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crowdfunding platform · in 45 videos (2012–2022)

Videos by year: 2012: 6 · 2013: 8 · 2014: 11 · 2015: 6 · 2016: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2019: 6 · 2021: 1 · 2022: 1

Threads

Also named in the threads: Foundation to Decrease World Suck becomes a real non-profit (2012) · Hank's P4A 2013 Christmas album (2013) · Hank asks viewers to apply to make art for the Project for Awesome's Nerdfighter Art Perk by October 27 (2014) · Dear Hank and John: the brothers' advice podcast (2015) · Hank invites viewers to make P4A 2015 videos for their favorite charities (2015) · P4A 2015 edition · Hank asks viewers to join the P4A 2015 livestream (2015) · John asks viewers to donate to P4A 2015 through its Indiegogo, with first-half donations matched (2015) · John asks viewers to watch and vote for P4A 2015 videos at projectforawesome.com (2015) · Hank asks viewers to back the PodCon 2 crowdfunding campaign (2018) · P4A 2018 edition · John asks viewers to donate to P4A 2019 at projectforawesome.com/donate (2019)

Often together

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

Project for Awesome (22) · Save the Children (4) · Foundation to Decrease World Suck (3) · world suck (3) · The Fault in Our Stars (film) (2) · The Fault in Our Stars (3) · YouTube (5) · Partners In Health (2) · Katherine Green (2) · Sarah Urist Green (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2012

  • 2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — announcement: John introduces the sixth annual Project for Awesome: every year on December 17th the Nerdfighter and YouTube communities come together to decrease world suck. — 00:01:27
    • 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
    • John announces that four anonymous donors will match every dollar donated to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck, up to $50,000. — 00:02:26
  • 2012-12-11 · Economics and Dentistry: YOUTUBE'S FAVORITE TOPICS — 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. — ask: John says the P4A funds only exist if people donate, pointing to the P4A Indiegogo page and its rewards, including a Men of YouTube calendar with the brothers in togas. — 00:00:00
    • 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 a 48-hour livestream on the Vlogbrothers channel will comment on, share and like P4A videos, making the internet about charity for a couple of days. — 00:00:23
    • 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
    • Hank reports more than 700,000 P4A comments, each costing John a penny, more than 15,000 individual donors and thousands of P4A videos. — 00:02:32
  • 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 10 statements more in 2012 — all statements of 2012

2013

  • 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
  • 2013-10-11 · TFiOS Movie, Emma Approved, Subbable Update, etc — announcement: Hank says he and John are helping the Harry Potter Alliance's Equality for the Win Indiegogo campaign, which has many great perks. — 00:02:17
  • 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
    • John urges anyone who has never taken part in P4A to start making videos for December 17th. — 00:00:47
  • 2013-12-16 · Project for Awesome Time!! What does it Mean?! — announcement: Hank announces that the Project for Awesome happens around December 17 and starts tomorrow at noon Eastern; this video explains what it means. — 00:00:00
    • Hank says that after voting, the charities featured in the top-voted videos split the Indiegogo money, minus processing, shipping and printing costs. — 00:02:10
  • 2013-12-17 · THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! — announcement: John announces the 2013 Project for Awesome; its 48-hour livestream begins at noon Eastern today on youtube.com/vlogbrothers. — 00:00:00
    • John points viewers to the P4A fundraising page, whose perks include the Men of YouTube and Women of YouTube calendars and a 20-page snippet of the story he has been working on for months. — 00:00:10
    • John says 100% of the money raised goes to organizations the community chooses by voting at projectforawesome.com, so it is up to everyone to be good stewards of it. — 00:00:24
  • 2013-12-20 · Best Moments of the Project for Awesome — Hank: During the livestream a voice (apparently Hank) announces that P4A 2013 has just raised $525,000. — 00:02:42
    • Hank says the P4A Indiegogo page stays open about 36 more hours, with perks: his Christmas album, a sneak peek of John's new writing, shirts, posters, coins, the YouTube charity calendars and headshots. — 00:02:57
  • …and 10 statements more in 2013 — all statements of 2013

