UGIVE.org

Ugive.org is a non-profit organization on a mission to catalyze, excite and empower the next generation of volunteers. They make philanthropy relevant to students, guiding them to give their time and talents to build communities. Their goal is to create life-long givers. The Ugive.org website launched in 2008, and now has nearly 25,000 members in 22 states.


Joe Hansbauer is the Executive Director of UGIVE.ORG, a non-profit organization he helped launch that connects students to service activities. Prior to working at UGIVE.ORG, Joe graduated from the University of Cincinnati with an Electrical Engineering degree and worked for 9 years as an IT Consultant at Accenture. During this time, along with others, he helped to create and grow Give Back Cincinnati. A serial social entrepreneur, Joe has helped grow or launch several initiates, such as Fall Feast, Paint the Town, Fuel, Lily Pad and Give Back Beyond. Joe Lives in Newport, KY with his wife Melanie and three children.