The Children's Place's Home on Rockhill Road
More than just a Place, The Children’s Place’s building is thoughtfully and intentionally designed to be a place of healing for young children and families. A dream years in the making, The Children’s Place moved into its state-of-the-art building in late 2020. The building features a vibrant and playful color palette, inviting to young children while also providing a soothing and peaceful space to heal.
Award-Winning Space
Our space has earned a variety of prestigious local and national awards:
- 2022 International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) top national award in the Healthcare category.
- The International Interior Design Association’s 2021 Elevate Award was given to Ann Thomas for her role in casting the vision for our new building.
- The Kansas City Business Journal’s 2022 Capstone Real Estate Award for Adaptive Reuse
- Featured in an Oct. 2021 presentation at the Kansas City Area Healthcare Engineers Annual Conference with The Children’s Place President/CEO Ann Thomas and architectural firm HOK.
- Our mural won a 2024 AIGA KC Award in the Environmental & Public Art category.
Built by the Community
This beautiful building was made possible because of the support of so many generous people who stepped up to provide a healing mental health space for young children in our community. Thank you to the following donors who made this dream possible in the first phase of our campaign!
For the purpose of this listing, only gifts of $1,000 or more have been listed. We strive to be accurate in every way and apologize for any unintentional error or omission.
$1,000,000+
Hall Family Foundation
J.E. & L.E. Mabee Foundation
The Sunderland Foundation
$100,000 - $999,999
AREA Real Estate Advisors, LLC
Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation
Wendy and Grant Burcham
Centric
Children’s Trust Fund
Greyson and Elle Clymer
Ann and Gary Dickinson Family Charitable Foundation
Donald J. Hall, Jr.
William T. Kemper Foundation – Commerce Bank Trustee
David and Tracy Lockton
The Sosland Foundation
Steven and Kristen Swanson
Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation
$10,000 - $99,999
Lawrence A. Appley Foundation
Ash Grove Charitable Foundation
Baystone Financial, LLC
Brightstar Foundation
Burns & McDonnell Engineering
Harry and Kristine Campbell
CBRE
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Kansas City Chiefs Football Club
Dunn Family Foundation
Stanley H. Durwood Foundation
Michael and Jennifer Ensz
Ericsson
Steven C. Fisher
David and Beth Fowler
Fendler Family Fund
Melanie and Robert Griffey
Jeff and Amy Hargroves
T.M. Higgins Family Fund
Stephen and Nancy Hooley
iQor
Lynsey and Paul Jager
Laura and Dr. Lowry Jones
KPMG LLP
Liberty Mutual Group Inc.
Mary Lockton
Nora and Marshall Lockton
Midwest Air Traffic Control
Mizuho Securities USA LLC
Platform Ventures
Polsinelli, PC
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
SBA Network Services, LLC
Paul and Mari Schieber
Kathy and John Schirger
Scott and Kathleen Smith
Vivian & Hymie J. Sosland Charitable Trust
TEOCO
Ann and Jim Tinsman
Krista and Geoff Tolsdorf
UMBFC Charitable Foundation
$1,000 - $9,999
American Century Investments – Performance & Integration
American Fire Sprinkler Corp.
ARC Physical Therapy +
AssuredPartners, Inc.
Karen and Mark Bailey
Mary and David Barrier
Bauman Family Foundation
Alec and Donna Belingloph Charitable Trust
Matt and Katie Benge
Ron and Pat Benjamin
Dr. Phyliss and Robert Bernstein
Julie and Michael Blumenthal
Dr. and Mrs. Jon Browne
Bukaty Companies
C&C Group
Kalinda and Bret Calkins
Steven and Linda Callahan
DEG
CrossFirst Bank
Commerce Bank
April and Michael Crosser
Patricia and Bill Donath
Deutsche Bank
Virginia and Roger Emley
Courtney and Ben Fadler
J.M. Fahey Construction Company
Kevin and Connie Fahey
Angela and Addam Fera
Gretchen and John FitzGerald
Denise and Dr. Burrel Gaddy
Gail and Dr. Hires Gage
Lawrence Gates
Sara Gentry
Gladstone Dodge
Joanna and Larry Glaze
Laura and Jim Goettsch
Steve and Patricia Gound
Celeste and Brian Greenlee
Julie and Gerard Grimaldi
HarbisonWalker International
Susie and Spence Heddens
Jane and Joe Heide
William T. Hickey
Lisa Hickok
Paget and Thomas Higgins
Molly and Mark Hunter
Husch Blackwell LLP
Katherine and Steven Hughes
JMW & Associates, LLC
Joy and Jerry Kaplan
Don and Patricia Kincaid
Amanda and Kirk Lambright
Brett and Molly Lane
Sarah and David Lauck
Carla and John Mabry
McCullough Family Foundation
Monarch Cement Company
NBKC Bank
NorthPoint Development, LLC
Mitchell Peterson
Carol Porter
Prairie Capital Management
Michael D. Mann
Edward and Ann McShane
Rozanne and Dean Prather
Praxis Nonprofit Strategies
Reardon Pallet Company, Inc.
Chad and Tracy Rock
Ryan Specialty Group, LLC
S&P Financial Services, Inc.
Stacey and James Saladin
Kendra Scott
Seaboard Corporation
Gina and James Shibel
Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Aaron and Stephanie Siders
Bob Sight Ford, Inc.
Meyer and Mindy Sosland
Sprint – Corporate Social Responsibility
Morgan Stanley Foundation
State Line Nissan
John J. Sullivan Jr. Charitable Trust
Tammy and Mitchell Swartz
Chuck and Beth Sweetman
Ann and Rob Thomas
Dr. Julia Thompson
Dr. Mabel Tinjaca
James and Elizabeth Tinsman
Mandi and Tucker Trotter
Liz and Paul Uhlmann
Janet and L.H. Warren
Angie and Dr. Hadley Warwick
Allison and Mike Waters
Jill and Jim Wehner
Wells Fargo
Leslie and Dr. James Whitaker
Mary Widmer and Richard Kochuyt
Winbury Operating, LLC
Thank You for Building our Future
We also wanted to acknowledge some special donors who share in our vision for the future and have generously given to the next phase for The Children’s Place as we renovate the former sanctuary space in our building.
For the purpose of this listing, only gifts of $1,000 or more have been listed. We strive to be accurate in every way and apologize for any unintentional error or omission.
$100,000 - $999,999
Sherman Family Foundation
Emily and Todd Voth
$10,000 - $99,999
Jacob and Leslie Bayer
Constance M. Cooper Charitable Foundation
Curry Family Foundation
Steve and Patricia Gound
Tour Our Space
We love the opportunity to show off our building and tour visitors! If you are interested in scheduling a tour of The Children’s Place, please contact Polly Howard, Vice President of Development & Communications, at howardp@childrensplacekc.org.