Precious Items Piling up Like Mountains: Buddhist Art Production via Fundraising Campaigns in Late Koryŏ Korea (918–1392)

Considering visual culture alongside written source material, this article uncovers the socioeconomic aspect of Korean Buddhist monastic life, which has been a marginalized field of research. Arguing against the idea of an “other-worldly” Buddhism, the article specifically discusses the ways in which Buddhist monasteries conducted fundraising activities in late Koryŏ period (918–1392 CE) Korea. Via fundraising strategies, which targeted wealthy aristocrats as well as the commoner population, Buddhist monks managed the production and maintenance of Buddhist material culture, such as the construction of shrines, the casting of precious sculptures, and the carving of thousands of woodblocks used for the printing of sacred Buddhist scriptures. While the scholarship on Koryŏ Buddhism has traditionally focused on meditation, doctrine, state sponsored rituals, and temples’ relationships with the royal court, this study expands the field by showing that economic activities were salient features of Koryŏ Buddhism “on the ground.” By initiating and overseeing fundraising activities, Buddhist manager-monks not only gained merit, but also maintained the presence and physical appearance of Buddhist temples, which constitute the framework of Buddhist ritual and practice.

ZIS Fund-Raising Strategy in the Time of the Covid-19 Pandemic (Case Study of LAZ Nahwa Nur)

The Covid-19 pandemic that originated in Wuhan China attacked Indonesia in March 2020. There are so many impacts as a result of it, one of which is national health that has resulted in an economic problem. In the midst of this pandemic, it turns out that the collection of Amil Zakat Institutions has increased, one of which is LAZ Nahwa Nur which has increased by 400%. This research is a qualitative research using descriptive method. Data obtained by means of observation, interviews and documentation. Then the data was processed using the Miles and Hubermen method. The results of the research show that the Nahwa Nur Amil Zakat Institute focuses on collection activities with direct and indirect fundraising strategies with high enthusiasm inviting people to give zakat, donations and alms / donate in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic situation. Direct strategies include zakat pick-up and zakat counter services, while indirect strategies include Web-based digital fundraising, crowd funding, and program campaigns through Facebook and ig. The main strategies carried out by the LAZ Nahwa Nur are web-based digital fundraising strategies, crowd funding, Facebook, and Instagram.

Analysis of fundraising strategies at the Zakat, Infaq and shadaqah Muhammadiyahs Institute (Lazizmu) district Sidoarjo

Fundraising is an importan activity for a nonprofit institution, because through this activity, the nonprofit organization can runout its program. This is also done by the Lazizmu district Sidoarjo, as an effort to realize its participation in community empowerment, and as to maximize potential social fund in Indonesia. The Study is conducted using a descriptive qualitative method of data collecting technique that are used in interview tevhniques, observation and documentations. The informant in this study is leader of Lazizmu Sidoarjo, chief of fundraising finance manager Sidoarjo, and fundraising volunteers. According to the study, there are 3 alternating strategies employed by Lazizmu Sidoarjo, namely dialogue fundraising involving the advent of fundraising volunteers, incidental ising, and socialization by mubaligh and various event, and than retention & development donor includes magazine management and services hotline and volunteers contact occupational ising after every seedling, and the last one is multichannel fundraising include telefundraising, the supply of cans in the AUM, with KLL at AUM and mosques and the use of social media.

Money Illusion in Charitable Giving in the Absence of Market Price Resistance

Money illusion occurs when individuals fail to differentiate nominal from real values when making financial and economic decisions. As a consequence, they do not adjust their consumption behavior according to real variables. We report an economic experiment to study whether money illusion appears in a very simple setting. It is very important to mention that the experiment was conducted in the context of charitable giving. Our experimental results showed the absence of money illusion among the participants. Our study suggests that money illusion is not present in the absence of price stickiness (market price resistance). This finding supports Shafir et al. (1997). The main objective of our study is to develop a better understanding of economic agents’ charitable giving behaviors as influenced by perceptions of nominal income. Charitable institutions could build fundraising strategies based on behavioral tendencies to the perception of income in nominal or real terms.

ANALISIS STRATEGI FUNDRAISING ZAKAT DALAM MENINGKATKAN JUMLAH MUZAKKI Studi pada LAZ BaitulMaalKu Kabupaten Karawang

The zakat fundraising strategy is an effort to collect zakat from individuals or business entities to achieve zakat goals. The main source of zakat fundraising is muzakki. So considering that the zakat fundraising process is fundamental to zakat management efforts, parties who have been given the authority to manage zakat must be able to convince the Muslim community about the importance of zakat. The fundraising strategy that has been implemented has not been able to achieve zakat potential and zakat fundraising targets in Karawang Regency. And the offline fundraising strategy has not been optimal in increasing the amount of funds and the number of muzakki in Karawang Regency. And this research is how the constraints in the fundraising strategy at LAZ BaitulMaalKu, Karawang Regency. This research uses qualitative methods, data collection with 3 methods, namely: observation, interviews, and documentation. After the data is collected, the next step, with the analysis stages, namely, data reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusions. The results of the research carried out are zakat fundraising strategies in increasing the number of muzakki at LAZ BaitulMaalKu, namely using 2 (two) strategies, the first is Direct Strategy (Offline) such as fundraising campaign, zakat pick-up services, and fundraising retail, namely the socialization and education of zakat to majelis taklim and companies. company. Second, the strategy is indirect (online) or indirectly, including through good friends channels, social media, through zakat accounts, and payroll or partnerships with corporations in Karawang. The strategy that is considered the most effective is the indirect strategy (online), namely payroll through the transfer of a partnership cooperation account with a corporation in Karawang. For factors driving the zakat fundraising strategy in increasing the number of muzakki at LAZ BaitulMaalKu, namely Institutional Legality, Monthly Compensation for the Elderly, Mustahiq empowerment programs, scholarships for dhuafa/outstanding students, and other programs that can make muzakki interested fulfill it in BaitulMaalku. While the inhibiting factor for the zakat fundraising strategy at LAZ BaitulMaalKu, namely knowledge about zakat in some communities is still lacking, some people believe more in religious figures and there are also people who channel directly, the Amil Zakat Institution is flourishing in the midst of society despite the legality of the institution. No, and the Islamic philanthropic institute LAZNAS is conducting fundraising in Karawang Regency.