We are honored to announce that our 2024 Leading with Love Gala raised over $1.4 million for KC Girls Prep!

Thank you Kansas City for believing in our scholars!

THANK YOU TO OUR FOUNDING DONORS

Thank you to our major donors who have led with love. You enabled us to open our doors in 2019, and continue to make an impact on the young women of Kansas City.

H&R Block Foundation │ Brown Family Foundation │ Ann & Gary Dickinson Family Charitable Foundation │ Ann & Gary Fish │ Hall Family Foundation │ Hebenstreit Family Foundation │ Shirley & Barnett Helzberg Foundation │ Jedel Foundation │ Muriel McBrien Kauffman Family Foundation │ Kemper Family Foundations │ Marcia & Lon Lane │ The McDonnell Foundation, Inc. │ NewSchools Venture Fund │ SchoolSmartKC │ Patty & Earl Scudder │ Sherman Family Foundation │ Sosland Family Foundation │ Sunderland Foundation │ Edward F. Swinney Trust │ Ann & Andrew Tisch

CELEBRATION COMMITTEE

Eli Bresky │ Ellen Bresky │ Teri Miller │ Julie Quirin │ Kim Newton │ Nikki Newton

Debby Ballard │ Mary Bloch │ Tamara Campbell │ Jennifer Carver │ Mara Cohara │ Tammy Edwards │ Lesley Elwell │ Susan Escher │ Amy Felton │ Sharon Hoffman │ Susan Johnson │ Carissa Keen │ Christine Kemper │ Steven Krigel │ Ann Long │ Peter Long │ Julie Martin │ Julie Nelson-Meers │ Reece Parker │ Ashley Pindell │ Jeanette Prenger │ Martha Salinas │ Molly Schemm │ Angie Smith │ Carol Sokolenko │ Christopher Stibbs │ Janet Taggart │ Donna Thomason │ Kerri Thurston │ Vanessa Vaughn West │ Laura Welch │ Ashley Wiggins │ Angie Williams │ Michelle Wimes │ Beth Zollars

EVENT TEAM

Founder
Christine Kemper

Development Manager
Kara Kahn

Development Coordinator
Reece Parker

Event Management & Production
Eventology

Graphic Design
Chloe Azorsky

Branding
Willoughby Design

THANK YOU TO OUR PRESENTING SPONSOR

AND OUR ADDITIONAL SPONSORS

THANK YOU TO OUR OTHER DONORS

Jack Bresky │ Bunni & Paul Copaken │ Sarah & David Dannov │ Stephen Dunn │ EdOps │ Suellen Fried │ Shirley Goza │ Hartline Construction │ Shirley & Barnett Helzberg │ Kurt Van Keppel │ Matthew Linski │ Lionshare Marketing │ Neelima Parasker │ Melanie & Jim Rine │ Fani & Bill Schiffman │ Julie Tomasic │ Ann Willoughby │ Michelle Wimes & Maurice Watson │ Thomas & Patty Wood │ Kathy Woodward

THANK YOU TO OUR AUCTION & IN-KIND SPONSORS

Cafe Trio │ Cherry Co. │ Chewology │ Chingu │ Corvino │ Farina │ II Centro │ Inspirato for Good │ The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art │ Meierotto Jewelers │ Plate │ Plaza Liquor │ Restaurant at 1900 │ Saint Luke’s Health System │ Sandy & Christine Kemper │ Sushi House │ The Tavern │ Tess Chauffeured Services │ Tico Productions LLC │ Town Co. │ Trapp and Company │ UMB Bank │ Waldo Thai