Giving Away Over $700,000

2014-01-14 · announcement · John, Rosianna Halse Rojas · 2:55 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Global development (also: Books & writing, Sports) · mode: Announcements · tags: calendar ritual, self promotion, community lore, guest or collab

John hints he has seen and loved the TFIOS film, reports AFC Wimbledon's first Nerdfighteria-sponsored game, and announces the 20 winning charities of the 2013 Project for Awesome, which raised over $860,000.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — Greeting; John saw an unnamed movie in LA (out June 6) and loved it; shirt change; 'unsubtle' plug to read The Fault in Our Stars before the film

• ★★★ John went to Los Angeles a couple of days ago to watch a movie he doesn't think he is allowed to name; he hints that it comes out on June 6th. (hedged) — 00:00:00 · Los Angeles, The Fault in Our Stars (film)
• ★★★ John says the movie is funny but at other times very, very sad; he really loved it, which is exciting and a huge relief. — 00:00:06 · The Fault in Our Stars (film)
• ★★ In a mock-unsubtle plug, John says everyone should read his book The Fault in Our Stars before the movie adaptation comes out on June 6th. (playful) — 00:00:18 · The Fault in Our Stars, The Fault in Our Stars (film)

00:00:25 — AFC Wimbledon's first game sponsored by Nerdfighteria; Rosianna on the physical boards; Wimbledon lost

• ★★ John reports that AFC Wimbledon has played its first game as a team sponsored by Nerdfighteria. — 00:00:25 · AFC Wimbledon, Nerdfighteria
• ★★ Rosianna Halse Rojas: Rosianna, an internet kid who loves GIFs, Instagram and YouTube, finds something cool in the physical boards at the pitch designed by Nerdfighters living far away. — 00:00:30 · Rosianna Halse Rojas, Nerdfighteria
• ★ Wimbledon lost the game, but, invoking the long arc of history bending toward justice, the speaker says they will be fine. (playful) — 00:00:46 · AFC Wimbledon

00:00:50 — P4A 2013 results: more than $860,000 raised; ten charities get $50,000 each; the remaining $360,000 to perks and ten more charities; thanks to donors and voters

• ★★★ John says Nerdfighters raised more than $860,000 in this year's (2014) Project for Awesome. — 00:00:50 · Nerdfighteria, Project for Awesome
• ★★★ 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 · Project for Awesome, Nerdfighteria
• ★★★ 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 · This Star Won't Go Out (charity), Save the Children
• ★★ John says the Harry Potter Alliance fights inequality and illiteracy and once worked with Nerdfighteria to send five airplanes of medical supplies to Haiti after the earthquake. — 00:01:07 · Nerdfighteria
• ★★ John describes This Star Won't Go Out as set up in memory of Esther Earl to give direct support to families of kids with cancer. — 00:01:15 · This Star Won't Go Out (charity), Esther Earl
• ★★ John describes TECHO as mobilizing young people, including a group of Nerdfighters in Argentina, to build houses for people living in poverty around Latin America. — 00:01:49 · Nerdfighteria
• ★★ John says all ten organizations will receive $50,000 apiece from the Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck. — 00:02:00 · Foundation to Decrease World Suck
• ★★★ 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 · Project for Awesome
• ★★★ 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
• ★★ John says the 20 winning charities' money will fight disease, poverty, illiteracy and injustice, and thanks everyone who donated and who voted so they could be good stewards of the money. — 00:02:35 · Project for Awesome
• ★ John points viewers to links in the doobly-doo to learn more about the organizations. — 00:02:45 · doobly-doo

00:02:48 — Thanks for being part of P4A; DFTBA sign-off

In the description and comments

• ★ 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 · Project for Awesome

Threads in this video

• milestone · The Fault in Our Stars film adaptation (2012) — John has watched the (unnamed) Fault in Our Stars film in Los Angeles; it comes out June 6th, is funny and very sad, and he really loved it. (00:00:00)
• asked · John asks viewers to read The Fault in Our Stars before seeing the film (2013) — John, in a mock-unsubtle plug, says everyone should read The Fault in Our Stars before the film comes out on June 6th. (00:00:18)
• milestone · John's AFC Wimbledon FIFA series on HankGames, whose ad revenue sponsors the real AFC Wimbledon with Nerdfighter-designed ads (2013) — AFC Wimbledon plays its first game as a team sponsored by Nerdfighteria, with boards designed by Nerdfighters; Wimbledon lost. (00:00:25)
• result reported · John asks Nerdfighters to design the AFC Wimbledon billboards and program ads (2013) — Rosianna, at AFC Wimbledon's first Nerdfighteria-sponsored game, sees the physical boards around the pitch designed by Nerdfighters, some living half a world away. (00:00:38)
• outcome · P4A 2013 edition — 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. (00:00:50)
• thanks · Hank asks viewers to donate to P4A 2013 through its Indiegogo campaign and perks (2013) — John thanks everyone who donated to P4A 2013. (00:02:35)
• thanks · Hank asks viewers to vote for P4A 2013 videos at projectforawesome.com (2013) — John thanks everyone who took the time to vote, so the money could be stewarded well. (00:02:35)
• looked back · The Harry Potter Alliance's Helping Haiti Heal raffle (2010) — John says the Harry Potter Alliance fights inequality and illiteracy and once worked with Nerdfighteria to send five airplanes of medical supplies to Haiti after the earthquake. (00:01:07)
• came true · John predicts The Fault in Our Stars movie will be a good movie (2013) — John says the movie is funny but at other times very, very sad; he really loved it, which is exciting and a huge relief. (00:00:06)
• result reported · John asks London-area Nerdfighters to attend AFC Wimbledon's first game with Nerdfighteria as sponsor (2014) — John reports that AFC Wimbledon has played its first game as a team sponsored by Nerdfighteria. (00:00:25)

Where the stories that moved here went next

• John asks viewers to read The Fault in Our Stars before seeing the film (2013) — promotion (not a request); last: reminder, 2014-06-03
• John asks Nerdfighters to design the AFC Wimbledon billboards and program ads (2013) — reported back; last: result reported, 2014-01-14
• John asks London-area Nerdfighters to attend AFC Wimbledon's first game with Nerdfighteria as sponsor (2014) — invitation (not a request); last: result reported, 2014-01-14
• John predicts The Fault in Our Stars movie will be a good movie (2013) — came true
• P4A 2013 edition — completed; last: looked back, 2014-07-08
• John's AFC Wimbledon FIFA series on HankGames, whose ad revenue sponsors the real AFC Wimbledon with Nerdfighter-designed ads (2013) — running; last: looked back, 2026-03-17
• The Fault in Our Stars film adaptation (2012) — completed; last: looked back, 2024-02-06

Mentioned

Central: AFC Wimbledon · Project for Awesome · The Fault in Our Stars (film)

Also: People: Esther Earl

Projects: Foundation to Decrease World Suck

Works: FIFA (video game series) · The Fault in Our Stars · Women of YouTube calendar

Organizations: Child's Play · Feeding America · First Book · Kiva · Liberty in North Korea · Médecins Sans Frontières · Not Forgotten · Office of Letters and Light · Partners for Mental Health · Pencils for Kids · Save the Children · TECHO · The Harry Potter Alliance · The Wayne Foundation · Thirst Project · This Star Won't Go Out (charity) · To Write Love on Her Arms · Water.org · Women for Women International · World Food Programme

Places: Argentina · Haiti · Latin America · Los Angeles · Peru

Events: 2010 Haiti earthquake

Taking part: Rosianna Halse Rojas

Only in the description or credits: Free Rice

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