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Ray Lee Hunt

American heir and businessperson, executive chairman of Hunt Consolidated, Inc.

TexasEnergy

AIProfile Summary

Ray Lee Hunt is an American heir and businessperson born in 1943, with an estimated net worth of ~$6.5B Wikidata. He is the executive chairman of Hunt Consolidated, Inc., and his wealth is tied to the Hunt family’s energy business Wikidata.

Business & SEC Activity

Hunt Consolidated, Inc. is the company identified in the data as his main business role, and the available source describes him as its executive chairman Wikidata. The data does not include filing details such as SEC forms or insider transactions, so no additional business activity can be summarized from the provided records.

Philanthropy

The data shows three foundations associated with Hunt family entities that reported a combined $3,844,860 in grants paid across the available tax years ProPublica 990. The largest reported grant total was from the Hunt Family Foundation in Kansas City for tax year 2024, which paid $3,726,799 in grants and reported $658,832 in assets ProPublica 990. Another Hunt Family Foundation filing in Austin for tax year 2023 reported $16,985 in grants paid, and the Radnor Hunt Foundation reported $101,076 in grants paid for tax year 2022 ProPublica 990.

Political Activity

FEC records show 11 contributions totaling $32,300 from 2013-12-17 to 2025-06-25 FEC. All reported contributions went to Republican recipients, with $22,000 to FRENCH HILL FOR ARKANSAS and $10,300 to NATHANIEL MORAN FOR CONGRESS FEC.

In the News

No GDELT news articles were returned for this person in the provided data NewsAPI.

AI-generated summary from gdelt, fec, propublica_990, wikidata 6/27/2026 (gpt-5.4-mini). All claims are derived from the source data shown below.

USU.S. Presence

otherU.S. economic presence

990Philanthropy

$1.7MFoundation Assets
$3.8MGrants Paid
3Foundations
Hunt Family FoundationKansas City, MO
Assets: $659KRevenue: $3.4MGrants: $3.7MTax Year: 2024
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Hunt Family FoundationAustin, TX
Private independent foundation (IRS NTEE T22)
Assets: $1KRevenue: $18KGrants: $17KTax Year: 2023
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Radnor Hunt FoundationMalvern, PA
Recreation & sports (IRS NTEE N69)
Assets: $1.0MRevenue: $30KGrants: $101KTax Year: 2022
Mission, purpose & full 990 filings → ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Source: ProPublica (990) annual filing · latest on record (retrieved 3/9/2026) (proPublica_990)

FECPolitical Contributions

$32KTotal Contributed
11Contributions
2013–2025Date Range

By Party

REP
$32K

Top Recipients

FRENCH HILL FOR ARKANSAS$22K
NATHANIEL MORAN FOR CONGRESS$10K
Source: FEC contribution filings · latest on record (retrieved 3/9/2026) (fec)

PBSScore Breakdown

C
40.9
Public Benefit Score

The PBS is a weighted average of 2 components. The formula is open and versioned — the weight percentages below show how much each component contributes to the final score.

Philanthropy65% weight
16%

Evidenced charitable giving — built on what they actually give each year, not parked assets. Dominated by generosity (annual giving relative to net worth — the share of your fortune you give), plus the absolute scale of that giving, plus a small nudge for signing the Giving Pledge (a commitment, not a realized action).

Data: ProPublica 990 charitable disbursements, net worth, The Giving Pledge registry

Transparency35% weight
88%

How much sourced, public accountability data exists — net worth, political contributions, SEC filings, foundation 990s, news coverage, and a verified profile. More public disclosure scores higher.

Data: FEC, SEC EDGAR, ProPublica 990s, GDELT / NewsAPI, Wikidata

Formula (v2): PBS = 65% x Philanthropy + 35% x Transparency

Scored on 6/23/2026 on a 0–100 scale. The score uses only the signals we have populated data for. Goal Impact, Controversy, and Community Approval are deferred until that data exists — Phase 1 goal adoption, controversy detection, and community votes respectively.

All data is sourced from public records. Each section links to its original source. View on Wikidata

Ray Lee Hunt — Public Benefit Score C (41) | Billionaire Army