Before her active career in politics she was the founder of the Joyce Banda Foundation, founder of the National Association of Business Women (NABW), Young Women Leaders Network and the Hunger Project.
Enne poliitikasse tulekut rajas ta omanimelise fondi Joyce Banda Foundation, Malawi rahvusliku ärinaiste liidu (National Association of Business Women, NABW), noorte naisjuhtide võrgustiku (Young Women Leaders Network) ja humanitaarprojekti Hunger Project.