How to Give Away Over a Million Dollars
2015-12-29 · announcement · John · 2:42 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Global development (also: Personal life, Nerdfighteria) · mode: Announcements · tags: calendar ritual, community lore, civic or action cta, self promotion
John announces that the 2015 Project for Awesome raised more than $1.5 million and names the twenty Nerdfighter-voted charities receiving grants, shares Connie Bostic's New Year's card, and asks Nerdfighteria for feedback on Vlogbrothers for next year.
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; the video comes in three parts, like Plato's understanding of the soul
00:00:05 — Part one: P4A 2015 total, first-half split between Save the Children and UNHCR, and the 20 Nerdfighter-voted grant charities; thanks
- ★★★ John says the 2015 Project for Awesome raised more than 1.5 million dollars in total. — 00:00:08 · Project for Awesome
- ★★ 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 · Project for Awesome
- ★★ John says he is excited about how well the Project for Awesome went this year (2015), 'like Cheez Doodles guy', and imitates the scream. (playful) — 00:00:20 · Project for Awesome
- ★★★ 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 · Project for Awesome, Save the Children
- ★★ 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 · Project for Awesome, Nerdfighteria
- ★★★ John announces the ten most-voted charities, each receiving a $25,000 grant, and names and describes them (nine are named). — 00:00:50 · Project for Awesome, This Star Won't Go Out (charity)
- ★★★ John says the next ten most-voted charities will receive smaller grants of still more than $10,000, and names them. — 00:01:27 · Project for Awesome
- ★★ John thanks viewers for donating and for voting, stressing that all the charities were decided by their votes at projectforawesome.com. — 00:01:44 · Project for Awesome, Nerdfighteria
- ★ John points to more information about the charities in the description, including a playlist of Project for Awesome videos about each. — 00:01:51 · doobly-doo, Project for Awesome
00:01:57 — Part two: Connie Bostic's New Year's card 'We Must Live In Joy Through the Sorrows of this World'
- ★★ John shares a New Year's card by his and Hank's mother's artist friend Connie Bostic, 'We Must Live In Joy Through the Sorrows of this World', calling it the greatest of all time. — 00:01:57 · Sydney Green
00:02:07 — Part three: four questions to Nerdfighteria about Vlogbrothers next year, rules, schedule and his punishment
- ★★ John says this is his final Vlogbrothers video of 2015. — 00:02:07 · Vlogbrothers
- ★★★ John asks Nerdfighteria to answer in the comments what they want more or less of on Vlogbrothers next year (2016), and whether the rules and the schedule should change. — 00:02:10 · Nerdfighteria, Vlogbrothers
- ★★ John playfully asks whether Nerdfighteria will really punish him because his video about refugee camps in Ethiopia ran over four minutes, calling them monsters. (playful) — 00:02:22 · Nerdfighteria, Punishment, Four-minute rule
00:02:33 — Off to play FIFA as the AFC Wimbledon Wimbly-Womblies on HankGames; sign-off
- ★ John says he is off to play FIFA as the AFC Wimbledon Wimbly-Womblies, which can be found on HankGames. — 00:02:33 · HankGames, AFC Wimbledon
Threads in this video
- outcome · P4A 2015 edition — 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. (00:00:08)
- callback · Cheez Doodles Guy, the screaming man of Pizzamas 2015 (2015) — John says he is 'Cheez-Doodles-guy excited' about P4A 2015 and imitates the scream. (00:00:24)
- result reported · John asks viewers to donate to P4A 2015 through its Indiegogo, with first-half donations matched (2015) — John reports that the first half of P4A 2015 raised more than a million dollars, with the help of some matching donors, to be split between Save the Children and UNHCR. (00:00:34)
- thanks · John asks viewers to donate to P4A 2015 through its Indiegogo, with first-half donations matched (2015) — John thanks viewers for donating to P4A 2015. (00:01:44)
- result reported · John asks viewers to watch and vote for P4A 2015 videos at projectforawesome.com (2015) — John reports that the P4A 2015 grant charities were all decided by viewers' votes at projectforawesome.com. (00:01:46)
- thanks · John asks viewers to watch and vote for P4A 2015 videos at projectforawesome.com (2015) — John thanks viewers for voting in P4A 2015. (00:01:46)
- asked · John asks Nerdfighteria what they want more or less of on Vlogbrothers next year and whether the rules and schedule should change (2015) — John asks Nerdfighteria to say in the comments what they want more or less of on Vlogbrothers next year (2016) and whether the rules and schedule should change. (00:02:10)
- asked · John asks Nerdfighteria whether they will really punish him for his over-four-minute video on refugee camps in Ethiopia (2015) — John asks Nerdfighteria whether they are seriously going to punish him because his video about refugee camps in Ethiopia was longer than four minutes. (00:02:22) → refers to The Refugee Crises: Project for Awesome 2015
- milestone · HankGames: Hank's channel of commentated game-play videos (2010) — John says he is off to play FIFA as the AFC Wimbledon Wimbly-Womblies, which can be found on HankGames. (00:02:33)
- reminder · John asks Nerdfighters to subscribe to HankGames and watch his AFC Wimbledon FIFA videos (2013) — John says he is off to play FIFA as the AFC Wimbledon Wimbly-Womblies, which can be found on HankGames. (00:02:33)
- milestone · John's AFC Wimbledon FIFA series on HankGames, whose ad revenue sponsors the real AFC Wimbledon with Nerdfighter-designed ads (2013) — John says he is off to play FIFA as the AFC Wimbledon Wimbly-Womblies, which can be found on HankGames. (00:02:33)
Where the stories that moved here went next
- John asks Nerdfighteria whether they will really punish him for his over-four-minute video on refugee camps in Ethiopia (2015) — joke (not a request); last: asked, 2015-12-29
- John asks viewers to donate to P4A 2015 through its Indiegogo, with first-half donations matched (2015) — reported back; last: thanks, 2015-12-29
- John asks viewers to watch and vote for P4A 2015 videos at projectforawesome.com (2015) — reported back; last: result reported, 2016-11-01
- P4A 2015 edition — completed; last: outcome, 2016-11-01
- HankGames: Hank's channel of commentated game-play videos (2010) — last documented in 2018 (looked back on in 2023)
- 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
Mentioned
Central: Project for Awesome · We Must Live In Joy Through the Sorrows of This World
Also: People: Aleksander Gamme · Sydney Green
Projects: HankGames
Works: FIFA (video game series)
Organizations: Action Against Hunger · AFC Wimbledon · Against Malaria Foundation · American Foundation for Suicide Prevention · charity: water · Direct Relief · Great Ormond Street Hospital · Lava Mae · Liberty in North Korea · Malala Fund · Médecins Sans Frontières · Not Forgotten · Planned Parenthood · Save the Children · She's the First · Soap Aid · The Harry Potter Alliance · This Star Won't Go Out (charity) · UNHCR · Uplift · Water.org
Rituals: Four-minute rule · Punishment
Terms: doobly-doo
Concepts: Plato's tripartite theory of soul
Places: Ethiopia
Events: National Novel Writing Month
Characters: AFC Wimbledon Wimbly Womblys
Only in the description or credits: Connie Bostic
Later videos replying to this one
- 2016-01-01 · Why Does January First Start the New Year? - New Year's Explained (Hank) — continues (open on Hank asks viewers to take his year-end survey on what vlogbrothers should do in 2016 (2016)) — Hank asks viewers to take his survey (linked in the description) on what vlogbrothers should do in the next year, instead of relying on comments on John's last video. (00:03:45)