Impact

The 2025 Foundation Impact Report

Every year, the Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation publishes an honest accounting of what we did, who we reached, and where we showed up. Here’s 2025.

Support Iowans Can See

0.5 M lbs
of pork given away over 15 years of Operation Christmas Meal
0
veterans honored through My Veteran Hero since 2022
0
students reached through Power Snack in 2025
0
food pantries stocked through Haul Out Hunger across 45 Iowa counties
$0,000+
in military event grants through Project Food and Fellowship in 2025
0
meals created through Haul Out Hunger across 45 Iowa counties
0
pork loins through Operation Christmas Meal in 16 Iowa communities
0
students reached through Power Snack in Homegrown Iowa
0
packages delivered to Iowa military through Pork Care Packages
0
veterans recognized through My Veteran Hero
$0,000+
military event grants through Project Food and Fellowship

Impact by Pillar

Four pillars. One year of showing up across Iowa. Explore how the work took shape in each focus area.

Access to Nutrition

This year, the Foundation’s hunger relief programs reached Iowans in every season, across nearly every county. From summer pantry deliveries to holiday pork loins to protein coupons for food-insecure students, we showed up wherever the need was.

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Childhood Cancer Support

Cancer families in Iowa had a place to breathe this year. Twenty-eight families experienced A Special Adventure. Two surprise care packages landed on the doorsteps of families across Iowa. The Home for Hope remained a gathering place for families in the Children’s Cancer Connection network.

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Honoring the Military

Iowa’s military community received year-round recognition — from custom veteran hats delivered to doorsteps to event grants that funded Veterans Day celebrations in 73 counties.

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Rural Vitality

In 2025, 100 rural elementary schools received new library books in English and Spanish.  As we look to the future, we’re excited for what is to come. 

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Annual Report

Read the Full Story

The 2025 Foundation Impact Report is available in English and Spanish — an honest account of where we showed up this year.

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