Chevron Catalyst Grants

For the eighth consecutive year, the Carlsbad Community Foundation has awarded grants to nonprofit organizations as part of its Chevron Catalyst Grant Program. For 2025, there will be 24 recipient organizations that address a wide variety of charitable needs in our community. The program is part of a long-standing partnership with Chevron that began with the establishment of a charitable fund in 2016 and the first awards being made in 2018.

Chevron has generously supported the Chevron Catalyst Fund each year, ensuring resources to assist nonprofits who serve our community. The Foundation is responsible for selecting recipients through a competitive grant process, drawing on its experience and extensive knowledge of local nonprofit organizations to maximize the use of charitable dollars.

“Our primary focus is to improve lives of people in Carlsbad and South Eddy County,” said Foundation Board President Gemma Ferguson. “With Chevron’s support, this program has become a big part of that effort. Together, we have made a great team!”

Since the program began, it has benefitted diverse charitable needs within the community. This year, more than $68,000 is being awarded, increasing the program’s grant total since 2018 to more than a half million dollars.

“Chevron’s not just part of southeastern New Mexico, we’re part of helping improve the well-being of the communities where we live and work,” said Katelyn Maxwell, Superintendent of Chevron’s Operations-New Mexico. “We’re proud to collaborate with the Carlsbad Community Foundation and excited to see the positive impacts of the grant recipients.”

The 2025 Chevron Catalyst Grant recipients are listed below:

1. AAUW Carlsbad

2. Abundant Harvest Food Pantry

3. CARC Inc.

4. Carlsbad Area Art Association

5. Carlsbad Battered Families Shelter

6. Carlsbad Community of Hope Center

7. Carlsbad Community Theater

8. Carlsbad Co-op

9. Carlsbad Literacy Program

10. Carlsbad Museum

11. Carlsbad Transitional Housing and Homeless Shelter Inc.

12. Christian Women’s Job Corps of Carlsbad

13. Eddy County CASA

14. Faith, Hope and Love Foundation

15. Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest

16. Lakeview Christian Home

17. Mission Carlsbad

18. MyPower, Inc.

19. NM Community Lawn Care and Services

20. Noah’s Ark Animal Refuge, Inc.

21. Permian Basin Counseling & Guidance

22. Riverside PTA

23. Southeastern New Mexico Historical Society

24. United Way of Eddy County

About the Carlsbad Community Foundation:

The Carlsbad Community Foundation is a charitable, 501(c)(3) organization that exists to improve the quality of life for the people of our community and South Eddy County. The work of the Foundation is achieved by building endowment funds for long-term support of nonprofit organizations, scholarships and other charitable purposes.