ABSTRACT
The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the world for one year, including Indonesia. The pandemic has an impact on various aspects, including the economy. Restrictions on community activities or PSBB are one of the main factors causing the downturn of the economy and the Indonesian economy entering into a recession. Indonesia, as the largest Muslim country, has the potential for zakat funds of Rp. 230 trillion and only Rp. 8 trillion has been collected. Puskas Baznas published the Post-Covid-19 Global Zakat Management Priority in 2020, namely the distribution of zakat after Covid-19 which is stated in two forms, one of which is economic empowerment. Economic empowerment aims to revive the community's economy, especially UMKM. This is in line with the economic empowerment program in Desa Berdaya Rumah Zakat. In addition, people's saving behavior needs to be a concern, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic which is full of economic uncertainty. This study aims to see the role of Rumah Zakat during the Covid-19 pandemic in empowering their beneficiaries through entrepreneurship programs. In addition, this study also wants to see the public's awareness of saving after the Covid-19 pandemic. This research is a descriptive study using quantitative methods with a sample of 428 who are the beneficiaries of Desa Berdaya by Rumah Zakat. The results showed that community empowerment in the economic sector had good criteria with an index value of 0.78. Likewise, saving behavior during the pandemic has an index value of 0.65 with good criteria.
