Understanding faith-based organizations’ approaches to poverty reduction is key to addressing the huge development challenges in our societies. Yet these approaches have received scant attention in traditional development research. From the start, secular development theories generally overlooked the role of religion and assumed that religion would be a matter of private life. However, in recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the role of religion in development. Muslim faith-based organizations are involved in a wide range of development activities with implications for socioeconomic development. These religious organizations can be used as a resource for development given the functions that religion performs in terms of campaigning and intermediation in the public sphere; participation in projects related to sustainable development as well as dissemination of values and world views that empower philanthropic attitudes and action.This study examines the role of religious organizations in poverty alleviation with a focus on efforts of the Sokoto state Zakat and Endowment Committee in poverty alleviation, as well as exploring factors militating against the effective performance of the organization. To elicit data for the study the researcher has employed the interview method, observation method as well as consultation of secondary sources. The findings of the work revealed that the Sokoto state Zakat and Endowment Committee approaches poverty alleviation in multifaceted ways by alleviating various deprivations that afflict the downtrodden in the society. It does this through provision of income, food, shelter and health services to the less privileged in the society. It also provides relief materials to victims of disaster. It is recommended that the Zakat and Endowment Committee should strive to reduce poverty among the productive recipients of its services by way of providing them with education and vocational skills to become self-reliant.