Modest Needs is doing charity in a way that I don’t think anyone else does. My favorite things about Modest Needs:
- It helps primarily the working poor — those who don’t qualify for government assistance specifically because they made the responsible choice to work to support themselves rather than sit back and collect taxpayer-funded aid.
- As a donor, I can choose to review individual applications for help and choose which ones to apply my donations toward. Of course, sometimes it can be extremely difficult to choose among the pleas of so many deserving and needy people. For donors for whom this is just too much, there is an option to have Modest Needs apply donations where it sees fit.
- The Modest Needs staff thoroughly vets each application, verifying income, liabilities, eligibility for other types of aid, and more.
There’s never been a better year in which to express thanks for what we have by spending some of our gift budgets on a cause like Modest Needs.
