Project for Awesome is a yearly livestream event hosted by John & Hank Green's Foundation for World Suck in which participants create short videos advocating for charities. Money raised during the second half of the livestream is granted to the charities that have achieved the most votes on the Project for Awesome website across all of their videos; in past years this has been about $20,000 each to winners. Since 2021, members of the effective altruism community have coordinated to make videos for a shortlist of charities voted on in a Facebook group ahead of time to increase the chances that those charities recieve the grant: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/aGLiq389hAzC2g6KA/project-for-awesome-2021-was-a-success-1

In 2021, the amount granted to EA charities was $194k (39%) between 7 winners of the 8 coordinated on by the Facebook group; in 2019, this was $59k (12%) between 4 winners; in 2018, this was $56k (11%) between 3 winners; in 2017, this was $39k (8%) between 2 winners; in 2016, this was $50k (10%) between 2 winners; and in 2015, the relevant amount was $25k (5%) to the Against Malaria Foundation.

This will resolve at a percentage equal to the total amount in grants divided by $5,000 made to charities coordinated on by the EA Project 4 Awesome Facebook group, as listed on the Foundation to Decrease World Suck's previous grants page when figures are available.

Close date updated to 2024-01-01 12:00 am