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Project for Awesome

fundraiser · in 259 videos (2007–2026)

The yearly charity event, begun in 2007, when the YouTube community promotes charities with videos and viewers vote on who gets the money.

Part of: Brotherhood 2.0 · Includes: Foundation to Decrease World Suck, P4A challenges, Hank's P4A Christmas album (2013), Nerdfighteria Community T-shirt, Pets of YouTube calendar

Videos by year: 2007: 13 · 2008: 10 · 2009: 10 · 2010: 12 · 2011: 29 · 2012: 12 · 2013: 16 · 2014: 19 · 2015: 9 · 2016: 7 · 2017: 12 · 2018: 12 · 2019: 10 · 2020: 2 · 2021: 11 · 2022: 14 · 2023: 13 · 2024: 13 · 2025: 14 · 2026: 21

Also known as: P4A, #p4a, P4A livestream, P4A Fund, Project for Awesome Fund

Website: projectforawesome.com, ProjectForAwesome.com

Threads

Project history (23)

Story (2)

Ask (95)

Promise (26)

Prediction (5)

Running joke (9)

Punishment (1)

Also named in the threads: Happy Dance Project: compilation of the brothers' and Nerdfighters' happy dances (2007) · 'In your pants' suffix game (2007) · Song Wednesday: Hank performs a song on Wednesdays (2007) · The Evil Baby Orphanage (2007) · The brothers visit a village in the Dominican Republic, arranged by their dad (2007) · Question Tuesday: weekly Tuesday question days for nerdfighters (2007) · John's coinage 'nerdfighter-like' for Nerdfighter romance (2007) · John asks Nerdfighters for questions for his next Question Tuesday (2007) · John: do another Question Tuesday in his next Tuesday video (2007) · Hank: eat a blenderized Christmas meal or give a one-hour public concert, as voted by Nerdfighters (2007) · Nerdfighter projects: complete a project to earn the right to punish the brothers (2008) · John's giraffe-love bit ('people love giraffes who love giraffes') · Peanut Butter Face: John discusses world news with peanut butter on his face (2008) · John Green bobblehead: John's birthday present, sold to Nerdfighters (2009) · John asks Nerdfighters to lend to entrepreneurs through Kiva.org (2009) · Nerdfighteria's team for the DARPA Network Challenge (red balloons) (2009) · 'French the llama': John's misreading of FTL as an exclamation of amazement (2009) · Thoughts From Places: the vlogbrothers' series of visual essays from places (2010) · This Star Won't Go Out bracelets sold at DFTBA.com/Esther for the This Star Won't Go Out Foundation (2010) · Death of Nerdfighter Esther Earl, John's friend (2010) · John asks Nerdfighters to tell him things they love (2010) · Hank's trip to Haiti (2011) · Hank's wall posters: a different poster behind Hank in every video (2011) · VidCon 2012 edition · Hanklerfish: an anglerfish drawn by a Hank (2011) · Bank of Nerdfighteria: the Nerdfighters' Kiva lending team · Hank asks viewers to vote with dollars at fightworldsuck.org on keeping or shaving his facial hair (2011) · Keep It or Shave It: Hank's facial-hair vote with dollars for the Foundation to Decrease World Suck (2011) · Hank: release a picture of himself as an eight-year-old, a P4A 2011 challenge · John: cover his face in Sharpie when P4A 2011 donations reach $50,000

Often together

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

Save the Children (65) · Foundation to Decrease World Suck (42) · Indiegogo (22) · Partners In Health (62) · world suck (46) · Hanklerfish (22) · Beanie Sanfurbs (11) · YouTube (77) · Crank Green (6) · This Star Won't Go Out (charity) (13)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2007

