There are many ways of giving. Making someone feel special is certainly one of them.
Treating someone not well off or high up in status with utmost dignity does not diminish your status, it actually elevates you. People who display humility, respect and dignity have a class that separates them from those who are egotistical and always showing off their success or more interested in blowing their own trumpet.
I met a housemaid who could not stop talking about how the owner treats him with grace, dignity and magnanimity. He could not stop talking about it because it touched him so deeply.
People don’t easily forget how you make them feel.