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Projects, not heroes
The unit of record is the project. Founders appear as the people behind work that should outlast them. No follower counts. No rankings. Ever.
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Where impacttakes root —and outlives its founders.
Banyan is where the world's social entrepreneurs record their work, prove their impact, and make sure it outlives them. Free, forever.
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Why Banyan exists
Doing good should not be the hardest way to build something.
- If you are thinking about it
- Choosing work that pays less and takes longer is lonely. Here you can see hundreds of people who made that choice, what it cost them and what it changed. You do not have to invent the path alone.
- If you are already building
- You have spent years at one hard problem with nothing to show a stranger but a folder of photos. Banyan turns that into a record anyone can read, check and trust — in an afternoon, for free.
- If you want to help with your time
- Skills go where they are asked for. Projects here say plainly what they need — a hand for a season, or someone to carry the work on. Nothing is hidden behind an intro request.
- If you want to help with money
- You are tired of decks. Read the claim, read who vouched for it, see how long they have stayed. Then decide. Searching is free and always will be.
Why Banyan exists
The registry of record for people who stay.
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Claims, not stories
Impact is entered as problem, intervention, outcome and evidence — never as an essay. Structure is what makes a track record searchable and checkable.
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Persistence counts
Years at the problem is the one metric that cannot be hyped, so it is the loudest number on every profile here.
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Who built this
Banyan was started by Saina Sahni, 17, after a summer studying social entrepreneurship at Columbia University — free, no ads, no subscriptions, open for others to carry forward.
Read her storyFounding partners
Backs civic infrastructure that no single organisation owns.
Multi-year unrestricted funding for long-horizon founders.
Research partner on impact measurement standards.