  • 2007-07-25 · July 25: Brotherhood 2.0's Youtube Comments Are Answered! — John proposes that instead of saying 'cool' everyone always say 'jokes', and tries it out in several sentences. (playful) — 00:02:04
  • 2007-11-29 · November 29th: sXePhil, Leaky Brains and a Secret Project — announcement: Hank says that next week (week of 3 December 2007) he wants to announce a final Brotherhood 2.0 project, the ultimate test of awesome, needing every Nerdfighter's combined efforts to make the awesomest thing happen. (hedged) — 00:03:03
  • 2007-12-03 · December 3rd: 10,000 Subscribers! and secret project — announcement: Hank says the all-time greatest Nerdfighter project he told viewers about last week (week of 26 November 2007) will have to be secret, since people not taking part must not know about it yet; it has to be a surprise. — 00:01:57
    • Hank says taking part in the secret project will require a YouTube account, and apologises to non-YouTubers because the project is somewhat YouTube-centric. — 00:02:27
  • 2007-12-11 · Dec 11: Secret Project...And More Punching — announcement: Hank announces the first Secret Project newsletter goes out tonight, so people should sign up now; it is an introduction, not the main organizational newsletter, which comes later. — 00:00:10
    • Hank says December 17 is the day: watch YouTube; only those on the email list and signed up for YouTube can participate. — 00:00:50
  • 2007-12-17 · Project for Awesome: Explanation and Humane Societies — announcement: Hank declares December 17 secret project day and welcomes viewers to the 2007 Nerdfighter Power Project for Awesome. — 00:00:00
    • Every Project for Awesome video promotes a charity of its maker's choice that they believe reduces the amount of suck in the world. — 00:00:40
  • 2007-12-18 · Dec 18th: The Project for Awesome and Question Tuesday!!! — John says that watching hundreds of Secret Project videos and discussing them with thousands of Nerdfighters made him the happiest he has been, apart from his wedding day, since about age seven. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2007-12-19 · December 19: The Day that the Nerds Took Over YouTube — Hank: The song's refrain calls the Project for Awesome the day the nerds took over YouTube, joking that their center screenshot proved more powerful than 'two boobs'. (playful) — 00:01:25
    • Hank says the Secret Project was exciting and made him kind of hopeful, seeing so many people promote organizations doing good simply because it is right. (hedged) — 00:02:44
  • 2007-12-28 · Dec. 28th: John's Last Brotherhood 2.0 Video — John has come to think a lot of life is about doing things that don't suck with people who don't suck, which is why he enjoyed the Happy Dance Project and the Project for Awesome. (hedged) — 00:03:11
  • …and 23 statements more in 2007 — all statements of 2007

2008

  • 2008-12-11 · The 2008 Project for Awesome!!! — Hank defines the Project for Awesome as a day when the YouTube community takes over YouTube to promote people who do things because they are right, not for money: charity. — 00:00:00
    • Hank officially announces that this year's (2008) Project for Awesome will take place on December 17, 2008, organised from projectforawesome.com. — 00:00:41
    • Hank's first way to take part: make a Project for Awesome video about your favourite charity (e.g. Toys for Tots, the Nature Conservancy, Save Darfur) and why you give to it. — 00:00:41
  • 2008-12-17 (said on 2008-12-16, implied) · One More Day Until the P4A!!! — announcement: Hank says he, John and his wife will spend most of the 48 hours of the 17th and 18th on it: John on BlogTV from noon Eastern, Hank later into the night. — 00:00:00
    • Hank's fix for everyone: make the entire second half of the video the P4A thumbnail, then pick the last thumbnail in the edit-video settings. — 00:02:12
  • 2008-12-17 · Project for Awesome: DonorsChoose.org — Hank defines the Project for Awesome as a day when YouTubers talk about their favourite charities, encourage donations and talk about people doing good things. — 00:00:00
  • 2008-12-18 · Introducing...The Awesome — announcement: Hank says they are here to introduce some of their favourite videos from the 2008 Project for Awesome. — 00:00:00
    • Hank describes the Project for Awesome as an annual holiday-season event in which tens of thousands of YouTubers draw attention to charities worldwide. — 00:00:00
    • both: The brothers say YouTube let them be guest editors of its front page for a day. — 00:01:35
  • 2008-12-26 · Skoodilypooping — John says that during the Project for Awesome Nerdfighters commented on YouTube videos more than 200,000 times. — 00:00:40
    • John says that in the end he chose five P4A charities and is giving $200 to each. — 00:00:40
    • John asks Hank where his money is going, and asks Nerdfighters inspired by the P4A to give to charity where their money went. — 00:00:40
  • …and 36 statements more in 2008 — all statements of 2008

