A year of meals, Garden Towers, service, and partnership in 45 countries. Scroll to see what your generosity made possible.
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Message from the President
There is a great deal happening in our world: conflict, economic strain, division, and communities recovering from crisis. I feel that personally, not just as the president of a foundation, but as a husband, father, and neighbor.
In the midst of it all, I am deeply grateful for what we are accomplishing together. This year, we reached more than 120,000 people, approximately 24,000 families, and provided over 7.5 million meals. Those numbers are significant, but the stories behind them matter most.
On a recent visit, our team helped a farmer who is blind build a Garden Tower. He worked confidently, carefully feeling each step, asking thoughtful questions, and declining special treatment. When it was complete, he stood with his hand on the tower, smiling and imagining what he would grow.
That spirit defines our work. No matter the challenges around us, we continue to show up where families need food and hope.
Your support provided more than meals. It delivered tools for self-reliance, practical skills, and new income opportunities. I have seen firsthand how access to something that grows can restore dignity and renew possibility.
When I say we could not do this without you, I mean it quite literally. The USANA Foundation is your impact in action. As we look to 2026, my hope is that even more families will feel their worth and know they are not alone.
With heartfelt appreciation,
Brian Paul
President, USANA FoundationWho We Are
Founded in March 2012, the USANA Foundation changes and empowers lives around the world through flagship programs like USANA Kids Eat and USANA Garden Towers, enriching thousands of lives locally and globally every year.
To develop a network of communities built on long-lasting, sustainable, and nutritious food.
We exist to extend USANA’s vision of creating the healthiest family on earth to families in need around the world.
of every dollar supports charitable purposes. USANA Health Sciences, Inc. covers all of our administrative costs.
USANA Foundation impact since 2012
120,699,983Meals provided
1,899,230People served
$28,186,225Global contributions
52,803Garden Towers provided
45Countries served
Key projects in 2025
Every pin is a country we serve. The white pins have a 2025 story: hover over one (or tap it) to see how your support grew there this year.
2025 update: hover or tap to read Where we serve
2025 Financial Overview
Because USANA Health Sciences, Inc. covers our organizational costs, every donation to the USANA Foundation directly supports our nutrition-providing programs.
100% of all administration and fundraising costs are paid for by USANA Health Sciences, Inc.
The need
Global hunger has continued to rise since 2020. These numbers represent real parents making impossible choices, and we believe food is the starting point for health, dignity, and hope.
828 millionpeople go to bed hungry each night
45%of deaths in children under five are linked to malnutrition
70%+of people in poverty lack the tools and resources for self-sufficiencyThe USANA Garden Tower
Creates lasting food independence, improves nutrition, and provides income opportunities.
Transforms every donation into measurable, life-changing impact, with unique service opportunities.
Each Garden Tower supports a family of 4 to 6 people with up to 50 pounds of vegetables every month.
Over 50,000 Garden Towers have provided more than 55 million homegrown meals worldwide.
The Garden Tower journey
As harvests increase, so does a family’s confidence: better nutrition, and simple income from sharing or selling surplus produce. It is a powerful cycle that turns one small garden into lasting stability.
Local leaders identify families ready to grow their own path to self-reliance.
Families learn to plant, water, compost, and care for their towers.
Families build and plant their towers alongside partners and volunteers.
Partners stay close to help with pests, water, and seeds as the garden grows.
Surplus produce opens doors to sharing, selling, and small businesses.
Partners measure harvests and well-being so every tower keeps growing.
This is the impact you make possible
Eveline once lived on the streets with her husband and three children, unsure where their next meal would come from. Through the Garden Tower project, she learned to build and maintain a sustainable food source for her family.
Today, her children are in school, her family has a stable home, and Eveline is helping others in her community build the same path toward self-reliance.
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The mission of USANA Kids Eat
We believe childhood hunger is unacceptable. USANA Kids Eat supports children in need right here in the community where USANA is headquartered, offering a stable source of food that helps kids thrive in school and enjoy being kids.
