this is even more correct, and the tests pass

frontend/views.py

@@ -1301,8 +1301,10 @@ class FundView(FormView):
 
         if kwargs.has_key('data'):
             data = kwargs['data'].copy()
+            kwargs['data'] = data
         else:
             data = {}
+            kwargs['initial'] = data
         
         data.update(
             {'preapproval_amount':self.transaction.needed_amount,
@@ -1310,9 +1312,6 @@ class FundView(FormView):
                 'work_id':self.transaction.campaign.work.id,
                 'title':self.transaction.campaign.work.title}
             )        
-        
-        kwargs['initial'] = data
-        
         return kwargs
 
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):