2009

  • 2009-10-28 · We Win When Everyone Wins — Hank thinks Nerdfighteria is level four: it operates on the assumption 'we are great', which lets it do awesome things like happy dance projects and yearly charity gatherings on YouTube. (hedged) — 00:00:51
  • 2009-12-03 (said on 2009-12-04, implied) · $40,000 of Red Balloons — Hank thought $40,000 would make the Project for Awesome a little more awesome. (playful) — 00:00:30
    • Hank pledges that if they win the $40,000, all of it will go to the charities promoted in this year's (2009) best Project for Awesome videos. — 00:03:29
  • 2009-12-06 · LOSERS!!!! — John says Nerdfighteria lost the DARPA balloon challenge despite being tantalizingly close to winning $40,000 to make the Project for Awesome more awesome. — 00:00:05
  • 2009-12-08 · Announcing the 2009 Project for Awesome!!! — announcement: Hank announces the Project for Awesome on December 17th, less than 10 days away since it is December 8th. — 00:02:05
  • 2009-12-13 · Eyelash Malaria — announcement: John says that this year (2009) in the Project for Awesome he will make a video in support of malaria research, joking that it's because curing malaria will make him rich. — 00:02:05
  • 2009-12-15 · In Which A Secret Is Revealed — John defines the P4A: an annual tradition where many make videos for charities and many more rate, favorite and comment on them, so for one day YouTube's most popular videos are about decreasing world suck. — 00:00:25
    • John announces a live show from Thursday noon to Saturday morning, linked on Thursday morning, to organise going from video to video leaving comments, ratings and favorites. — 00:01:44
  • 2009-12-16 · Project for Awesome: The Nature Conservancy — announcement: Hank says this is his Project for Awesome video and this year (2009) his money goes to his all-time favourite environmental charity, the Nature Conservancy. — 00:00:00
  • 2009-12-17 · THE 2009 PROJECT FOR AWESOME!!! — announcement: John announces that it is time for the 2009 Project for Awesome. — 00:00:00
  • 2009-12-20 · Awesome Project Is Awesome — John says the 2009 Project for Awesome was the awesomest ever, putting three years worth of awesome into 48 hours. (playful) — 00:00:27
    • John says there were more than 2,000 Project for Awesome videos this year (2009) and participants commented on them more than a million times. — 00:00:27
  • …and 37 statements more in 2009 — all statements of 2009

2010

  • 2010-05-17 · My YouTube Story is Short — Hank: The other shows Hank and Katherine on a thrift-store couch singing about how amazing the first Project for Awesome was; Hank says the P4A has since grown bigger and better. — 00:01:10
  • 2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — announcement: John announces that the 2010 Project for Awesome is happening. — 00:00:17
  • 2010-11-29 · Giant Tortoise Coitus — ask: John asks viewers to sign up for the Project for Awesome mailing list at projectforawesome.com, one of the main ways to organize descending on videos about non-profits. — 00:03:13
  • 2010-12-08 · My Zombie Apocalypse Novella — announcement: John announces that the only copy of the novella that will ever exist will be one of many Project for Awesome raffle prizes. — 00:03:15
  • 2010-12-10 · Project for Awesome and Thoughts from DC — announcement: Hank announces that the Project for Awesome is coming fast and this year (2010) will be a bit different, taking place almost exclusively on YouTube. — 00:00:00
    • Hank tells video makers to get the P4A thumbnail from 'the links in my pants' (the description); only YouTube partners can change thumbnails, so others should put 'Project for Awesome' or 'P4A' in title and tags. — 00:00:31
  • 2010-12-13 · 8 Things I Love — announcement: John corrects Hank's Friday video: the Project for Awesome begins at noon Eastern on December 17, not midnight, so upload videos close to noon and tune into youtube.com/p4a. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-12-17 · PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2010: Save the Children and Partners in Health — announcement: John opens the 2010 Project for Awesome: viewers can take part all day today and tomorrow at youtube.com/p4a or projectforawesome.com, where an army of commenters, Hank and John included, will comment, rate and favorite. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-12-20 · Thoughts on the Project for Awesome — Hank says that in 2007 a group of people 'hacked YouTube', using YouTuber tricks harder than they normally would to get views, which felt awesome rather than dirty because it was for charity. — 00:00:01
    • Hank says P4A continued annually, each year less subversive and more legitimate, until YouTube wanted to help promote it; he mock-protests that YouTube should be a faceless monolith they sneak past. — 00:00:32
  • 2010-12-22 · I Was on Jeopardy!!!! — John reports that P4A 2010 generated more than 3,000 P4A videos and raised more than $135,000 that can be confirmed, probably much more. (hedged) — 00:00:31
  • …and 48 statements more in 2010 — all statements of 2010

Also named in: John and Hank: The Out-Takes

2011

  • 2011-01-07 · CONCUSSED Question Friday — announcement: John hopes to finish his zombie apocalypse novella within a week or so; he calls it terrible and wants to get back to his real book. (hedged) — 00:02:49
  • 2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John reports that the Project for Awesome generated more than 600,000 comments and raised more than $150,000. — 00:01:40
  • 2011-07-13 · ELLEN HARDCASTLE IS HERE! A Reunion Video — announcement: Hank confirms Ellen Hardcastle is out today and available now; he has an unopened box of copies downstairs. — 00:00:41
  • 2011-07-20 (said on 2011-07-21, implied) · HARDCASTLED! — announcement: Hank reports Billboard called him because Ellen Hardcastle is charting, and tells viewers they made him chart, admitting he is a little teary. — 00:03:07
  • 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
  • 2011-11-04 · 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
  • 2011-11-11 · 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
  • 2011-11-28 · 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
  • 2011-12-19 · 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
  • 2011-12-26 · 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
  • …and 61 statements more in 2011 — all statements of 2011

