We construct axisymmetric Schwarzschild models to measure the mass profile of the local group dwarf galaxy Fornax .
These models require no assumptions to be made about the orbital anisotropy of the stars , as is the case for commonly used Jeans models .
We test a variety of parameterizations of dark matter density profiles and find cored models with uniform density \rho _ { c } = ( 1.6 \pm 0.1 ) \times 10 ^ { -2 } M _ { \odot } \text { pc } ^ { -3 } fit significantly better than the cuspy halos predicted by cold dark matter simulations .
We also construct models with an intermediate-mass black hole , but are unable to make a detection .
We place a 1 - \sigma upper limit on the mass of a potential intermediate-mass black hole at M _ { \bullet } \leq 3.2 \times 10 ^ { 4 } M _ { \odot } .