The Project for Awesome (or P4A) is an annual event where we raise awareness of charities that make the world a little bit of a better place and we raise money to redistribute to charities voted on by our community.
Legally speaking, the Project for Awesome is a project of the Foundation to Decrease World Suck (or FTDWS), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The FTDWS exists to fundraise for the benefit of other nonprofits and only awards grants to organizations that are 501(c)(3) or foreign equivalent classified charities. The nine board members are John Green, Hank Green, Mike Green, Marie Ann Fernandez-Silva, Valerie Barr, Taylor Behnke, Benny Fine, Rosianna Halse Rojas, and Angela Lin.
In 2024, we raised a grand total of $3,530,889.25, including several generous matching donations. 50% of donations went to Save the Children and Partners in Health, and 50% of donations were split between 30 charities chosen by the Project for Awesome community. You can see a list of all the charities that have received P4A grants here.
The very first P4A was organized in 2007 as the Nerdfighter Power Project for Awesome, an event hosted by John and Hank Green—alongside their online community, Nerdfighteria—to take over the most discussed page of YouTube with videos that promoted different charities. The goal was to spotlight organizations that “decrease world suck” and hopefully drive attention and donations their way.
Since then, the Project for Awesome has grown to include a 48-hour livestream hosted by John, Hank, and special guests from across the internet; exclusive perks to help fundraise for charities; video submission guidelines and a voting system so anyone can recommend organizations to receive a P4A grant; and a whole lot of chaotic good.
In 2025, we will be celebrating the 18th annual event!
Many of the P4A Key Dates are in January–February every year! There are four main ways that you can get involved:
Nominate a Charity to receive a P4A grant! Whether you’re a fan of a charity, volunteer with one, or are part of an organization, anyone can make a video and submit it to our website so that it may receive votes from our community. The P4A 2025 video submissions form will be open from Saturday, January 25th until Saturday, February 8th.
Join our community! You can spread the word about P4A using #p4a2025 on Bluesky and Instagram! There are also lots of ways to get involved in philanthropy and activism through Nerdfighteria, the online community that has formed around John and Hank Green’s many projects.
Donate to the Foundation to Decrease World Suck! You can donate year-round to contribute to P4A grants. For those who are able to donate $500 or more and want to help incentivize donations during the Project for Awesome, the P4A 2025 matching fund will be accepting donations from Wednesday, January 8th to Tuesday, February 11th.
Watch the P4A livestream! This is where things get wacky. John, Hank, and special guests host a 48-hour livestream to feature videos, draw on their faces, offer exclusive merch, and do their happy dances—all in the name of raising awareness and funds for charities. You truly never know what will happen, so tune in and join the party! The P4A 2025 livestream will run from Friday, February 14th through Sunday, February 16th.
Hank Green, John Green, Laura Chernikoff, Lindsay Ballantyne, Ceri Riley, Silvia Roma, Amy Darling, Katie Brink Ryan, John Lee, Payton Mitchell, Josef "Tuna" Metesh, Valerie Barr, Melanie Oventhal, Erin Hale, Rosianna Halse Rojas, Nerdfighteria, DFTBA, the P4A Advisory Board, the Foundation to Decrease World Suck Board of Directors, and our fantastic Livestream Hosts, Co-Hosts, Volunteers, and Perk Donors.