history

The Twin Cities Christian Foundation (TCCF) was incorporated as a public charity in 2008; however, the genesis of TCCF goes back over two decades to the formation of a private foundation. In 1981, Vic Wallestad, founder of Fluoroware, a Minnesota-based manufacturer, was approached by Jay Bennett, then a young lawyer and now TCCF's Chairman. Jay proposed that a foundation be created for the purposes of supporting charitable efforts with a Christian focus. The establishment and purposes of the private foundation were quickly embraced by the corporate leaders of Fluoroware and Fluoroware's own long-standing financial commitment to charitable organizations was channeled into the private foundation.

On January 1, 2001, after years of grant-making activity, Jay partnered with the Reverend Richard H. Coleman to take the private foundation into its next dimension. Jay and Richard started the Kingdom Oil Christian Foundation (KO), which was separate from the private foundation. KO was set up as a Christian community foundation. Its purpose was to essentially "unite money, mission, and meaning."

In 2003, KO affiliated with The National Christian Foundation (NCF) in order to expand its charitable giving services to the donors and ministries it served. KO's operations essentially doubled year over year for the next four years, and in 2007 KO underwent a significant organizational assessment and change.

On May 1, 2008 KO officially became Twin Cities Christian Foundation and is now focused exclusively on offering "Foundation Services" to donors and "Community Engagement" services to individuals and organizations. All the while, the vision Jay first had back in 1981 has remained the same: The Twin Cities as God's Kingdom!

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