2012

  • 2012-03-13 · Actually Free Money! (Really.) The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report — John says more than $16,500 went to each of five charities chosen by Nerdfighteria: Kids in Need of Desks, This Star Won't Go Out, the HP Alliance, Water.org and Kiva. — 00:00:59
  • 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
  • 2012-09-14 · 1000 VIDEOS!!! — Hank lists results: $300,000 and thousands of videos for charities through P4A, thousands of This Star Won't Go Out bracelets, over $1,000,000 lent through the Nerdfighter Kiva group, hundreds of Thoughts from Places. — 00:01:04
  • 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 asks viewers to upload, at noon Eastern (5pm GMT) on December 17th, a creative video about a nonprofit or cause they believe in, ideally showing its work, and embed it at projectforawesome.com for voting. — 00:01:27
  • 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
  • 2012-12-14 · I Got Nothin… — Hank says it is a good time to feel together as humanity, and that with the Project for Awesome coming everyone is ready to work together to make the world suck less, in little and big ways. — 00:00:55
    • Hank asks viewers to sign up for this year's (2012) P4A mailing list, through which the project is coordinated; previous years' sign-ups do not count. — 00:00:55
  • 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
  • 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 32 statements more in 2012 — all statements of 2012

2013

  • 2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — Hank: Asked what most decreased world suck, Hank names P4A but recalls their first-year visit to a microfinance organization in the Dominican Republic; microfinance seems to really work. (hedged) — 01:55:09
  • 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
  • 2013-08-06 · Million Dollar Ideas — John explains that for about six years Hank has phoned him roughly once a week opening with 'I have a million dollar idea'. (hedged) — 00:01:02
  • 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
  • 2013-11-29 · REUNION! Arm Wrestling, Drawing, and Questions with Hank and John! — recommendation: John says a good P4A video does not just talk to the camera about why a charity matters to you but shows the charity at work. — 00:03:16 · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
  • 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 explains that since 2007, every December 17, Nerdfighteria and the wider internet community spend one day of their internet experience on making the world a better place instead of fandom and cat gifs. — 00:00:24
  • 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
  • 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 49 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
  • 2014-05-20 · Deserving — John's favourite thing about humans is that we can work together to improve each other's chances of healthy, productive lives, from cancer research to the Project for Awesome to kindness to a stranger; for him it is the only real path to gratitude. — 00:02:55
  • 2014-07-08 · The Future of Nerdfighteria — announcement: John: Four: they want to decrease worldsuck and increase world awesome year-round, not just through the Project for Awesome. — 00:01:27
  • 2014-09-30 · Keeping it EVEN REALER — John says the community just raised $300,000 for Water.org in Ethiopia, more than the first six Projects for Awesome raised combined. — 00:02:02
  • 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
  • 2014-11-18 · 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: John's summary: December 12-13 instead of 17-18; videos uploaded at noon Eastern on the 12th; watching, discussion, careful voting at projectforawesome.com; later money to voted charities, day-one money to global health and poverty charities. — 00:03:05
  • 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
  • 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
    • Hank asks viewers to watch videos promoting charities and vote for those that capture their interest at projectforawesome.com. — 00:01:38
  • 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
  • 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
  • …and 58 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
  • 2015-11-09 · Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) — Hank explains the Project for Awesome, run by him and John since 2007, the first year of vlogbrothers: instead of a usual upload, people upload a video about a charity they think does good work. — 00:01:24
    • Money raised in the first half of P4A will be split between Save the Children and the UN refugee agency; second-half money goes to the charities in the most-voted videos. — 00:02:18
  • 2015-11-10 · It's a Pizzamas Miracle! (Pizzamas Day 2) — announcement: John corrects Hank: the Project for Awesome begins not at midnight but at noon Eastern on December 11, when the livestream begins. — 00:00:38
  • 2015-12-04 · The Explain The 2008 Financial Crisis CHALLENGE! (and 7 other challenges) — announcement: Hank announces the Project for Awesome begins next week (week of 7 December 2015), a week from this day, with a livestream and a bunch of really cool perks. — 00:02:50
    • Hank asks viewers to join the P4A, set aside time, make a video people can vote on so their favorite charity might get money, and maybe set money aside for perks. — 00:02:58
  • 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
  • 2015-12-29 · How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars — John says the 2015 Project for Awesome raised more than 1.5 million dollars in total. — 00:00:08
    • 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 announces the ten most-voted charities, each receiving a $25,000 grant, and names and describes them (nine are named). — 00:00:50
  • …and 36 statements more in 2015 — all statements of 2015

