JP Conte Family Foundation

The JP Conte Family Foundation is a grantmaker that funds advocacy related to immigration, education, social mobility, and environmental sustainability. 1 The foundation was created in 2017 by Jean-Pierre Conte, the chairman and a managing partner of the private equity company Genstar Capital. 2 Conte is the president and the sole funder of the foundation, and in 2023, he donated over $10 million in non-cash assets to the foundation. 3

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Issue Areas: Environmental Policy, Economic Policy, Immigration Policy, Education Policy
Location: San Francisco, CA View on map
Tax ID: 81-4625648
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $91,084,714 Revenue: $27,328,545 Expenses: $5,712,623

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    Areas of Concern

    Legal Immigration

    The JP Conte Family Foundation supports legal immigration to the United States, stating that immigration builds the culture of the U.S. and helps maintain a competitive economy. In order to support legal immigration, the foundation works with the Hoover Institution on the J-P Conte Initiative on Immigration. 4 The initiative researches and analyzes how “immigrants make economic contributions as workers, entrepreneurs, and innovators, [while working to understand] the distributional impacts and unintended consequences of various migration patterns.” 5

    Education

    The JP Conte Family Foundation supports education programs that help students from low-income backgrounds earn higher degrees. Two programs that the Foundation specifically supports are the SEO Scholars programs and 10,000 Degrees. 6

    SEO Scholars is a free student mentorship program that works with students from high school through college. 85 percent of the program’s students graduate from a four-year college and 80 percent of the students are first-generation college graduates. 7

    The 10,000 Degrees program is a college and early career preparation program that works exclusively with students from low-income communities, 93 percent of whom come from Black, Indigenous, and Latino communities. 8 In 2023, the JP Conte Family Foundation donated $250,000 to 10,000 Degrees. It also supports higher education institutions like Harvard Business School, to which it donated $500,000 in 2023. 9

    Environmental Sustainability

    The JP Conte Family Foundation affirms that “climate change and carbon output [are] now at crisis levels,”” 6 so it invests in programs that support the preservation of endangered ecosystems and organizations that research causes and impacts of extreme weather events. In order to meet those goals, the JP Conte Family Foundation has supported the Princeton Sunda Rainforest Project and the Pepperwood Preserve. 6

    The Princeton Sunda Rainforest Project aimed to “raise $1,000,000 in collaboration with the World Wildlife Fund to reforest thousands of acres of land in Bukit Tigapuluh, Sumatra.” 10

    The Pepperwood Preserve is a 3,200-acre nature preserve in California that focuses on researching and monitoring the health of plants and wildlife to better understand conservation planning. 11 In 2023, the JP Conte Family Foundation donated $100,000 to Pepperwood Preserve. 9

    Jean-Pierre Conte

    Jean-Pierre Conte is the founder and president of the JP Conte Family Foundation. He is a first-generation American who was born into a family with a French mother who lived through the Nazi occupation and a Cuban father who lived through the Castro regime. 12 Conte attributes much of his philanthropic investments, especially in the fields of education and social mobility, to his parents. Conte built his wealth through his private equity company Genstar Capital which he helped found in 1995 and which, as of 2025, is managing approximately $50 billion in assets. 13 Conte founded the JP Conte Family Foundation in 2017, which is solely funded by Conte himself, has no paid staff members, and donates only to groups that Conte approves.  14

    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2024 $91,084,714 $27,328,545 $5,712,623 View
    2023 $74,480,847 $29,170,652 $4,512,968 View
    2022 $61,834,142 $17,187,829 $3,799,816 View
    2021 $49,172,386 $18,940,243 $2,902,259 View
    2020 $29,546,198 $13,876,486 $2,182,314 View

    Expenses Detail

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $16,385,498
    • Number of Grants: 148
    • Number of Recipients: 86

    Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $1,500,0002024 Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and PeaceGENERAL SUPPORT.
    $1,000,0002024 University of Southern CaliforniaSUPPORT THE SDA STUDENT EMERGENCY FUND.
    $550,0002024 Harvard Business SchoolSUPPORT EDUCATION AT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL.
    $500,0002023 Harvard Business SchoolSUPPORT EDUCATION AT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL.
    $500,0002023 San Francisco Special Events CommitteeSUPPORT LOCAL COMMUNITY
    $500,0002022 Harvard Business SchoolSUPPORT EDUCATION AT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL.
    $500,0002021 Harvard Business SchoolSUPPORT EDUCATION AT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL.
    $500,0002020 Harvard Business SchoolSUPPORT EDUCATION AT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL.
    $400,0002022 Fund to Conserve US Diplomatic Treasures AbroadSUPPORT THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, AND CONSERVATION OF HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS AND DECORATIVE OBJECTS
    $300,0002020 STANFORD UNIVERSITYSUPPORT STANFORD UNIVERSITY
    $300,0002020 University of California San Francisco FoundationSUPPORT COLLEGE EDUCATION
    $250,0002024 10,000 DegreesSUPPORT LOW-INCOME COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
    $250,0002024 San Francisco Challenge DBA AmericaoneGENERAL SUPPORT.
    $250,0002023 10,000 DegreesSUPPORT LOW-INCOME COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
    $250,0002023 Community Foundation of Middle TennesseeSUPPORT LOCAL COMMUNITY
    $250,0002023 San Francisco Challenge DBA AmericaoneGENERAL SUPPORT.
    $250,0002023 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATIONSUPPORTING IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENT
    $250,0002022 10,000 DegreesSUPPORT LOW-INCOME COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
    $250,0002022 United States Sailing FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT.
    $250,0002021 FRIENDS OF THE UW ODYSSEY PROJECT INCSUPPORTING IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENT
    $250,0002021 United States Sailing FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT.
    $250,0002020 10,000 DegreesSUPPORT LOW-INCOME COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS
    $220,0002022 The American LyceumREBUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY THROUGH INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND HOSTING SOLUTION-FOCUSED DEBATES
    $200,0002024 Neighbors for a Better San FranciscoSUPPORT POLICIES AND LEADERS THAT MAKE IT EASIER FOR ALL RESIDENTS TO LIVE AND THRIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
    $200,0002024 The Branson SchoolSUPPORT THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

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    References

    1. “The Conte Family.” JP Conte Family Foundation. Accessed October 20, 2025. https://contefamilyfoundation.com/about-us. 
    2. “Jean-Pierre Conte.” Forbes. Accessed October 20, 2025. https://councils.forbes.com/profile/Jean-Pierre-Conte-Chairman-Managing-Partner-Genstar-Capital/8be05b60-aea4-4c26-af15-63da85de23cb. 
    3. JP Conte Family Foundation, From 990-PF, 2023, Schedule B Part I Section C. 
    4. “The JP Conte Initiative for Immigration at the Hoover Institution.” JP Conte Family Foundation, November 12, 2024. https://contefamilyfoundation.com/updates/f/the-jp-conte-initiative-for-immigration-at-the-hoover-institution. 
    5. “J-P Conte Initiative on Immigration.” Hoover Institution. Accessed October 20, 2025. https://www.hoover.org/research-teams/j-p-conte-initiative-immigration/about. 
    6. “Our Key Values.” JP Conte Family Foundation. Accessed October 20, 2025. https://contefamilyfoundation.com/key-values. 
    7. “SEO Scholars .” SEO. Accessed October 20, 2025. https://www.seo-usa.org/scholars/. 
    8. “Our Mission.” 10,000 Degrees. Accessed October 20, 2025. https://10000degrees.org/about-us/. 
    9. JP Conte Family Foundation, Form 990-PF, 2023, Part XIV Section 3 
    10. “Princeton Sunda Rainforest Project.” Princeton University. Accessed October 20, 2025. https://conserve.princeton.edu/princeton-sunda-rainforest-initiative/. 
    11. “Home.” Pepperwood. Accessed October 20, 2025. https://www.pepperwoodpreserve.org/. 
    12. Claridge, Dale. “J-P Conte: A Very American Philanthropist.” Uncommon Ground Media, March 30, 2019. https://uncommongroundmedia.com/jp-conte-a-very-american-philanthropist-dale-claridge/. 
    13. “Private Equity for Middle Market Companies.” Genstar Capital. Accessed October 20, 2025. https://www.gencap.com/about/. 
    14. “Our History.” JP Conte Family Foundation. Accessed October 20, 2025. https://contefamilyfoundation.com/.