Hank asks donors of more than $500 to join the P4A 2026 matching fund at projectforawesome.com/matching (2026)
ask · status: reported back · last event: thanks (2026-02-14) · owner: John and Hank
In January 2026 Hank asked viewers able to give more than $500 to become matching donors for the 2026 Project for Awesome, open until noon Eastern on 8 February 2026 at projectforawesome.com/matching; John repeated the ask four days later.
Part of: P4A 2026 edition
Told alongside: John asks donors of $500 or more to join the P4A 2022 matching fund via Google form (2022) · John asks viewers to make a P4A 2026 video nominating a charity by February 8 (2026)
About: Project for Awesome
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-08 | first in the videos (reminder; it began earlier) | John tells viewers they can join the P4A matching fund by donating $500 or more at the link in the description. · also in: why we make art | How Much Money Vlogbrothers Makes from YouTube (...and where it goes) 00:01:56 |
| 2026-01-09 | asked | Hank asks those able to give more to become P4A matching donors; the description gives more than $500, open until noon EST on February 8, 2026, at projectforawesome.com/matching. | There is Only One Source of Value 00:04:26 |
| 2026-02-13 | thanks | John thanks the P4A 2026 matching donors (Partners In Health, Save the Children and hundreds of Nerdfighters) and the people who run the fund, including his father Mike Green. | Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! 00:27:16 |
| 2026-02-13 | result reported | Hank says hundreds of matching donors came together to create $1.5 million of P4A 2026 matching funds, about as much as they could use. | Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! 00:59:45 |
| 2026-02-14 | thanks | John thanks the matching funders, who have made the 2026 Project for Awesome two and a half times more lucrative than it would otherwise be. | Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! 00:29:31 |
What is said about it
6 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2026-01-09 · There is Only One Source of Value — ask: Hank asks those able to give more to become P4A matching donors (checks, stocks, donor-advised funds, credit cards, PayPal); matches can double, triple or quadruple donations during the livestream. — 00:04:26
- 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — announcement: John reports that the Partners In Health matching gift is maxed out, so each dollar now counts as $2.50. — 00:50:17
- 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — announcement: John says his father Mike Green, who donated, helped run the P4A matching fund with Amy, and thanks his parents for making a P4A perk again this year (2026). — 01:02:42
- 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says the P4A 2026 matching funds include $500,000 from a Save the Children matching donor and almost $1.5 million from Nerdfighters who came together to form a matching fund. — 06:40:31
- 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — announcement: John says the 2026 P4A has far more matching money than ever but less from Partners In Health, which slows the overall donation rate but keeps matching going much longer, each dollar counting as $2.50. — 06:41:16
- 2026-02-13 · Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! — John says his father, who worked in nonprofits for most of his career, including the Nature Conservancy, offered to help with donor development and the matching fund, which now brings in about $1.5 million a year. — 07:34:32