1. Donate your check to a person or organization that's been affected by the pandemic If you're doing well financially, passing along your stimulus check to others could be a great way to spread the money around. Writer Elizabeth Aldrich found herself in this situation during the first round of $1,200 stimulus checks almost a year ago, and wrote for Insider about her decision to donate the check to pandemic relief funds, mutual aid organizations, other freelancers, and small businesses. "Rather than donating to a massive organization, I decided that I would rather find ways to donate my stimulus check that directly impact smaller communities that I'm a part of," she wrote. "This includes not only the communities I live in, but other communities that are struggling right now: artists and creators, freelancers, and small business owners."