The phrase "modest donation" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a donation that is relatively small in amount or humble in nature. Example: The organization is grateful for any support, whether it be a large contribution or a modest donation.
What we found underscored that while helping others is a complicated, uncertain enterprise, there are times when a modest donation can be transformative.
China's initially modest donation to the Philippines, where a huge international relief effort including deliveries of aid by American soldiers is underway, appeared to be based on the frosty relations between the two countries.
In keeping with our goal of supporting relevant research, the SPMA has made a modest donation to the campaign in the welcome knowledge that the first £500,000 of donations will be matched.
"I have dropped all claims against those tweeters with less than 500 followers, in return for a very modest donation to BBC Children In Need, which funds 2,600 projects supporting disadvantaged children and young people in the UK.
Though I don't yet have as much control over my modest donation as I would like, I still intend to allocate the same percentage of my giving this year to my high school and college as I have in years past.
For the more modest donation of $8, softball fans can see Yogi Berra throw out the first pitch and the likes of writers like Ken Auletta and George Plimpton and actors like Roy Scheider and Alec Baldwin play in the annual Artists and Writers Softball Game also on Saturday at Herricks Park in East Hampton.
Even modest donations do make a difference.
She said she could not trump that because her campaign is financed by modest donations from her brothers and runs on the work of volunteers.
With the promise of modest donations to the financially challenged parish, they were granted that most coveted and elusive item of our youth, the gymnasium key.
More than three-quarters of Miliband's declared money came from trade unions, with more modest donations from business leaders such as Lord Sugar and Andrew Rosenfeld.
Other more modest donations were announced to buttress commitments by west African governments and leverage the outpouring of humanitarian aid from diaspora communities.
