Tulare County
Tipton Elementary
Tipton Elementary received $197,806 from the Kitchen Infrastructure and Training (KIT) Fund in 2022 and is not on the 2025 grant list, so it has first priority for 2026 KIT money. The California Department of Education (CDE) has not published the 2026 allocations yet.
$197,806
2022 KIT allocation
KIT Fund allocations
What the KIT Fund has sent this district, round by round.
Priority for 2026. The 2026 law (Education Code 49507) gives first priority to agencies that missed the 2025 round.
- 2022 allocation
- $197,806 in the 2022 round: $140,452 base plus $57,354 for freshly prepared meals. As of March 29, 2024.
- 2025 grant
- None listed. As of March 11, 2026.
- 2026 allocation
- Not yet published by CDE. The formula and the amount per agency are still to be decided. As of September 29, 2026.
- County-District-School (CDS) code
- 54722150000000
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What the 2026 KIT Fund can pay for
Who qualifies, when the money arrives and what it can pay for.
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Organizations near Tulare County that already work with schools.
Who decides in a district
KIT money goes to the district's food service (nutrition services) department, so its director decides how it is spent. An education or curriculum lead, a farm-to-school buyer and a garden coordinator often shape a garden program, and in our work a garden coordinator housed in food services has worked well, since food service already runs as a business.
Gardens and garden education here
Ten Strands found no public evidence of school garden programs here.
From Ten Strands' statewide district dataset, as of September 29, 2026. Ten Strands looks for public evidence, so a missing item may mean the district has not said so publicly.
Coalition members near Tulare County
Member organizations in the Central Valley region, then the ones that work statewide. Not sure which one fits? Write to us at hello@caschoolgardens.org and we'll introduce you.
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