He said the hackathon would go on, financed by modest online donations of $50 or $100.

Paradoxically, even modest direct donations threaten the family's eligibility for crucial public benefits.

A modest donation (say $1,000 for a major institution) earns a listing in the institution's annual report.

Most printers would be only too pleased to oblige - for perhaps a modest donation to the tea tin.

Among the contributions was a marked increase in the numbers of modest donations, reflecting gifts from people of moderate or limited means.

Much else would be very cheap - most mosques suggest only a modest voluntary donation and even famous monuments usually charge no more than $2 admission.

Though he thought it was a somewhat modest donation, it was one of the largest they had yet received.

Campaign finance reform has accomplished a good deal in forcing the parties to rely on relatively modest individual donations.

The new draft, however, has corrected this and is allowing sufficient possibility for political parties to receive modest private donations.

"It also could relieve pressure on existing foundations to diversify, letting them get off the hook with modest donations to the newcomers."