About the HLH Family Foundation Inc.

In early 2019, The Sister Fund, in consultation with its Board of Trustees and its donor family, began conversations regarding changing The Sister Fund’s name to the HLH Family Foundation.

The chosen name of HLH Family Foundation is meaningful in two ways. First, HLH are the initials of Helen LaKelly Hunt’s father – Haroldson Lafayette Hunt Jr. – also known throughout his life as H.L. Hunt. Her father’s philosophy was that profits generated by the Hunt Oil Company should be used by his family to benefit the community. As these resources came to Helen, she eventually started The Sister Fund. Several members of her family suggested this name change now because of the history of their grandfather, and it also happens to be her initials too.

Mission

And what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God (Micah 6:8, NRSV)

We know there is much brokenness and hatred in the world. We hope that our grants will, in their own small way, foster a world where we each grow to relate with greater justice, kindness and humility in our relationships with one another.

For the past three decades, the HLH Family Foundation (formerly known as The Sister Fund) has focused on the importance of the values and voices of women of faith. It is currently broadening its focus to include the interests of the donor family.

Grantmaking

Kindly note that due to our small size, and limited staffing, we are unable to accept or respond to unsolicited funding requests.

About H.L. Hunt

Haroldson Lafayette Hunt Jr. (February 17, 1889 – November 29, 1974), known throughout his life as H. L. Hunt, was a Texas oil tycoon. By trading poker winnings for oil rights, he ultimately secured title to much of the East Texas Oil Field, one of the world's largest oil deposits. From it and his other acquisitions, he accrued a fortune that was among the world's largest. At the time of his death, he was reported to have the highest net worth of any individual in the world. In 1934, he founded the Hunt Oil Company, which remains – over eighty years later - a family-owned and operated company, led by Ray Hunt, Hunter Hunt and Chris Kleinert.

Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D., Founder

Helen LaKelly Hunt is one of a small army of women who helped to seed the women’s funding movement. She co-founded the Texas Women’s Foundation, The New York Women’s Foundation, Women’s Funding Network and Women Moving Millions. Helen is the author of Faith and Feminism: A Holy Alliance. Her latest book, And the Spirit Moved Them, The Lost Radical History of America’s First Feminists, shares the inspiring story of the abolitionist feminists. Helen was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 2001. In addition, she has co-authored several books with her partner, Harville Hendrix, on Imago Therapy, which helps transforms relationships. They are now working to disseminate Safe Conversations, a cutting-edge relational education process, that can help anyone shift from conflict to connection. Their work echoes in some ways Dr. Carol Gilligan and other feminist psychologists who have asserted for decades the importance of relational healing. Helen knows that for the first time, that the relational sciences are teachable, and that Safe Conversations can help contribute to what the feminist community has longed for, a more relational civilization.

Grant Advisors

Board of Trustees

James Dennis 
The Reverend Kanyere Eaton
Harville Hendrix
Helen LaKelly Hunt