Fund Management Strategy in Baznas Zakat (Amil Zakat National Agency) East Java

Abstract

Poor people in the world remains a global problem. Previous studies have been widely using various perspectives related to aspects of fundamental and macroeconomic. However, research that focuses on methods to manage zakat institutions still do not exist. Especially on zakat management institutions in Indonesia. Countries with a Muslim majority population in the world. This study used a qualitative approach through multiple cases study aimed to determine the zakat fund management strategies at the National Zakat Agency and the Institute of National Zakat Al Ahzar East Java. Data collected through individual depth interview. This study describes the findings of Zakat Scorecard Model through categorical analysis results. The article also describes the academic and managerial implications related to zakat management institutions.

Incentive Zakat Agency Mechanism, a Comparison between Indonesia and Malaysia

“…No previous research is found in this case, while zakat fundraising is an important issue in some Muslim countries. Most of previous studies only discussed zakat agency management (Owoyemi, 2020;Widiastuti, Wahyuningsih, & Indrawan, 2016), accountability and transparency of zakat agency (Nikmatuniayah, Marliyati, & A, 2017) in a single country. To contribute to fill this gap, this paper compares incentive zakat agency mechanism between Indonesia and Malaysia.…”