2014

  • 2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — John says Nerdfighters raised more than $860,000 in this year's (2014) Project for Awesome. — 00:00:50
    • After paying to make and ship perks, the remaining P4A money goes to charities chosen by Nerdfighteria; John announces ten winning charities that each receive $50,000. — 00:00:53
  • 2014-11-18 · How to Never Feel Embarrassed Again — announcement: Hank: Because of the Paper Towns shoot dates, the Project for Awesome is moving up this year (2014), to December 12 and 13. — 00:03:50
  • 2014-11-19 · The Future of the Project for Awesome: Pizzamas Day 8 — announcement: Nat Wolff announces the P4A will be on December 12 and 13, not its usual time around his December 17 birthday, because that is the end of the Paper Towns shoot. — 00:01:06
    • John proposes that day one of the P4A raise money for three organizations known to be excellent and efficient against global poverty and disease, attracting matching donations and fighting a known cause of world suck. — 00:02:41
  • 2014-12-08 · I'm Home! Time to Get Ready for the 2014 Project for Awesome — announcement: John says the Project for Awesome starts in five days and he made this bonus video so everyone in Nerdfighteria is ready. — 00:00:22
    • John announces a trial: day-one donations are split between Save the Children and Partners in Health, longtime Nerdfighteria partners highly rated for efficient work on poverty and disease. — 00:01:39
  • 2014-12-12 · NONSENSE: P4A 2014 - Partners in Health — announcement: Hank says money from the first half of P4A is split between Partners in Health and Save the Children, with matching for the first $500,000, making a million dollars if reached by Saturday (13 December 2014) noon; second-half money goes by vote. — 00:01:16
  • 2014-12-16 · Jelly Face, Sharpie Face, Peanut Butter Face, and Mummy Dancers: The 2014 Project for Awesome — John says P4A 2014 has raised over $1.2 million for charity, by far the most successful P4A ever; at the end he cheers "$1 million… actually like 200,000 more". — 00:00:36
    • John says the Indiegogo is live today only, with perks from a calendar of YouTubers before they were YouTubers to the P4A-exclusive TFIOS, MinutePhysics art, An Imperial Affliction, P4A socks and pressed pennies. — 00:01:23
  • 2014-12-19 · BUTFARTMAN Is Coming To Town! — John: The livestream total passes one million dollars and John celebrates: 'we did it'. — 00:02:02
    • Hank thanks everyone for P4A 2014: six trending hashtags, dozens of guests donating tens of thousands of perks, hundreds of thousands of votes on 900+ videos, and $1,282,750 raised. — 00:03:33
  • …and 26 statements more in 2014 — all statements of 2014

2015

  • 2015-01-13 · On Writing, Looking for Alaska Turning 10, and Winning the Project for Awesome — John says the half of the 2014 Project for Awesome that raised money for Save the Children and Partners in Health raised over $700,000. — 00:02:22
    • John announces the ten charities that, by viewers' votes at projectforawesome.com, will each receive $25,000 from the 2014 Project for Awesome. — 00:02:35
    • John says smaller grants of still over $10,000 go to the next ten charities chosen by Nerdfighteria, and names them. — 00:03:16
  • 2015-03-20 · A Sacrifice of Individuality and the Internets — Hank says the internet enabled crowdfunding (Patreon, Indiegogo, Kickstarter), crowdsourcing that built Wikipedia, and the wisdom of the crowd: upvotes on Reddit and choices on YouTube and Facebook that help curate content. — 00:01:01
  • 2015-05-01 · A $100,000 Egg and A 200M Year Old Pinecone — ask: The description asks viewers to help build the hyena diorama, linking the Indiegogo campaign. — video description
    • Hank says Emily and the museum are running an Indiegogo campaign to put the hyenas in a diorama in the Hall of African Mammals; it is expensive, so they offer perks. — 00:03:26
  • 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
  • 2015-12-15 · 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

2016

2018

  • 2018-08-24 · The Top 10 John Green GIFs — Hank: The PodCon Indiegogo campaign ended two days ago (22 August 2018) at $299,569, just short of its goal, which Hank counts as a win. — 00:02:59
  • 2018-12-04 · When it All Seems Like Too Much — announcement: Hank says the P4A Indiegogo campaign has just launched, with digital and physical perks, exclusive podcasts and signed pieces of his manuscript with editing marks. — 00:02:54

2019

  • 2019-11-26 · old fashioned parts video — announcement: John announces the 13th annual Project for Awesome, from noon Eastern on Friday, December 6 to noon Eastern on Sunday, December 8, with the Indiegogo launching December 3. — 00:01:24
  • 2019-12-03 · We Are Cats Now, I Guess? — John: Ashe asked for funny faces at the end of the shoot and used them to make the 2020 Project for Awesome calendar, in which each month the brothers become animals such as lemurs and elephants. — 00:00:46
    • John says the 2020 calendar is available now at projectforawesome.com/donate with many other perks, including a P4A poster, a P4A t-shirt and a commemorative coin. — 00:01:10
  • 2019-12-06 · It is Much Easier to Destroy than Create — ask: Hank tells viewers to go to projectforawesome.com/donate for the Indiegogo, whose many perks are available only during the P4A. — 00:03:43
  • 2019-12-10 · On Loneliness — John is exhausted and exhilarated from the Project for Awesome, which this year (2019) raised over $1.3 million for charity. — 00:00:03
  • 2019-12-13 · Is This the Cutest Animal Noise? — Hank thanks viewers for the Project for Awesome: it had over a thousand more donors than previous years and beat every previous P4A. — 00:03:43
  • 2019-12-31 · Project for Awesome 2019 Recap (BUTT IS LEGS) — The description thanks everyone who took part in this year's (2019) Project for Awesome, which raised over $1.4 million and had a lot of silly, stupid fun. — video description
    • a guest: A livestream voice reads the closing total: $1,303,460 raised, $615,000 of it through the Indiegogo. — 00:03:12

2021

  • 2021-01-19 · let's go on a parts adventure — announcement: John apologizes that some perks from the last P4A still havent gone out: the all-volunteer operation ships slowly and COVID hurt manufacturing and shipping; he thinks they have it figured out and it will be better this year (2021). — 00:00:58

2022