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| August 2011 |
| TURKS IN TEXAS: Harmony charter schools' & Cosmos Foundation, Inc.'s ties to Turkey |
"Walk softly and carry a big stick." -- Teddy Roosevelt "Trust but verify." -- Ronald Reagan |
| Public Ed Commentary: Almost $6 million for Harmony charter school travel in 3 years -- for what? SOURCE: IRS 990 forms filed by Cosmos Foundation, charter operators for the Harmony campuses in Texas; years included: 2007 ... 2008 ... 2009 (click on each to view larger) |
Cosmos Foundation/Harmony charter schools spent $ 1,192,368 on travel |
Cosmos Foundation/Harmony charter schools spent $ 1,755,907 on travel |
Cosmos Foundation/Harmony charter schools spent $ 2,762,646 on travel |
| FY 2008 |
| FY 2007 |
| FY 2009 |
| In addtion to what appears to be large travel expenditures, Cosmos Foundation -- the charter operator for the 36 Harmony campuses in Texas --also has reported $307K in legal fees for fiscal year 2008. Scroll all the way down for more information regarding the law firm involved -- Karadag -- and its connection to the Republic of Turkey; this is the middle column below. The following information is from IRS 990 tax returns submitted by Cosmos for fiscal years 2007, 2008 and 2009; these are all posted and you can view them for free at GuideStar. To view each of the following in larger detail, please click on the images. |