Board and Funding
The Center's founding Board Members were:
- Vernon Briggs, Cornell University
- Liz Paddock
- Leon Bouvier, Demographer
- Malcolm Lovell
- Frank Morris, formerly of Morgan State University and former Executive Director of Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
- Roger Conner
- George Grayson, The College of William and Mary
- Otis Graham, University of North Carolina
Several of the founding members are still on the Board, which is headed by former U.S. Attorney Peter Nunez and also includes T. Willard Fair from the Urban League of Greater Miami.
Contemporary funding comes from several sources. The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and the Weeden Foundation are major funders. They have also worked under contract for the Census Bureau and the Department of Justice. They also receive donations from the Combined Federal Campaign (#10298) as well as donations from individuals.
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