P4A 2013 edition
project history · status: completed · last event: outcome (2014-01-14) · last mentioned: 2014-07-08
The 2013 Project for Awesome began with a 48-hour livestream at noon Eastern on 17 December 2013, where every comment on a P4A video was worth a penny. Nerdfighters raised more than $860,000 for charity.
Parts: Hank asks people to make and submit P4A 2013 videos promoting their favorite charities (2013) · Hank asks viewers to vote for P4A 2013 videos at projectforawesome.com (2013) · Hank asks viewers to donate to P4A 2013 through its Indiegogo campaign and perks (2013) · Hank asks viewers to join the P4A 2013 livestream and comment on P4A videos (2013) · Hank's P4A 2013 Christmas album (2013)
Other editions: P4A 2008 edition · P4A 2009 edition · P4A 2010 edition · P4A 2011 edition · P4A 2012 edition · P4A 2014 edition · P4A 2015 edition · P4A 2016 edition · P4A 2017 edition · P4A 2018 edition · P4A 2019 edition · P4A 2021 edition · P4A 2022 edition · P4A 2023 edition · P4A 2024 edition · P4A 2025 edition · P4A 2026 edition
About: Project for Awesome, Indiegogo
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-12-16 | announced | Hank announces P4A 2013 for December 17, starting tomorrow at noon Eastern, and sets out how it works: charity videos, voting at projectforawesome.com, an Indiegogo campaign with perks and $125,000 matching, the livestream, and money split among top-voted charities. | Project for Awesome Time!! What does it Mean?! 00:00:00 |
| 2013-12-17 | launched | John announces the 2013 Project for Awesome is under way; its 48-hour livestream begins at noon Eastern today. | THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! 00:00:00 |
| 2013-12-17 | rule change | John states the P4A 2013 rules: 100% of money raised goes to organizations chosen by community vote at projectforawesome.com; every comment on a P4A video or #projectforawesome tweet is worth a penny; the first $125,000 is matched. | THE PROJECT FOR AWESOME 2013 IS UPON US! 00:00:24 |
| 2013-12-20 | milestone | During the livestream P4A 2013 passes $525,000 raised. | Best Moments of the Project for Awesome 00:02:42 |
| 2014-01-14 | outcome | John announces P4A 2013 raised more than $860,000; ten charities chosen by Nerdfighteria get $50,000 each and ten more share most of the remaining $360,000. | Giving Away Over $700,000 00:00:50 |
| 2014-07-08 | looked back | John says P4A raised more than $800,000 for charity last December. | The Future of Nerdfighteria 00:01:32 |
What is said about it
12 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2013-11-26 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria — ask: 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's description says the P4A Indiegogo campaign is live and some of the perks are already sold out. — video description
- 2013-12-16 · Project for Awesome Time!! What does it Mean?! — 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
- 2013-12-16 · 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
- 2013-12-16 · Project for Awesome Time!! What does it Mean?! — announcement: 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! — 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
- 2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — John: Among the P4A winners, John notes the World Food Programme is where Free Rice's money goes and Feeding America works with food banks around the US. — video description
- 2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — announcement: John: 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
- 2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — announcement: John: The ten $50,000 winners: Harry Potter Alliance, This Star Won't Go Out, Not Forgotten, Save the Children, Liberty in North Korea, Child's Play, Thirst Project, Water.org, Partners for Mental Health, TECHO. — 00:01:07
- 2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — announcement: John says all ten organizations will receive $50,000 apiece from the Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck. — 00:02:00
- 2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — announcement: John: Of the remaining $360,000 (not pizza and corn dogs), some pays for producing and shipping perks like t-shirts and the Women of YouTube calendar; most is split among ten more charities. (playful) — 00:02:03
- 2014-01-14 · Giving Away Over $700,000 — announcement: John: The ten further winners: To Write Love on Her Arms, Office of Letters and Light, World Food Programme ('World Food Project'), Feeding America, Wayne Foundation, Pencils for Kids, Women for Women International, First Book, Kiva, Doctors Without Borders. — 00:02:20