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CONTACTING MODEST NEEDS BY EMAIL
Modest Needs receives a large number of emails daily. For a prompt response from the person best qualified to help you, please send your question or comment to the email address below that most closely matches your reason for writing.
We do our best to respond to all correspondence within one business day.
Looking For Help? To save time, instead of sending mail, please go directly to our online application form. Completing this form is the first step in applying for a grant from Modest Needs.
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Questions you might have about whether your or your household might qualify to apply for a Modest Needs grant | doiqualify![]() |
General comments or questions about Modest Needs not already answered in our comprehensive FAQ pages, other than those related to whether you or your household might qualify to apply for help from Modest Needs | general.questions![]() |
Your support of Modest Needs, including questions about how to give, help making one-time contributions (including gifts of securities) or help to create or manage a recurring contribution | donor.support![]() |
Members of the media who have questions about Modest Needs, or who would like to request an interview | media.relations![]() |
Our Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, and Gift Acceptance Policy | privacy.policy![]() |
Reactivation of an inactive account, or for Technical Support issues not addressed in our Tech Support FAQ |
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Software bugs impacting the usability or appearance of the Modest Needs website | bug.reports![]() |
CONTACTING MODEST NEEDS BY TELEPHONE
Modest Needs's telephone number is (844) 667-3776. However, we're currently receiving an overwhelming volume of applications. So that we can approve these applications as quickly as possible, we are unable to accept phone calls at this time. While you may choose to leave a phone message for us, PLEASE be aware that it may take us anywhere between 7 and 10 business days to respond to your voicemail. Under these circumstances, email is ABSOLUTELY the best way to contact Modest Needs with questions about our program, applying for help, or making a contribution. We'll reopen our phone lines as soon as our application volume returns to normal. In the meantime, thank you for reaching out to us via email as we work to assist as many hard-working families in crisis as we can. |
SENDING MAIL TO MODEST NEEDS
If you'd like to send a paper letter or contribution by check to Modest Needs, please write to: Modest Needs Foundation 33 Irving Place, FL 5 New York, NY 10003 Please note that Modest Needs does not have any way to process requests for assistance or hard-copies of documentation we've received from an applicant via regular mail. For our applicants' security, we immediately shred any applications or hard-copies of documentation that we receive via regular mail |