Center for Christian Virtue

Center for Christian Virtue
Established1983
FounderJerry Kirk
31-1075684 (EIN)
Legal status501(c)(3) organization[1]
Headquarters11177 Reading Rd # 1, Cincinnati
Key people
Aaron Baer, President
Revenue (2017)
$403,370[2]
Websitewww.ccv.org

Center for Christian Virtue (CCV) is a lobbying organization focused upon implementing conservative Christian sexual morality in public policy. It was originally known as Citizens for Community Values until Feb 2021.[3] It operates primarily in the US state of Ohio and is the Family Policy Council (a Focus on the Family affiliate organization) for that state, with branches in Indiana, Wisconsin, and Kentucky.

CCV was designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center from 2015 to 2017 because CCV vilified LGBT people as categorically destructive to society and families.[4] SPLC designated CCV as a hate group again in 2023.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Center for Christian Virtue | Columbus, OH | Cause IQ". www.causeiq.com.
  2. ^ "Full text of "Form 990" for fiscal year ending Dec. 2017". ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. 9 May 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  3. ^ "Citizens for Community Values is now Center for Christian Virtue".
  4. ^ King, Danae (June 20, 2020). "Controversial Ohio group partners with state on faith response to COVID-19 pandemic". The Columbus Dispatch. Columbus, Ohio. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  5. ^ "Hate Map". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2024-06-05.
  6. ^ "Anti-LGBTQ". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 2024-06-05.