Who decides how my donation to Modest Needs is used?
You do. Each time you make a tax-deductible contribution to Modest Needs, we credit your Modest Needs account with ‘points’ that you can allocate to the prequalified applications at Modest Needs that mean the most to you. These points are our way of giving our donors ‘voting power.’ Each point that you give to a request for help brings that applicant one step closer to receiving a Modest Needs grant. Best of all, the second that our donors allocate to an application all of the points necessary for us to authorize a grant, we instantly fund that request for help on behalf of our donors. In this way, Modest Needs gives our donors the power to participate directly in our grant-making process by determining – simply, quickly, and directly – which requests for help you would most like for us to support. Modest Needs is the only charity of its kind in the world to allow its donors this level of hands-on participation in our grant-making process.
