P4A 2015 edition
project history · status: completed · last event: outcome (2016-11-01)
The ninth annual Project for Awesome ran from noon Eastern on December 11, 2015, with first-half money for Save the Children and UNHCR and second-half money for charities chosen by votes. It raised more than 1.5 million dollars, and the Foundation to Decrease World Suck had paid out over a million dollars in grants from it by September 2016.
Parts: Hank invites viewers to make P4A 2015 videos for their favorite charities (2015) · 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 set money aside for P4A 2015 perks (2015) · John and Hank: match $250,000 of P4A 2015 first-half donations (2015) · John: post his P4A 2015 video on Friday, December 11 (2015)
Other editions: P4A 2008 edition · P4A 2009 edition · P4A 2010 edition · P4A 2011 edition · P4A 2012 edition · P4A 2013 edition · P4A 2014 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
Told alongside: John: keep Nerdfighters up to date on how the vlogbrothers pre-roll money is spent (2014) · Vlogbrothers pre-roll ads and the Vlogbrothers Creator Grants (2014)
About: Project for Awesome
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-11-06 | announced | Hank announces the Project for Awesome will be on December 11 and 12. | Announcing VidCon 2016! June 23 - 25 (and Pizzamas 2015!) 00:03:08 |
| 2015-11-09 | rule change | Hank says first-half P4A money will be split between Save the Children and the UN refugee agency, second-half money among charities in the most-voted videos. | Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) 00:02:18 |
| 2015-11-10 | rule change | John corrects Hank's midnight start: the Project for Awesome begins at noon Eastern on December 11, when the livestream begins. → refers to Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) | It's a Pizzamas Miracle! (Pizzamas Day 2) 00:00:38 |
| 2015-12-04 | announced | Hank announces the Project for Awesome starts a week from this day, with a livestream and very cool perks. | The Explain The 2008 Financial Crisis CHALLENGE! (and 7 other challenges) 00:02:50 |
| 2015-12-08 | rule change | John sets out P4A 2015: starts Friday at noon Eastern, Indiegogo fundraising from midnight with 100% to the Foundation, first half for Save the Children and UNHCR with matching, second half for charities chosen by votes. | The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report 00:01:12 |
| 2015-12-08 | milestone | John reports the Foundation to Decrease World Suck already has $80,000 before P4A 2015 starts, mostly from Nerdcrafteria and Vlogbrothers ad revenue. | The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report 00:02:42 |
| 2015-12-11 | launched | John opens the ninth annual Project for Awesome on Friday. | The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 00:00:00 |
| 2015-12-15 | looked back | Hank says P4A 2015 went really well and was great fun. | P4A 2015 - Condensed Soup 00:03:48 |
| 2015-12-29 | outcome | John reports P4A 2015 raised more than $1.5 million in total, the first half (with matching) more than a million for Save the Children and UNHCR, and announces the 20 Nerdfighter-voted grant charities. | How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars 00:00:08 |
| 2016-09-06 | milestone | 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. | How We're Spending Your Money: The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Quarterly Report 00:00:32 |
| 2016-11-01 | outcome | John says the most-voted charities get grants; last year (2015) the top-voted charities received $25,000 each. | BABY! BABY! BABY! (And the 10th Annual Project for Awesome) 00:01:25 |
What is said about it
20 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2015-11-06 · Announcing VidCon 2016! June 23 - 25 (and Pizzamas 2015!) — announcement: Hank announces the Project for Awesome will be on December 11 and 12, so anyone wanting to make a P4A video should start thinking about it. — 00:03:08
- 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
- 2015-11-09 · Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) — announcement: Hank: P4A also has a 48-hour livestream with lots of guests and weird things, where memes and new traditions are created. — 00:01:42
- 2015-11-09 · Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) — announcement: Hank: 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
- 2015-11-09 · Enjoy My Stupid Dancing! (Pizzamas Day 1) — Hank says voting influences where the pot of money goes, which in the last few years has been more than a million dollars. — 00:02:30
- 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
- 2015-12-08 · 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
- 2015-12-08 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report — announcement: 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
- 2015-12-08 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report — announcement: John says the second half raises money for charities chosen by viewers, who from Friday can watch P4A videos and vote at projectforawesome.com. — 00:01:59
- 2015-12-08 · The Bank of Nerdfighteria's Semiannual Report — 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 — announcement: John opens the ninth annual Project for Awesome, pointing to the 48-hour livestream, perks and voting at projectforawesome.com, where votes decide where much of the money goes. — 00:00:00
- 2015-12-11 · The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015 — announcement: 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 — a guest: The livestream closes thanking everyone who worked hard over the 48 hours and everyone watching, promising to see viewers in 363 days. — 00:02:42
- 2015-12-15 · P4A 2015 - Condensed Soup — Hank thanks everyone who took part (livestream, volunteering, donating, making videos) and says P4A 2015 went really well and was great fun. — 00:03:42
- 2015-12-29 · How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars — announcement: John says final numbers must wait because the final shipping costs for the perks are not yet known, but he can announce the winning charities. — 00:00:13
- 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
- 2015-12-29 · How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars — announcement: John says all money raised in the second half goes to charities chosen by the Nerdfighter community through voting at projectforawesome.com. — 00:00:43
- 2015-12-29 · How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars — announcement: John announces the ten most-voted charities, each receiving a $25,000 grant, and names and describes them (nine are named). — 00:00:50
- 2015-12-29 · How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars — announcement: John says the next ten most-voted charities will receive smaller grants of still more than $10,000, and names them. — 00:01:27
- 2016-11-01 · BABY! BABY! BABY! (And the 10th Annual Project for Awesome) — John says last year's (2015) winning charities ranged from Water.org to a suicide-prevention charity. — 00:03:23