A hard day is always easier in the garden.
We often measure our results in numbers, but that’s not how we feel the impact of our work. The real proof of our programs lives in small moments: a family cooking fresh produce they picked up from school, an intern who starts a college application already sure they want to pursue environmental science, a student who finds refuge in the garden on a hard day.
Our impact in numbers.
49 Title I partner schools across West Contra Costa, Oakland, San Leandro, and San Lorenzo Unified.2025-26 school year
11,590 students in our programs, in the garden at least twice a month.2025-26 school year
2.5M+ lbs of fresh produce delivered to school communities.since 2020
1,129 trees planted with students and families.since 2022
20,000 sq ft of asphalt, lawn, and unused schoolyard space became living schoolyards.2025
Our impact in stories.
The full reports
Everything above, with the methods, financials, and the stories behind the numbers.
The paperwork
The audited numbers behind the reports.
School and student figures are for the 2025-26 school year; produce and tree totals are cumulative from the year shown on each. Fiscal year: July 1 to June 30. EIN 88-2293022. Questions about methods: hello@growingtogetherprojects.org.
Where it happens
Every dot is a partner school.
We work on the same ground all year, at 49 schools across four East Bay districts.
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Give a gift that grows.
growsFresh produce on dinner tables, dirt under fingernails during science class, and school gardens that kids can escape into. Your gifts support the impact beyond what can be measured & counted.
A season of fresh CSA boxes for a family
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