our partners

The Twin Cities Christian Foundation partners with a variety of individuals and organizations to provide state of the art Foundation Services and strategic Community Engagement opportunities. The following individuals and organizations are an extension of TCCF and are key partners in helping us achieve our mission.

The National Christian Foundation
As an affiliate of the National Christian Foundation (NCF), TCCF is connected to over 25 years of charitable giving experience. Since 1982, NCF and its local affiliates have helped thousands of givers send more than $1.4 billion to over 15,000 charities. We are pleased to have the partnership of such a dynamic organization and are thrilled with the expertise they help us offer our clients. NCF has a skilled staff of attorneys, accountants, donor service staff, and many others who work directly with the staff at TCCF to deliver state of the art giving services.

Partnership Directors
Each of our partnerships is operated under the leadership of a Partnership Director. This individual is responsible for the overall management and direction of the project. The Director provides leadership to the partner organizations and interfaces with TCCF to ensure the partnership is on track and achieving its goals. Current Partnership Directors include:

Beth Leaf – R3
Beth is the Partnership Director for R3, which is a collaborative that focuses on reentry following treatment or incarceration. She brings a blend of both corporate and nonprofit leadership experience to the collaborative. Beth previously worked for UnitedHealth Group as V.P. of Corporate Real Estate and later served at Midwest Challenge as Interim CEO and Board Chair. 

Sharon Steen – Generous Community Initiative
Prior to serving as the Partnership Director for the Generous Community Initiative, Sharon was the Director of Stewardship at Eagle Brook Church. She received a degree in Ministries from Northwestern College.

Consultants
Twin Cities Christian Foundation has relationships with several different consultants who are hired to work directly with the nonprofit organizations involved in TCCF partnerships. We are currently working with the following consultants:

Bryan Barry – Leadership Foundations of America
Bryan Barry is Chief Operating Officer of Leadership Foundations of America. He leads LFA’s strategic planning, multi-city initiatives, resource development, and Board support. He came to LFA from Amherst H. Wilder Foundation where he was director, senior vice president, and consultant for over 25 years. Bryan has provided consultation and counsel to several hundred nonprofit, faith, government, community, and business organizations.

Linda Garrett-Johnson – The Word Applied, Inc.
Linda provides her clients with over 17 years of corporate and nonprofit experience in leadership, organizational development, management consulting, and training. Along with being a writer and motivational speaker, she has also been an instructor for the University of St. Thomas and the University of Minnesota. Linda is currently the CEO and President of The Word Applied, Inc., a personal development and organizational consulting company.

Norman Harrington – NWH & Associates
Norman's career has been very diverse. He has worked for a major money center bank, managed and owned businesses, and served as a development officer for one of the country's largest community foundations. Norman has over 20 years of business experience and specializes in consulting with organizations around the issues of strategic planning, development, financial management, and strategic marketing.

Paul Murphy – Progress and Joy Consulting
Paul Murphy has served in the faith-based church and non-profit world for 24 years. He combines first-hand experience as a senior pastor along with over 14 years as a non-profit fund-raiser and consultant. Paul’s focus is building effective leaders to operate healthy, growing organizations. His specialties are strategic planning, mentoring of pastors and executive directors, board development and training, fund-raising, conflict mediation, and capacity-building.

Joy Skjegstad – Independent Consultant
Joy Skjegstad is a national speaker and consultant on nonprofit management and ministry development. She is author of Starting a Nonprofit at Your Church and Winning Grants to Strengthen Your Ministry and has 20 years of experience starting and growing nonprofit organizations. Joy has served as the Executive Director of the Park Avenue Foundation, President of Sanctuary Community Development Corporation, and is founder of the Institute for Ministry Leaders. She has also held a variety of other leadership positions with nonprofits in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.