

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
    • 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
    • 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 · also in: The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015
    • 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
    • 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
  • 2015-12-15 · 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
    • John thanks viewers for donating and for voting, stressing that all the charities were decided by their votes at projectforawesome.com. — 00:01:44
  • …and 4 statements more in 2015 — all statements of 2015

2016

  • 2016-09-06 · How We're Spending Your Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John reports that the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, the community's real charity, has finished paying out well over a million dollars in grants from the 2015 Project for Awesome. — 00:00:32
    • John says the Foundation to Decrease World Suck has just over $73,000 in the bank so far this year (2016), mostly from Vlogbrothers ad revenue. — 00:00:54
    • John says half of the channel's ad revenue goes to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck and half sponsors online education projects. — 00:00:59
  • 2016-11-01 · BABY! BABY! BABY! (And the 10th Annual Project for Awesome) — announcement: John says an Indiegogo with perks from YouTubers will send all proceeds to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, a real 501(c)(3) charity, so US donations are tax deductible. — 00:01:52
    • John says the Foundation has no overhead because its workers volunteer, so 100% of donations less perk costs go to charity, and it raised more than $3 million in three years. — 00:02:13
  • …and 1 statement more in 2016 — all statements of 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

  • 2018-03-13 · Who Should We Root For? — John: In 2014 John and some nerdfighters auctioned their World Cup love and raised over $10,000 for sarcoma research. — 00:02:01
  • 2018-10-16 · Life's Library — announcement: John: All profits from Life's Library go to Partners In Health, which they have worked with for over a decade and which provides health care to the poor. — 00:02:16
  • 2018-10-29 · PIZZAMAS IS HERE! — announcement: John: This year (2018) all Pizzamas profits and royalties go to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, to be used as matching funds during the Project for Awesome. — 00:00:31
  • 2018-11-08 · Let's Talk Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semi-Annual Report — John explains that Nerdfighteria's charity, the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, is a real charity despite its silly name, raising money all year for the Project for Awesome. — 00:00:14
    • John says the Foundation has about $50,000 in the bank going into this year's (2018) P4A. (hedged) — 00:00:30
    • John says more of the brothers' Nerdfighteria work is shifting to supporting charity: Pizzamas royalties go to the Foundation and proceeds of Life's Library, his book club with Rosianna, to Partners In Health. — 00:01:05
    • John says the $50,000 will start the 12th annual Project for Awesome, which begins at noon Eastern on December 7th. — 00:02:03
    • John says anyone, donor or not, can make a P4A video for a charity they care about; people vote and the charity might get a Foundation grant; P4A is 29 days away. — 00:03:03
  • 2018-11-23 · Four Jokes from a Two year Old — announcement: Hank plugs a book of poetry Nerdfighters created together, with all proceeds going to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck. — 00:02:39
  • 2018-11-30 · We just had our first interstellar visitor...and it's weird. — ask: Hank says the Project for Awesome is next weekend and asks viewers thinking of making a video for their charity to get it ready; the community will vote on Foundation grants. — 00:09:53
  • 2018-12-04 · When it All Seems Like Too Much — ask: Hank asks viewers to upload their P4A videos, pointing to resources in the description and projectforawesome.com. — 00:03:48
  • 2018-12-07 · BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here… — ask: John says the second half raises money for charities chosen by viewers, who can submit P4A videos now at projectforawesome.com. — 00:03:30
  • …and 3 statements more in 2018 — all statements of 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

  • 2022-01-04 · After 15 Years on YouTube, THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING — announcement: John: With PIH's own fundraising and support from Life's Library and the Awesome Socks Club, ground has broken on the Maternal Center of Excellence. — 00:00:58
  • 2022-02-08 · How Much Money Vlogbrothers Makes from YouTube (...and where it goes) — announcement: John says half the money went to the brothers' Partners In Health project to reduce maternal mortality in Sierra Leone; the rest was split between a Complexly educational fund and a fund for emerging educational creators. — 00:00:58
    • John says this year's (2022) grants went to educational creators such as Tom Lum, Alexis Nikole and Flipping Physics, all great, with links in the doobly-doo. — 00:00:58
    • John says they have handled ad revenue this way for years, possible only because both have other jobs: books for John and, for Hank, 10,000 jobs including books. — 00:01:27
    • John notes P4A donations are tax-deductible in the US, as with any charity, except this one is called the Foundation to Decrease World Suck. — 00:01:56
  • …and 1 statement more in 2022 — all statements of 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
    • 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
  • …and 1 statement more in 2024 — all statements of 2024

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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
  • …and 1 statement more in 2026 — all statements of 2026