The Independent’s Top Ten Events of 2023

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THE TOP FIVE WALK/RUN EVENTS OF 2023

1. Head for the Cure’s 21st Annual Head for the Cure – Kansas City 5K: $545,180
2. Down Syndrome Innovations’ Step Up for Down Syndrome Walk: $280,076
3. Wayside Waifs’ Strutt With Your Mutt: $189,819
4. Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired (CCVI)’s Trolley Run: $187,955
5. Ability KC’s Groundhog Run 2023: $153,862
   

THE TOP TEN NATIONALLY SPONSORED EVENTS OF 2023

1. JDRF Kansas + Missouri Chapter’s JDRF Dream Gala: $2,065,148
2. American Heart Association’s Kansas City Go Red for Women Luncheon: $1,005,542
3. American Heart Association’s Kansas City Heart Ball: $705,602
4. Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimers: $528,679
5. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light The Night: $414,378
6. The ALS Association’s Walk to Defeat ALS: $374,445
7. American Heart Association’s Kansas City Heart Walk: $350,728
8. JDRF Kansas + Missouri Chapter’s JDRF One Walk Kansas City: $293,040
9. The ALS Association’s The Joe McGuff ALS Golf Classic: $279,303
10. American Cancer Society Kansas City’s Shave to Save: $244,674

THE TOP FIVE MULTI-DAY EVENTS OF 2023

1. Children’s Mercy’s Big Slick Celebrity Weekend 2023: $2,868,997
2. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art’s ShuttleCork: $1,619,588
3. Big Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City’s Most Wanted Auction: $1,087,975
4. Big Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City’s Summer Bowl for Kids’ Sake: $617,764
5. Big Brothers Big Sisters Kansas City’s Legacy Golf Tournament: $166,613

THE TOP TEN IMPACT PLAYERS OF 2023

1. HappyBottoms’ Diaper Bowl III: $199,440
2. Kansas City Art Institute’s ArtPop: $182,950
3. Powell Gardens’ Under a Harvest Moon: $155,818
4. Truman Heartland Community Foundation’s Toast to Our Towns Gala: $138,250
5. Sexually Abused Children’s Relief Endeavor (SACRED)’s 11th Annual ‘Kids Are Sacred’ Gala and Auction: $125,936
6. Guadalupe Centers’ Blanco y Negro: $120,000
7. Growing Futures Early Education Center’s Harvesting Hope Fall Fundraiser: $95,252
8. Answering the Call’s Trivia Night: $76,483
9. Giving Hope & Help’s 10th Anniversary and Scholarship Awards Gala: $52,526
10. Girls on the Run Serving Greater Kansas City’s Every Girl Evening – Fundraising Gala: $48,161

THE TOP FIVE BREAKFAST/LUNCHEON EVENTS OF 2023

1. Women’s Employment Network’s WEN Annual Luncheon: $350,716
2. MOCSA’s Community Luncheon: $300,133
3. Jackson County CASA’s Light of Hope Breakfast: $236,133
4. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art’s C100 Luncheon: $221,708
5. Ability KC’s Annual Ability Luncheon 2023: $158,255

THE TOP FIVE GOLF TOURNAMENTS OF 2023

1. First Tee Greater Kansas City’s Tom Watson’s Day for Kids Golf Tournament: $257,483
2. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City’s Trent Green Golf Classic: $241,896.97
3. Down Syndrome Innovations’ Tee Up for Down Syndrome Golf Tournament: $241,896.80
4. Bright Futures Fund’s Bishop Johnston’s 6th Annual Golf Classic $188,966
5. Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas’ The 42nd Annual Ben and Betty Zarda Family Golf Classic: $149,874

THE TOP TEN EVENTS OF 2023

1. Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas’ The 49th Annual Snow Ball: $3,553,937
2. Catholic Education Foundation’s Gaudeamus: $2,275,041
3. Children’s Mercy’s Red Hot Night: $2,150,455
4. Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Kansas City’s Kids Night Out 2023 with Dan + Shay: $1,943,988
5. Wayside Waifs’ Fur Ball Gala: $1,876,856
6. Benedictine College’s Annual Scholarship Ball: $1,757,339
7. Police Foundation of Kansas City’s A Call for Backup: $1,569,909
8. The Symphony League’s The Symphony Ball: $1,379,114
9. Saint Luke’s Foundation’s The Heartland Gala: $1,322,213
10. Rockhurst High School’s Rockhurst Spectacular Auction: $1,310,546

 

Also featured in the February 24, 2024 issue of The Independent.