Islamic Philanthropy Literacy in Improving Welfare and Sustainable Economic Growth in Lampung Province

Abstract

The continuous low level of community prosperity is one of the factors for the rapid growth of philanthropy. Philanthropy in Indonesia in 2020, was 77.7% of the total funds distributed that came from Islamic philanthropy. Lampung Province is one of the provinces that has Islamic philanthropy in the good category and has a zakat potential of IDR. 5.3 billion reflects a good level of zakat literacy. This research aims to analyze the role of Islamic philanthropic literacy on economic growth in Lampung province. The research method used was descriptive qualitative with a sample from Lampung Province. The results of this research show that Islamic philanthropic literacy influences the increase in the collection of zakat funds in Lampung Province, where indirectly the increase in the collection of these funds increases the distribution of zakat funds in Lampung Province, where distribution of these funds is proven to have a positive influence on mustahik economic growth. So it can be concluded that indirectly Islamic philanthropy literacy influences the economic growth in Lampung Province.
 Keywords: literacy, Islamic philanthropy, economic growth, Lampung