Generosity can be practiced at many levels, not just by individuals like the widow in Jesus’ story.  Consider the following:
Congregations and denominations can show generosity by paying lower-wage employees more than they must and by the amount of money and time given to help vulnerable people, either locally or beyond the local community.

Businesses, too, can show generosity by how they treat their lowest-level employees, by what priorities they have besides profit, and by how much they give away in their own communities or beyond.

Developed nations demonstrate generosity by how much they give to help people in developing countries.  The United States currently ranks last among developed countries in the percentage of gross national product spent on development assistance (from Bread for the World, www.bread.org/learn/global-hunger-issues/millenium-challenge-account/questions-and-answers.html).

The following vignette describes a connection between national generosity and church generosity:

The United Nations’ “Millennium Development Goals”
& the Financial Commitment of the Episcopal Church

In September 2000, at the United Nations Millennium Summit, world leaders agreed to a set of time-bound and measurable goals and targets for combating poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women. Placed at the heart of the global agenda, they are now called the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The Summit’s Millennium Declaration also outlined a wide range of commitments in human rights, good governance and democracy.  At the International Conference on Financing for Development, held in early 2005 in Monterrey, Mexico, leaders from both developed and developing countries started to match these commitments with resources and action, signaling a global deal in which sustained political and economic reform by developing countries will be matched by direct support from the developed world in the form of aid, trade, debt relief and investment.

The MDGs provide a framework for the entire UN system to work coherently together towards a common end. The UN Development Group (UNDG) will help ensure that the MDGs remain at the centre of those efforts. On the ground in virtually every developing country, the UN is uniquely positioned to advocate for change, connect countries to knowledge and resources, and help coordinate broader efforts at the country level. 

The world is making progress toward the MDGs—but it is uneven and too slow. A large majority of nations will reach the MDGs only if they get substantial support—advocacy, expertise and resources—from outside. The challenges for the global community, in both the developed and developing world, are to mobilize financial support and political will, re-engage governments, re-orient development priorities and policies, build capacity and reach out to partners in civil society and the private sector.

The Episcopal Church has adopted these Millennium Development Goals in most their most recent General Conventions.  Resolution D006, passed at the 74th General Convention in 2003, stated:

“That the Convention, recognizing that funding for nutritional, education, health care, and development programs is essential to achieve not only the MDGs, but also for recognizing the dignity of all human beings, reaffirm the 73rd General Convention's Resolutions A001 and D033 challenging all dioceses and congregations to contribute 0.7% of their annual budgets to fund international development programs; and be it further  Resolved, That the appropriate offices and staff of the Episcopal Church Center, in cooperation with Episcopal Relief and Development, promote among dioceses and congregations education about and participation in the 0.7% contribution for international development.”

Episcopal Relief and Development, a compassionate response of the Episcopal Church to human suffering in the world, spearheads the implementation of the 0.7% contribution towards the Millennium Development Goals.  The following explanation of the Goals and the actions necessary to achieve them is provided by Episcopal Relief and Development:

From the UN website, www.un.org/milleniumgoals.com and the  Episcopal Relief and Development website, www.e-rd.org/programs_63460_ENG_HTM.htm