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Growing Communities, Growing Iowa

The Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation was born from a simple belief: those who are given much owe something back. We’ve been giving back to Iowa since 2006, because in this great state we’re all neighbors.

Programs

Where We Focus

The foundation works in four areas where rural communities need it most.
Each program is rooted in listening to what people actually need.

Nutrition & Hunger Support

One in five Iowans doesn’t always know where their next meal is coming from. We show up every summer, every holiday, every school year with Iowa pork and a willingness to work.

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Military Support

One in five Iowans doesn’t always know where their next meal is coming from. We show up every summer, every holiday, every school year with Iowa pork and a willingness to work.

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Childhood Cancer Support

One in five Iowans doesn’t always know where their next meal is coming from. We show up every summer, every holiday, every school year with Iowa pork and a willingness to work.

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Rural Vitality

One in five Iowans doesn’t always know where their next meal is coming from. We show up every summer, every holiday, every school year with Iowa pork and a willingness to work.

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Eleven Programs, One Heart

Our programs all evolved out of needs we witnessed in our own backyard, in the communities of our employees, in the towns where we farm. They take different shape and tackle different needs, but they come from the same core desire: to see Iowans thrive.

Support Iowans Can See

0.5 M lbs
of pork given away over 15 years of Operation Christmas Meal
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veterans honored through My Veteran Hero since 2022
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students reached through Power Snack in 2025
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food pantries stocked through Haul Out Hunger across 45 Iowa counties
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From Iowa Falls, With Purpose

Jeff and Deb Hansen grew up in Iowa Falls. They built Iowa Select Farms — the largest family-owned pork production company in the United States — on the belief that you don’t measure success by what you accumulate, but by what you give back.

The Foundation they started in 2006 isn’t a corporate program. It’s an extension of who they are: farmers, parents, grandparents, and Iowans who never forgot where they came from.

Funded by People Who Believe

Jeff and Deb Hansen, Iowa Select Farms employees and contractors, and generous donors across the state.

Stays in Iowa

Every dollar supports the communities where our farms and our families are.

Fully Transparent

We're a registered 501(c)3 organization. Your gift is tax-deductible and goes directly to the work.
Stories

What's happening in Iowa

Real stories from the communities we serve.
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