Ms Money said Mr McVicar would step down from his role at the organisation while he was running for Parliament. The trust would remain independent and open to working with any political party.
The Sensible Sentencing Trust helped to run the high-profile Christie's Law campaign, which lobbied for tougher bail laws after teenager Christie Marceau was killed by a man, who was on bail at the time.
It also runs an online register of sexual and violent offenders.
Mr McVicar has previously courted controversy by claiming that legalising gay marriage would lead to an increase in crime rates, in particular child abuse and domestic violence.
The Conservative Party was aiming to run a candidate in every electorate, but have so far named only a handful of contenders.
Leader Colin Craig is running for the East Coast Bays seat and party chief executive Christine Rankin is contesting the Epsom electorate.
The party has also chosen two candidates for the South Auckland seats - Dr Edward Saafi in Mangere and Mr Elliot Ikelei in Manurewa.
