Christopher Grundner
Chris Grundner is the President and CEO of the Welfare Foundation, a private Delaware-based nonprofit organization that uses the income generated from its assets to make philanthropic grants that promote the social welfare of people and communities across the state of Delaware and in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Originally from Buffalo, NY, Chris holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the State University of New York at Fredonia and also graduated summa cum laude with an MBA from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Prior to joining the Welfare Foundation, Chris enjoyed many professional successes with The Sabre Group, JPMorgan Chase, and, most recently, as President and CEO the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement (best known as DANA).
Chris also founded The Kelly Heinz-Grundner Brain Tumor Foundation in 2005 after his wife, Kelly, lost her battle against the disease. Through this foundation, two awareness initiatives were created—GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME and Tulips Against Tumors—which became national programs with the National Brain Tumor Society after the two organizations merged in 2010.
The foundation also started Delaware’s first-ever brain tumor awareness walk in 2008, which has raised over one and a half million dollars for the cause since its inception. Chris and his wife, Susan, are the parents of Cooper '26 and Cameron (CJ) '29.
In addition to trying to be the best husband and dad he can be, Chris is also the Board Chair of the Community Service Building in Wilmington, an advisory board member of the Delaware Interscholastic Mountain Biking League, which is currently in development, and a Eucharistic minister at Christ Church Christiana Hundred in Greenville.
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Originally from Buffalo, NY, Chris holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the State University of New York at Fredonia and also graduated summa cum laude with an MBA from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Prior to joining the Welfare Foundation, Chris enjoyed many professional successes with The Sabre Group, JPMorgan Chase, and, most recently, as President and CEO the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement (best known as DANA).
Chris also founded The Kelly Heinz-Grundner Brain Tumor Foundation in 2005 after his wife, Kelly, lost her battle against the disease. Through this foundation, two awareness initiatives were created—GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME and Tulips Against Tumors—which became national programs with the National Brain Tumor Society after the two organizations merged in 2010.
The foundation also started Delaware’s first-ever brain tumor awareness walk in 2008, which has raised over one and a half million dollars for the cause since its inception. Chris and his wife, Susan, are the parents of Cooper '26 and Cameron (CJ) '29.
In addition to trying to be the best husband and dad he can be, Chris is also the Board Chair of the Community Service Building in Wilmington, an advisory board member of the Delaware Interscholastic Mountain Biking League, which is currently in development, and a Eucharistic minister at Christ Church Christiana Hundred in Greenville.
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