Public Charity

MODEST NEEDS FOUNDATION

MODEST NEEDS FOUNDATION is a Public Charity headquartered in New York, NY. Financial data from the 2022 filing: $1.6M revenue, $1.9M expenses, $1.1M total assets. 38 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $1.3M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 470863430 New York, NY Emergency Assistance NTEE: P60 Latest filing: 2022
Total Revenue$1.6M
Total Expenses$1.9M
Total Assets$1.1M
Grant Records38
Funding Total$1.3M
Filing Years2018–2022

Mission

Modest Needs Foundation helps low-income workers to afford short-term emergency expenses that would otherwise threaten their ability to support themselves. In this way, Modest Needs bolsters the self-sufficiency of the "working poor" while simultaneously lessening the burden of state and federal agencies charged with the care of the truly indigent.

Sample Grants Received

2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$37,550
$13,192
$66,502
2023
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$43,030
2023
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
$13,500

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Officers & Directors

CHAIR Charles Cissel
PRESIDENT Dr Keith P Taylor
VICE-CHAIR / SECRETARY Rebekah Hoffman
TREASURER Thierry Mellon

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Top Grant Purposes

For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$445,225 7 grants
GENERAL SUPPORT
$443,874 9 grants
HUMAN SERVICES
$210,092 7 grants
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
$83,500 3 grants
Human Services
$35,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2022 $1.6M $1.9M $1.1M
2020 $3.2M $2.1M $1.3M
2019 $1.3M $1.2M $234K
2018 $999K $996K $84K

Between 2018 and 2022, reported annual revenue grew from $999K to $1.6M (+60%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.1M.

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