By making an act of gift you should consider yourself as performing a sacrifice. You should, with gifts, worship those Brahmanas who perform sacrifices. By doing this you will acquire a share in the merits of those sacrifices of theirs.
इष्टं दत्तं च मन्येथा आत्मानं दानकर्मणा। पूजयेथा याजयूकांस्तवाप्यंशो भवेद् यथा॥