While many programs and initiatives at CPA receive major funding from large foundations such as Ford, W.K. Kellogg and the Open Society Institute, the contributions of state legislators play a key role in supporting CPA’s work in the progressive community. We would especially like to thank members of the Southeast Policy Leaders Forum, which brings together state elected leaders and community activitists to build stronger African American communities in the Southeast, for their invaluable contributions:

• Texas state Rep. Garnet Coleman
  $10,000, CPA’s 1998 Annual Awards Dinner and Housing Finance Conference in Corpus Christi, TX
• Texas state Rep. Dawnna Dukes
  $5,000, CPA Minority Internship Program
• Texas state Sen. Rodney Ellis
  $5,000, 1998 CPA Annual Awards Dinner
• The Georgia Legislative Black Caucus
  $2,000, CPA Minority Internship Program
• Florida state Rep. Tony Hill
  $1,000, 1998 CPA Annual Awards Dinner
  $30,000 pledged
• Wisconsin state Rep. Tony Riley
  $10,000 CPA general support
• South Carolina state Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter
  $10,000 pledged
• Mississippi state Senate members
  $10,000 pledged