The Effectiveness of the Distribution of ZIS Funds to the Santri Scholarship Program at LAZISNU Kudus Regency

Abstract

This study aims to analyse the effectiveness of the distribution of ZIS funds to the santri scholarship program at LAZISNU Kudus Regency. The purposes of this study are (1) to find out the implementation of the distribution of ZIS funds in the student scholarship program at LAZISNU Kudus Regency, (2) to determine the effectiveness of the distribution of ZIS funds to the student scholarship program at LAZISNU Kudus Regency, (3) to determine the supporting and inhibiting factors in the distribution of ZIS funds to the student scholarship program at LAZISNU Kudus Regency. The results of this study indicate that: First, LAZISNU Kudus Regency in distributing various programs, one of which is the santri scholarship program, implements a number of management functions consisting of: planning, organizing, implementing and distributing. Second, the student scholarship program at LAZISNU Kudus Regency has been effective, seen from the indicators of effectiveness, namely: 1) right on target in distributing ZIS funds to mustahik who come from underprivileged families. 2) provide encouragement to the mustahik in the field of education. 3) improve the quality of academic and non-academic achievements of mustahik. Third, the supporting factor is the cohesiveness between the administrators, the existence of cooperation with NU in Kudus Regency and Islamic boarding school foundations. The inhibiting factors are the problem of low human resources, the allocation of ZIS funds has not been productive, the lack of zakat funds, and some people are reluctant to distribute zakat to LAZISNU.