“Cooperator contributions” means contributions of money, personnel, materials, facilities, services, or supplies, expressed in terms of United States dollar value, that are furnished by the cooperator and any third party cooperator to help carry out the terms of a project agreement. Funds, services, or personnel provided by any state or federal agency, except funds from a state marketing order board, including those funds allocated to carry out commodity transportation offset programs, agricultural commission organized pursuant to this code, or a federal marketing order board for California-produc ed commodities, cannot be counted as a contribution.