When school meals stop for the weekend, a bag of food fills the gap.
345,366 meals49,338 weekend bags1,199 kids served50 schools, clubs & groups servedFood for kids who rely on school meals during the long winter break.
201,160 meals5,029 children supported632 volunteer donors60 schools, clubs & groups served
USANA Kids Eat impact since 2019
3,240,979Meals provided53,007Kids served37,990Volunteer hours128Schools, clubs & groups served
USANA Brand Partners, Iloilo, PhilippinesThis year’s service trips
Serving and growing togetherFor more than a decade, service trips have brought Brand Partners, donors, and supporters together to build Garden Towers, teach nutrition and self-reliance, and strengthen local food programs.
In 2025: the Philippines, Mexico, and Malaysia.
In March, 17 volunteers from Canada, Malaysia, the United States, Hong Kong, New Zealand, and the Philippines built Garden Towers with local leaders Roff and RN Pastilloso and Rowena Tamagos, serving families along the San Isidro River and scholarship families on Guimaras Island.
Volunteers met recipients like Juliet, a mother who now saves enough on groceries to buy her children school supplies.
In October, USANA employees and Brand Partners built Garden Towers for families facing severe food insecurity. One mother, Maria, raising seven children on her own, shared that some days she simply cannot provide enough food. When the team returned a few days later, her yard was cleaned and her new towers lovingly tended, a touching reminder of why this work matters.
In the second year with Humanitarian Experience (HXP), youth volunteers served in rotating two-week groups from June through August, building towers morning and afternoon in hot, humid conditions, then learning how each tower would be cared for long after they returned home.
Celebrating global impact and unity
This June, the USANA Foundation family united across continents for a week of service. From Manila to Cebu, Malaysia to Mindanao, teams provided food, school supplies, hygiene kits, toys, medicines, and Usanimals to children, seniors, and families in hardship.
Thousands of participants joined projects tailored to local needs. Volunteers said the experience changed them as much as the people they served.
USANA Brand Partners in action
During incentive trips in Hawaii and Las Vegas, Brand Partners stepped beyond celebration into service, sewing Garden Towers by hand and learning how each one is stitched, assembled, and prepared for a family.
The towers they made were sent to Malaysia for the HXP youth service trip. Every act, every stitch, helps build a more nourished future.
Service and impact at 2025 Global Convention
“Every act of generosity creates momentum, offering hope, dignity, and opportunity long after the moment has passed.”
At Convention we set an ambitious milestone: reach 20,000 additional families with sustainable nutrition in the next year.
More than 1,200 participants joined the Global Fun Run, raising funds for thousands of meals and sustainable nutrition programs.
At the Convention Expo, Brand Partners sewed the beginnings of Garden Towers and learned how each one becomes a reliable food source for a family.
Our global sustainable nutrition projects
Our impact depends on trusted NGO partners who deeply understand their communities. Choose a region.
The Compass Food Bank in Toronto serves more than 1,850 people each week through a self-select grocery model. In Vancouver, Food Stash Foundation rescues surplus perishable food, and Richmond Food Bank supports 1,200 households weekly.
Through Harvest Manitoba, we supported emergency food delivery to remote northern communities and Meals2Go breakfast kits for 5,000 students each week.
RIFIM and the University of Manitoba installed 200 Garden Towers across the Rainbow Community Garden, Gordon Bell High School, and with refugee families, while Brand Partners Deanna Waters and Robbie Swaffer built towers with IRCOM for families in apartments.
“This has been my dream: to live free and to have a garden again.” A Nigerian father in Winnipeg
With Navajo Strong, we provided 600 USANA Kids Eat food bags across the Navajo and Shoshone reservations, including the Shiprock Consolidated School District and seniors and veterans in Monument Valley’s Olijato area.
It marks a first step toward a deeper partnership, with Garden Towers to follow as water access solutions are found.