2016

  • 2016-11-01 · BABY! BABY! BABY! (And the 10th Annual Project for Awesome) — announcement: John announces the 10th annual Project for Awesome next month (December 2016), beginning at noon Eastern on December 9, and says it needs viewers' help. — 00:00:27
    • John asks viewers to make P4A videos: on December 9 upload a video about a charity they care about, explain why its work matters, and ask people to vote for it at projectforawesome.com. (hedged) — 00:01:10
    • John announces a 48-hour livestream on the vlogbrothers channel from noon Eastern on December 9, hosted by Hank, John and lots of special guests. — 00:01:34
    • John asks viewers to suggest in comments people they would love to see on the P4A livestream. — 00:03:42
  • 2016-12-06 · Exactly Like the Human Sternum — announcement: John says the tenth annual Project for Awesome, Nerdfighteria's annual charity event, begins at noon Eastern on Friday (9 December 2016), when viewers should upload their P4A videos and submit them to projectforawesome.com. — 00:00:05
    • John says the P4A Indiegogo fundraiser goes live at midnight with perks for donors: a P4A tote bag, P4A socks, an exclusive Dear Hank and John episode, and an audio recording of John reading about 15 pages from something he is working on. — 00:00:16
    • John says all money raised in the first half of the P4A will be split between Save the Children and Partners In Health, which do amazing work helping the most vulnerable children and families. — 00:00:42
  • 2016-12-09 · The Difference A Decade Makes: The 10th Annual Project for Awesome Is Here! — announcement: John announces that Friday, December 9, 2016 is the beginning of the 10th annual Project for Awesome. — 00:00:00
    • John invites viewers to projectforawesome.com to watch the 48-hour livestream and to watch and vote for P4A videos. — 00:00:05
    • John invites viewers to donate at projectforawesome.com/donate and get perks from socks to signed books. — 00:00:11
    • John says that in the first half of P4A every dollar donated, up to $300,000, is matched to $4, so viewers can have a huge impact at projectforawesome.com/donate. — 00:03:03
  • 2016-12-13 · P4A 2016 Hilarity Reprise - OVER $2M RAISED!! — Hank says he is proud of the community: the tenth Project for Awesome saw Nerdfighteria work together to raise over two million dollars. — 00:02:21
  • …and 28 statements more in 2016 — all statements of 2016

2017

  • 2017-02-28 · You Are Here — John recalls Esther Earl, a Nerdfighter who with her friends helped run the Project for Awesome behind the scenes and who died of cancer in 2010 at 16. — 00:00:18
    • Instead John thinks about people making stuff together and using it to connect, such as the Project for Awesome and scavenger hunts. — 00:01:16
  • 2017-06-16 · When Will You Die? — Hank says that, after some delay, all Project for Awesome grant recipients have now been sent their checks. — 00:03:25
  • 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 — announcement: John says all the Foundation's money will be given away after the 11th annual Project for Awesome, a 48-hour livestreamed charity event beginning at noon Eastern on December 15th. — 00:01:13
    • In P4A's first half money goes to pre-selected charities: this year (2017) Save the Children, a partner for a decade, and Last Mile Health, which trains and pays community health workers in Liberia. — 00:01:26
  • 2017-12-12 · 2017 is the Best? — announcement: John's fifth bit of good news: the Project for Awesome starts this Friday (15 December 2017) at noon Eastern, with more info and thumbnails at projectforawesome.com. — 00:03:08
    • The P4A fundraiser begins at midnight tonight; in this first half the money raised goes to Save the Children and Last Mile Health. — 00:03:18
  • 2017-12-15 · Why Big Solutions Fail — ask: Hank says that besides funding this hard work, donors get cool stuff, so viewers should go to projectforawesome.com/donate. — 00:02:31
    • In P4A's second half, money is split among charities voted on by the community: people make videos promoting charities and viewers vote at projectforawesome.com. — 00:03:15
  • 2017-12-19 · History Is Happening — John says that powerlessness is a lie, as he was reminded when thousands of people worldwide came together for the 11th annual Project for Awesome. — 00:01:15
    • As John records, the 11th Project for Awesome has raised almost two million dollars for charity. — 00:01:24
  • …and 31 statements more in 2017 — all statements of 2017

