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Contra Costa County
Contra Costa County has 18 school districts, 21 charter schools and 1 county office of education. In 2022 the Kitchen Infrastructure and Training (KIT) Fund sent $14.7 million to agencies in the county, and in 2025 another $5.3 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.
$14.7 million
2022 allocations
$5.3 million
2025 grants
| Agency | Type | 2022 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acalanes Union High | School district | $662,961 | $261,215 | |
| Antioch Unified | School district | $1,500,558 | $728,856 | |
| Brentwood Union | School district | $757,858 | $859,448 | |
| Byron Union Elementary | School district | $132,488 | $27,901 | |
| Canyon Elementary | School district | $106,542 | $4,376 | |
| John Swett Unified | School district | $237,165 | $41,645 | |
| Knightsen Elementary | School district | $110,283 | $28,801 | |
| Lafayette Elementary | School district | $100,000 | $89,924 | |
| Liberty Union High | School district | $187,549 | $48,718 | |
| Martinez Unified | School district | $506,111 | $182,289 | |
| Moraga Elementary | School district | $100,000 | $65,686 | |
| Mt. Diablo Unified | School district | $3,048,150 | None listed | Priority |
| Oakley Union Elementary | School district | $182,877 | $176,304 | |
| Orinda Union | School district | $100,000 | $83,177 | |
| Pittsburg Unified | School district | $1,242,241 | $412,076 | |
| San Ramon Valley Unified | School district | $899,764 | $1,141,047 | |
| Walnut Creek Elementary | School district | $558,932 | $133,785 | |
| West Contra Costa Unified | School district | $3,450,721 | $994,009 | |
| Antioch Charter Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Antioch Charter Academy II | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Aspire Richmond Technology Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Caliber: Beta Academy | Charter school | $157,022 | $49,816 | |
| Clayton Valley Charter High | Charter school | $359,827 | None listed | Priority |
| Eagle Peak Montessori | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Golden Gate Community | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Invictus Academy of Richmond | Charter school | None listed | $16,600 | |
| John Henry High | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Leadership Public Schools: Richmond | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Making Waves Academy | Charter school | $122,210 | None listed | Priority |
| Richmond Charter Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Richmond Charter Elementary-Benito Juarez | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Richmond College Preparatory | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Rocketship Delta Prep | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Rocketship Futuro Academy | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Summit Public School K2 | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Summit Public School: Tamalpais | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Vista Oaks Charter | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Voices College-Bound Language Academy at West Contra Costa County | Charter school | None listed | None listed | |
| Contra Costa 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.
- Charthouse Public Schools: $100,000 in 2022
- Manzanita Middle: $100,716 in 2022
Gardens in Contra Costa County
Of the 18 school districts here, Ten Strands found public evidence of a school garden in 16 and of garden-based education in 7.
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 Contra Costa 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.