AFC Wimbledon

The Nerdfighter Community and John’s family proudly sponsor the 3rd tier English football (soccer) team AFC Wimbledon with revenue from the videos John makes on hankgames. The Nerdfighter Community is the back of shorts sponsor for the club, with DFTBA on every pair of shorts the team wears, and since the 2014-2015 season, John and Sarah have sponsored the club’s North Stand, now the John Green stand. AFC Wimbledon is owned by its fans and you can become a member of the Dons Trust for as little as 50 British pence a week at thedonstrust.org.

Vlogbrothers sponsorship

Half the money generated from pre-roll advertisements on the Vlogbrothers YouTube channel goes to The Foundation to Decrease World Suck; Nerdfighteria collectively decided that the other half should go into a fund that will be used to help creators make awesome things. If you are working on an online educational/informational/super awesome project, consider sending in an application in order to be considered as a potential funds recipient. 

VidCon

John and Hank co-founded the online video event VidCon, which has been held annually in California since 2010. Thousands of online video creators, viewers, and industry people head to the Anaheim Convention Center to discuss and celebrate online video in its many forms. VidCon was acquired by Viacom in 2018. You can find out more about VidCon at the official website: vidcon.com.

First-look production deal

In 2015, John entered into a first-look producing deal with Fox 2000, the studio that produced The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns. You can find trade coverage of the deal on The Hollywood Reporter and Variety.

Let It Snow

John wrote a long short story called “A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle” in the book Let It Snow, which also features lovely stories from Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle. This book has been published in translated editions and a movie adaptation was released on Netflix in November 2019.

Anthologies

John has written stories for several anthologies. These include “The Great American Morp” in 21 Proms, “The Approximate Cost of Loving Caroline” in Twice Told, and “Freak the Geek” in Geektastic.

This Is Not Tom

John wrote an unfinished novella hidden behind wildly complex riddles called “This Is Not Tom.” TINT was free and available to the public, but the only way to read the story was to solve the riddles, which was basically impossible without crowdsourcing.