2018

  • 2018-01-16 · My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY — John: Twenty-five charities will get grants from this year's (2018) Project for Awesome; John congratulates them and thanks everyone who donated. — 00:02:03
  • 2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — announcement: John says the Project for Awesome starts on December 7th this year (2018). — 00:01:56
  • 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
  • 2018-11-06 · Taking a Year Off — announcement: John: The year off starts next month (December 2018) when the Project for Awesome ends; on YouTube things stay much the same, with a Vlogbrothers video every week. — 00:02:55
  • 2018-11-08 · Let's Talk Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semi-Annual Report — announcement: 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 that since 2012 the Project for Awesome has raised over seven and a half million dollars for charities, from cancer research to clean water. — 00:02:27
  • 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
  • 2018-12-07 · BABIES! The 2018 Project for Awesome is here… — announcement: John announces that the 2018 Project for Awesome is here: viewers can join the 48-hour livestream at projectforawesome.com/live or donate at projectforawesome.com/donate. — 00:00:02
    • John says the second half raises money for charities chosen by viewers, who can submit P4A videos now at projectforawesome.com. — 00:03:30
    • John asks viewers to vote for Project for Awesome videos and help decide where the money goes. — 00:03:38
  • 2018-12-11 · When the Internet Came Home — John says this year's (2018) Project for Awesome has raised more than $1.5 million for charity, and the fundraiser is still up. — 00:02:55
    • John says viewers can donate at projectforawesome.com/donate until midnight tonight and get great perks. — 00:03:02
  • …and 26 statements more in 2018 — all statements of 2018

2019

  • 2019-01-04 · Bid Daddy Likes Pork Rinds - P4A Recap 2018! — Hank recalls that a couple of weeks ago they raised $1.6 million for charity during the Project for Awesome, with livestream guests, votes on charities and charity videos. — 00:00:03
  • 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
    • John says this year's (2019) P4A fundraising is entirely separate from the brothers' project with Partners In Health Sierra Leone announced a couple of months ago. — 00:02:01
  • 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
    • John says the Project for Awesome has raised over $10 million for charity in the last ten years. — 00:02:08
  • 2019-12-06 · It is Much Easier to Destroy than Create — announcement: Hank: The Project for Awesome begins shortly at noon Eastern, with 48 hours of fun, fundraising, silliness and thoughtfulness at projectforawesome.com/live. — 00:03:28
    • 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
    • John hopes viewers felt that during the P4A; for him it came when he needed reminding that what we accomplish together is truly cause for hope. — 00:03:41
  • 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
  • …and 32 statements more in 2019 — all statements of 2019

2020

  • 2020-01-03 (said on 2020-01-02, implied) · Re-Thinking our YouTube Channel — Hank lists what that togetherness has produced: Life's Library, the Project for Awesome, the work with Partners in Health, the ideas that helped him understand the world, Dear Hank and John, SciShow and Crash Course. — 00:01:47
  • 2020-12-04 · The Christmas Creature — announcement: Hank says the Vlogbrothers Project for Awesome 2021 calendar, designed by Megan Toenyes, is available now, and he loves it. — 00:03:24
    • Hank says it is good to examine our aesthetics but also to indulge them, hence the Christmas Creature, the Ratatouille musical, the P4A calendar and the socks. — 00:03:33

2021

  • 2021-01-19 · let's go on a parts adventure — announcement: John: The 2021 Project for Awesome is coming soon, running from noon on February 12th to noon on February 14th. — 00:00:00
    • John asks viewers to make a P4A video introducing an organization they care about; votes on it at projectforawesome.com help decide second-half grants, so non-donors can raise money too. — 00:01:56
  • 2021-02-05 · The Project for Awesome will be Different This Year! — announcement: Hank: The Project for Awesome, a 48-hour charity livestream with guests and goofs held every year since 2007, starts one week from today on the Vlogbrothers channel. — 00:00:00
  • 2021-02-09 · Lesser Known YouTube Channels I Love — ask: John: There is still time to make a Project for Awesome video; submit it by Wednesday (10 February 2021) at noon Eastern. — 00:02:52
  • 2021-02-12 · Doing Better — announcement: Hank: The 2021 Project for Awesome starts today, Friday the 12th at noon, and runs through the 14th; the first half raises money for Save the Children and Partners In Health. — 00:02:52
    • Hank invites viewers to vote at projectforawesome.com on charities that might get some of the money. — 00:03:33
  • 2021-02-16 · A Lovely Winter Walk — John: The 2021 P4A livestream has just ended, having raised over $2 million for charity so far: by almost any metric the most successful P4A in its 15-year history. — 00:00:16
  • 2021-02-19 · Bean Meme Review — Hank loves being part of the P4A with people: an extraordinary opportunity they didn't know they were getting into, resulting in wonderful moments. — 00:11:24
  • 2021-05-04 · What the Most-Viewed Vlogbrothers Videos Say about YouTube (and about us) — John: Since 2010, 9 of their 11 least viewed videos have been about the Project for Awesome, which raised over $12 million for charity in that time. — 00:01:56
  • 2021-11-09 · Hank Green's Million Dollar Ideas — John says he was right that 2D glasses didn't make a million dollars but wrong otherwise: they were very successful and changed both brothers' lives, because Hank realized his ideas could become things. — 00:01:46
    • John says the Awesome Socks Club raised over $700,000 for charity in its first year. — 00:02:45
  • 2021-12-01 · Loving the Loves of Your Loves — announcement: John: Many collages were made as Project for Awesome perks; Sarah has now released some as DFTBA note cards, all proceeds to charity, John's favorite thank-you cards. — 00:02:55
  • …and 51 statements more in 2021 — all statements of 2021

