How does Modest Needs differ from other, more conventional charitable organizations?
Modest Needs Foundation differs from most conventional charitable organizations in several significant ways. For example: • At Modest Needs, we focus on prevention by making grants designed to STOP the cycle of poverty BEFORE it starts. Conventional charitable and social programs play a critical role in the lives of those who simply cannot support themselves. But generally, individuals and families generally have to lose everything – including any hope of future self-sufficiency- before they qualify for assistance from these types of programs. At Modest Needs, we think it makes more sense to assist hard-working individuals and families at the OUTSET of a financial crisis, when a small amount of well-timed assistance has the power to keep our applicants from entering the cycle of poverty altogether. In this way, we not only promote the financial self-sufficiency of our applicants, we free up the critical tax dollars that otherwise would go to support these individuals and families, were
