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Alameda County
Alameda County has 18 school districts, 41 charter schools and 1 county office of education. In 2022 the Kitchen Infrastructure and Training (KIT) Fund sent $17.8 million to agencies in the county, and in 2025 another $6.5 million.
Every agency's KIT money
The California Department of Education (CDE) gave the 2022 round by formula to agencies that sponsor the federal school meal programs. The 2025 round was a competitive grant. Hands-on food education in school gardens is an allowed use of the 2026 money.
$17.8 million
2022 allocations
$6.5 million
2025 grants
| Agency | Type | 2022 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda Unified | School district | $951,624 | $474,441 | |
| Albany City Unified | School district | $411,108 | $175,608 | |
| Berkeley Unified | School district | $530,597 | $290,698 | |
| Castro Valley Unified | School district | $500,572 | $291,477 | |
| Dublin Unified | School district | $1,281,110 | $458,093 | |
| Emery Unified | School district | $210,259 | None listed | Priority |
| Fremont Unified | School district | $2,429,759 | $1,250,000 | |
| Hayward Unified | School district | $1,716,782 | $644,790 | |
| Livermore Valley Joint Unified | School district | $1,003,963 | $408,837 | |
| Mountain House Elementary | School district | $100,948 | None listed | Priority |
| New Haven Unified | School district | $786,822 | $403,205 | |
| Newark Unified | School district | $441,639 | $135,835 | |
| Oakland Unified | School district | $3,259,722 | $1,029,467 | |
| Piedmont City Unified | School district | $100,000 | $119,426 | |
| Pleasanton Unified | School district | $563,146 | $433,584 | |
| San Leandro Unified | School district | $1,055,413 | $296,283 | |
| San Lorenzo Unified | School district | $833,226 | None listed | Priority |
| Sunol Glen Unified | School district | $108,041 | $13,823 | |
| Achieve Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| AIMS College Prep High | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Alameda Community Learning Center | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Alternatives in Action | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| American Indian Public Charter School II | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| ARISE High | Charter school | $103,748 | $13,673 | |
| ASCEND | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Aspire College Triumph Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Aspire Lionel Wilson College Preparatory Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Aspire Monarch Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Bay Area Technology | Charter school | $110,747 | None listed | Priority |
| Circle of Independent Learning | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Connecting Waters Charter - East Bay | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Cox Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Downtown Charter Academy | Charter school | $136,916 | None listed | Priority |
| Downtown Oakland Science Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| East Bay Innovation Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Francophone Charter School of Oakland | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Hayward Collegiate Charter | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Hayward Twin Oaks Montessori | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Impact Academy of Arts & Technology | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| KIPP Bridge Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| KIPP King Collegiate High | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| KIPP Summit Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Knowledge Enlightens You (KEY) Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Latitude 37.8 High | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Lazear Charter Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Leadership Public Schools - Hayward | Charter school | $127,443 | None listed | Priority |
| Learning Without Limits | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Lighthouse Community Charter | Charter school | $156,494 | $46,756 | |
| Lighthouse Community Charter High | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Lodestar: A Lighthouse Community Charter Public | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| LPS Oakland R & D Campus | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Nea Community Learning Center | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Oakland Military Institute, College Preparatory Academy | Charter school | $128,617 | $20,594 | |
| Oakland School for the Arts | Charter school | $102,075 | None listed | Priority |
| Oakland Unity High | Charter school | $115,730 | None listed | Priority |
| Oakland Unity Middle | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Opportunity Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| The Academy of Alameda | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Yu Ming Charter | Charter school | $117,820 | None listed | Priority |
| Alameda County Office of Education | County office of education | None listed | None listed |
2022 amounts as of March 29, 2024; 2025 amounts as of March 11, 2026.
Priority: on CDE's 2022 allocations and not on its 2025 grant list. The 2026 law (Education Code 49507) gives these agencies first priority in 2026.
A charter school that reorganized since a round may be listed under an older charter number.
Also in CDE's KIT files, but matching no school district, county office or charter school in CDE's directory today: agencies that serve school meals, or schools and districts that closed or changed numbers.
- American Indian Model Schools: $130,548 in 2022
- Aurum Preparatory Academy: $107,894 in 2022
- The Community School for Creative Education: $105,779 in 2022
- Urban Montessori Charter: $106,580 in 2022
Gardens in Alameda County
Of the 18 school districts here, Ten Strands found public evidence of a school garden in 14 and of garden-based education in 13.
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.
School garden data
The statewide findings, the method and the validation form.
Fix your district's data
Tell Ten Strands what your district has, so the next analysis counts it.
Ten Strands' district dataset
The Data Initiative for Environmental and Climate Action in California's TK-12 Schools: some ninety indicators for every district, free to download.
Coalition members near Alameda County
Member organizations in the Bay Area region, then the ones that work statewide. Not sure which one fits? Write to us at hello@caschoolgardens.org and we'll introduce you.
In the Bay Area region
Show all 17 in the Bay Area region
Statewide
Does your organization work with schools here? Add it to the coalition.