2022

  • 2022-01-07 · For Our 2000th Video: Just a Normal Snowy Day — announcement: Hank: Because of a scheduling mistake, the Project for Awesome is pushed back to February 25th; Hank apologizes for the inconvenience, saying they found no other fix. — 00:01:56
  • 2022-02-08 · How Much Money Vlogbrothers Makes from YouTube (...and where it goes) — announcement: John announces many perks for donors during the 15th Project for Awesome, the community's annual 48-hour charity fundraiser, beginning February 25th at noon Eastern. — 00:00:29
    • John asks viewers who can donate $500 or more to the 2022 Project for Awesome to join the matching fund via the Google form linked below. — 00:01:56 · also in: why we make art
  • 2022-02-11 · Knowing is not Understanding - Pluto and the P4A — ask: The description says viewers have 14 days to make their P4A videos and submit them at projectforawesome.com. — video description
    • Hank says P4A video submissions are open now and close 48 hours before the Project for Awesome starts on the 25th. — 00:03:24
  • 2022-02-24 · How to Make Potatoes While Dread Presses In from Every Direction — announcement: John tells Hank the Project for Awesome fundraiser is live now, with great perks at projectforawesome.com/donate. — 00:02:55
  • 2022-02-25 · When You Can't Fix Everything… — ask: Hank invites donations at projectforawesome.com/donate, with many perks in exchange, all available only during the Project for Awesome. — 00:02:06
  • 2022-03-01 (said on 2022-02-27, implied) · Hard Week — John: The next morning John learned Dr. Paul Farmer had died, and four days later the 15th annual Project for Awesome began. — 00:00:25
    • This year's (2022) Project for Awesome raised over three million dollars for charity, by almost any measure the most successful ever. — 00:02:26
  • 2022-03-04 · The 2022 P4A Meme Review!!! — The description says the people who make these memes are important to the feel of the P4A, which would be half as fun without them. — video description
    • Hank thanks John and everyone who took part in the P4A, however they participated, for their enthusiasm, creations, donations, videos and votes; it was what he needed. — 00:20:26
  • 2022-04-19 · How do you cross the Sad Gap? — John's life changed in 2014 when he asked PIH's chief medical officer, Dr. Joia Mukherjee, whether PIH would be part of the Project for Awesome's Ebola fundraising. — 00:01:56
  • …and 44 statements more in 2022 — all statements of 2022

2023

2024

  • 2024-01-12 · How to Detect AI Images (and why it doesn't matter) — ask: Hank asks people with $500 or more to donate to join the Project for Awesome matching fund, open now and closing in about a month, via the description link. — 00:04:30
  • 2024-01-16 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — John: For P4A 2024 there is already $100,000 in the bank from donations made through the year, and the matching fund being built is now at $227,000. — 00:02:37
    • John asks people who can donate over $500 to P4A 2024 to sign up for the matching fund through the link in the description and pinned comment, so every small donor's gift is matched. — 00:02:50
    • Supposing Nerdfighteria's share of that change were 20%, John reckons advocacy created a bigger financial win for global health equity than Good Store and the Project for Awesome combined. (speculative) — 00:04:42
  • 2024-01-19 · The Project for Awesome is Changing! — ask: Hank asks viewers to make a video promoting their favorite charity and submit it at ProjectForAwesome.com between January 30 and February 13. — 00:00:39
    • Hank announces that this year (2024) all P4A money will be pooled, with half going to Save the Children and Partners In Health and half to community-voted charities. — 00:02:00
  • 2024-02-02 · The Weirdest Thing I Did in LA — announcement: Hank announces that the pieces he and Sara made are being sold and the money goes into the Project for Awesome Fund. — 00:02:55
  • 2024-02-16 · How Much Does it Cost to be a Nerdfighter — announcement: Hank says the Project for Awesome 2024 is beginning as he uploads the video. — 00:00:00
    • Hank asks viewers to donate at projectforawesome.com/donate: a $125 donation becomes $250 for charity. — 00:00:00
    • For the first time in a long time, P4A money will not go to the Maternal Center of Excellence, now pretty well supported, but to the global fight against tuberculosis. — 00:05:05
  • 2024-02-23 · The Juiciest Hank in the World — Hank says the Project for Awesome 2024 was the largest of all time, raising over 3.5 million dollars in total. — 00:00:00
  • 2024-05-20 · Hang on tight, spider monkey, it's the P4A 2024 MEME REVIEW!! — Hank thanks everyone for taking part: the P4A was a real joy, and after a month off it is nice to look back on a ridiculous and wonderful time making the world better. — 00:19:36
  • …and 71 statements more in 2024 — all statements of 2024

