While polls show most Americans will use their "economic stimulus check" to pay off bills (and 40% of Americans think the government should spend the money elsewhere) Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation hopes that some taxpayers will donate their checks to organizations that work to alleviate global poverty:

"...the federal government has rewarded the overconsumption that led to economic slowdown by providing many tax filers with an "economic stimulus check" of between $600 and $2,100, encouraging Americans to go out and consume even more to bolster the stagnant economy. This fiscal policy is doing nothing more than feeding our national addiction to overconsumption – and continuing the destructive cycle that got us here in the first place."