Religious Giving to Welfare Infrastructure: ZISWAF and Muhammadiyah’s Institutional Philanthropy in Indonesia
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https://doi.org/10.32506/r23y6q04Keywords:
ZISWAF, Muhammadiyah, Lazismu, Islamic philanthropy, social welfare, zakat, waqfAbstract
This article examines how Muhammadiyah converts zakat, infak, sedekah, and waqf (ZISWAF) from religious acts of giving into an institutional architecture of social welfare. Rather than treating ZISWAF as a single financial pool, the study investigates the distinct temporal, legal, and distributive capacities of its component instruments and the organizational mechanisms through which they are connected to education, health care, livelihood support, disaster response, and durable public assets. The research uses qualitative historical-institutional documentary analysis. Its primary corpus consists of Muhammadiyah organizational documents, Lazismu’s 2020 annual report and audited financial statements, the Indonesian legal frameworks for zakat and waqf, and selected program documents. Historical and field-based scholarship is used for triangulation. The analysis identifies three complementary welfare functions. Zakat supplies targeted redistribution and protection for eligible recipients; infak and sedekah provide flexible resources for emergencies, services, and innovation; and waqf preserves assets and generates long-term institutional capacity. Muhammadiyah’s distinctive contribution lies in converting these instruments through a nationwide network of philanthropic, educational, health, and social-service organizations. Yet integration remains incomplete. Liquid ZIS funds and long-duration waqf assets are often governed through separate organizational channels, while reporting remains stronger for financial inputs and immediate outputs than for longitudinal welfare outcomes. The article develops the concept of integrated welfare intermediation to explain how faith-based organizations can combine redistribution, capability formation, and durable public goods. It concludes that ZISWAF contributes most effectively to social welfare when instrument differentiation is preserved, governance is coordinated, beneficiary agency is protected, and accountability moves beyond disbursement toward measurable changes in security, health, learning, livelihood, resilience, and participation.
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