2025

  • 2025-01-17 · How the P4A is Changing in 2025! — announcement: Hank announces that P4A 2025 video submissions open at noon Eastern on January 25 and run through February 8, submitted early rather than when the P4A starts. — 00:00:44
    • Hank hopes viewers make a P4A video, pointing them to projectforawesome.com for graphics, tips and information; videos must be new and made for P4A 2025. — 00:01:33
  • 2025-01-24 · Am I OK? — ask: Hank: With the Project for Awesome coming soon, Hank asks people who can donate more than $500 to join the matching fund via the description form, which goes to their dad, who runs the program. — 00:06:54
  • 2025-02-11 · What's at Stake — announcement: John says he is proud that half the money raised during the Project for Awesome will go to Save the Children and Partners In Health. — 00:04:22
    • John says the fundraiser is live, with perks including the first chapters of his next book and a signed postcard of a frog version of himself, all at projectforawesome.com/donate. — 00:04:52
  • 2025-02-14 · Let's Do a Good — announcement: Hank announces that the 2025 Project for Awesome begins now. — 00:00:00
  • 2025-02-18 · Gastrointestinal Hypermotility in Tuatara — John says he has had a rough month professionally and personally and feels discouraged; the P4A came when he was tired and overwhelmed but needed a pick-me-up. — 00:00:58
    • The P4A reminded John that we do not need a them in order to create a strong us. — 00:01:27
  • 2025-02-21 · No Video Today!! — Hank reports that the 2025 Project for Awesome has raised $3,673,295. — 00:00:00
    • Hank says this is the biggest Project for Awesome of all time by a fair margin. — 00:00:00
  • 2025-05-23 · I Can’t Believe How Few People it Takes. — Hank says Nerdfighteria, Crash Course, TB Fighters and the Project for Awesome taught him that small groups of people can bring about tremendous change. — 00:05:20
  • 2025-10-21 · Is Book Publishing Dying? An Author's Perspective — ask: John asks viewers who want to make something for this year's (2025) Nerdfighter Art Perk to visit projectforawesome.com/physicalart by Wednesday (22 October 2025), October 29. — 00:05:49
  • …and 46 statements more in 2025 — all statements of 2025

2026

  • 2026-01-09 · There is Only One Source of Value — announcement: Hank says the Project for Awesome, a good and hopeful time every year, is just around the corner: February 13th to the 15th. — 00:03:53
  • 2026-01-16 · 2026 P4A Changes! (Plus...GAMES!) — announcement: Hank announces the P4A 2026 livestream begins at noon Eastern on Friday, February 13th and ends at noon Eastern on Sunday, February '5th'. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-02-06 · One week until P4A! — ask: John invites viewers to join the Project for Awesome from February 13 to 15 on the vlogbrothers YouTube channel. — 00:00:31
  • 2026-02-13 · Why Isn't Everybody a Nonprofit?! — announcement: Hank says the yearly Project for Awesome charity livestream begins today, moments or hours after he uploads, and thanks everyone for 19 years of it. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — ask: John asks viewers who can to donate at projectforawesome.com/donate, and those who can't to watch P4A videos and vote for the charities they want supported. — 01:14:04
  • 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! — John says the 2026 Project for Awesome has raised $1.56 million in total, after $560,000 of Tiltify donations. — 00:09:03
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! — announcement: John announces that the 2026 Project for Awesome has raised $2 million. — 00:23:54
  • 2026-02-14 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! — announcement: Hank announces that the 2026 Project for Awesome total has reached $3 million. — 05:07:40
  • 2026-02-15 · Project for Awesome 2026 part 5! — John recently reread Zombicorns, the zombie apocalypse novella he wrote about 15 years ago for the Project for Awesome, the first time he had ever reread his own work, and found he liked it and was proud of himself. — 02:36:45
  • 2026-02-24 · Risk Is a Privilege — John says the Project for Awesome raised over $4.2 million. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-07-08 · Project for Awesome Recap Video 2026!! — Hank: A livestream clip shows hosts repeating "four million dollars" in disbelief, calling it unbelievable and not normal. — 00:03:34
  • 2026-07-10 · How Status Destroys Us — Hank says the phenomenon of TFIOS drove John, and to a lesser extent Hank, to retreat to higher-barrier corners of the internet like Vlogbrothers, with its decades-long history of tiny chickens, Projects for Awesome and bean Furbies and videos not expected to draw many viewers. — 00:00:58
  • …and 377 statements more in 2026 — all statements of 2026