The problem of poverty is one of the many problems in every country that must get special attention in handling it, in Islam zakat is a financial instrument used for the distribution of wealth among Muslims. By carrying out the obligation to issue Zakat, Infaq and Sadaqah distributed to the poor is expected to reduce the level of poverty in the region, this study aims to examine how the National Amil Zakat Agency (BAZNAS) of South Kalimantan Province as a Zakat management institution through their utilization program to increase the income of the poor and tested using the Differential Test to find out how the income of the poor before and after receiving assistance, from the findings of the field it is known that BAZNAS has succeeded in raising the degree of the poor to get out of the poverty line, and it is hoped that this research will be an eye-opener so that zakat, especially those managed by BAZNAS, can be an instrument in overcoming the Poverty Level in the region. The benefit of zakat is that it can be used to empower the economy of underprivileged communities by providing business capital, education, or skills training.