Be Humanitarian’s women-led team sews, builds, and teaches families to sustain their towers. As these women grow in confidence and leadership, they are shaping a stronger, more resilient community.
María de León, a single mother of four, shared how her Garden Tower now provides the fresh, nutrient-rich food, especially beets, that her 7-year-old daughter needs during cancer treatment, while easing the family’s financial strain.
USANA employees and Brand Partners traveled to Baja to build 19 Garden Towers for families facing severe food insecurity, alongside the community at Cristo Por Su Mundo.
Live for One introduced Garden Towers at their school, then launched community training as families asked to grow food at home. Model gardens planted during training are now thriving.
“Seeing the green growth from those sacks brings us so much hope.” Live for One
In the Kyaka II Refugee Settlement, RESDA is helping families rebuild food security with Garden Towers and climate-smart agriculture. To date, 3,490 households have been empowered, reaching 19,782 people.
“Stand with us. Grow with us. Together, we can build a hunger-free future.” RESDA
With 100 Humanitarians, one group now stewards 24 towers, the equivalent of farming a quarter-acre on less than 0.004 acres. A single tower can earn about KES 250 a week.
“Even from their wheelchairs and crutches, they water, weed, and love the plants.” Victor, 100 Humanitarians
A new pilot with Oulessebougou Alliance installed towers and trained families just before regional instability restricted travel. With added funding, 260 Garden Towers are now complete.
Bugana Inc., founded by Brand Partners Roff and RN Pastilloso, installed Garden Towers at SOS Village Iloilo with Courtyard by Marriott, improving food access for more than 100 children.
After back-to-back earthquakes and a typhoon in Cebu, USANA teams, Brand Partners, and Blue Ocean Alliance delivered food and clean water through October.
Beyond 500 HXP Garden Towers, Brand Partners supported food relief all year: 80 households during World Service Week, and 450 families received 45 meals each over the holidays, 20,250 meals in all.
SurfAid distributed climate-resilient protein seeds and nutrition education in Rote to break cycles of maternal malnutrition, while ADRA and Foodbank Australia rescued surplus produce for families in need.
KidsCan’s Early Childhood Education Programme feeds more than 6,000 children ages 2 to 5 in nearly 200 centres.
A partnership with The Salvation Army, begun by USANA leader Debbie Baird, brought Garden Towers to flood-affected families in Whangarei and then Auckland.
With the China Foundation for Rural Development, the USANA Charity Fund supplies fresh eggs and milk to rural children: 12 counties in nine provinces, over 1.47 million nutritious snacks, and modern kitchens in 59 rural schools.
In 2025, 36,000 participants walked 10 billion steps, raised 1.23 million RMB, and funded 350,000 Love Meal packs.
Garden Tower recipients through RESDA, Kyaka II Refugee Settlement, UgandaOur service trips are impact trips. Participants now sponsor an area before their visit, strengthening local partnerships and extending the benefits well beyond the trip.
Explore service opportunitiesHonors in 2025
Honoring measurable results locally and globally: more than 560,000 local meals delivered in 2024 and over 50,000 Garden Towers thriving in 15 countries.
Recognizing USANA Kids Eat’s leadership against childhood hunger in Utah, with 6,000 students receiving weekend meal bags.
A five-year designation for excellence in volunteer engagement and program management.
The Chairman’s Club
Since its launch in 2023, the Chairman’s Club has united leaders from the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia who champion sustainable initiatives like the Garden Tower, sponsor schools, support USANA Kids Eat, and rally others to serve.
The Chairman’s Club is more than a title: it’s a movement.
Meet the Chairman’s ClubRecognizing USANA Foundation’s donors
Every meal, every Garden Tower, and every story in this report started with a donor. These are the people, families, and companies who made 2025 possible.
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USANA Foundation partners
Local charitable organizations with deep roots and earned trust help us reach the families most in need. They are the true heroes behind our mission.
How you can be part of it
Your monthly donation keeps Garden Towers and sustainable nutrition projects growing.
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