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The Appleby College Foundation was incorporated by Letters Patent on April 23, 1959. It was organized by members of the Appleby College Old Boys' Association (now known as the Appleby Alumni Association).

The purpose of The Appleby College Foundation is to promote and encourage education at Appleby College by way of gifts or donations to or for the benefit of the said College or contributions in aid of improvement of its facilities or by way of the provision of scholarships, fellowships, bursaries or prizes to students attending or proposing to attend at or graduating from the college. This will be accomplished by soliciting, acquiring, accepting or receiving gifts, donations, bequests or subscriptions of money or other real or personal property.

Membership to The Appleby College Foundation (Foundation) originally included all members of the Appleby Old Boys' Association who made a donation to the Foundation, and to any other persons from whom donations are accepted by the Foundation, shall be members of the Foundation for and during the year in or for which such a donation is made. The President of the Appleby Old Boys' Association, the Chairman of the Board of Governors of Appleby College and the Headmaster of Appleby College shall be members of the Foundation ex officio as well as being members of the Board of Trustees, Membership could also be granted by a resolution of the Board.

Ex officio members now also include the President of the Parents' Association, the members of the Board of Governors of Appleby College, the life members of the Board of Governors of Appleby College and those former members of the Board of Governors of Appleby College who have completed at least one full three year term as such a member.

The affairs of the Foundation are managed by a Board of Trustees. Originally the Board of Trustees was limited to nine individuals, with six individuals elected from the members of the Foundation. In 1999 this was amended and increased to a total of sixteen members, with The President of The Appleby College Alumni Association, the President of The Appleby College Parents' Association, the Chairman of the Board of Governors of Appleby College and the Headmaster of Appleby College being automatically elected to the Board of Trustees and the remaining twelve positions elected from the members of the Foundation.

The Argus Society Inc. was incorporated by a Certificate of Incorporation on September 11, 1979 in New York City, New York. Its purpose was to allow Appleby College constituents residing in the United States to receive charitable tax receipts for their gifts in support of the College. The Society was established with the assistance of Jay G. Rienstra, an attorney with the New York firm Cahill Gordon Reindel and its founding directors included past parent David Hall Brooks (President) and Walter Casperd (Secretary-Treasurer), and alumnae Keith Clarkson '66. It was established as a public foundation and received tax exempt status in 1981.

The Argus Society Inc. had the power to make grants to organizations operating for religious, charitable, scientific, literary or education purposes. The Society had no members; grants could only be made if a written request for funding was received by the directors. Directors would meet once a year to review requests for funding and review donations received. Other duties included receiving, receipting and acknowledging donations and keeping track of the Society's bank account. As its annual gross receipts never exceeded $25,000, the Society was not obligated to file tax returns, but was required instead to send notices of Exemption to the New York State Department of Law.

The Argus Society's designation as a public foundation was an important once as tax deductions for contributions to public foundations were greater than those for private foundations. However, to qualify as such, a public foundation was required to show public support, meaning that the majority (i.e. more than 50 percent) of receipted gifts during the year could not be received from a single donor. If an individual did make a donation that represented more than 50 percent of total contributions, the Society could claim that this constituted an "unusual gift" but ran the risk of losing its designation as a public foundation.

In 1990, Kevin McMurchy was appointed director to to replace Walter Casperd. In the early 1990's FRISBE (Friends of Independent Schools and Better Education) was established; based in the US, this public foundation received donations on behalf of Canadian independent schools, holding them in trust for up to six months until a biannual grant was issued for the donated amounts designated to each participating school. In an effort to save staff and volunteer time and to ensure that donations which might have been defined as "unusual gifts" to The Argus Society Inc. could be received without risk of losing any tax deductions, Appleby College decided to use the services offered by FRISBE. With this decision, The Argus Society Inc. effectively ceased to function and tax returns and notices of exemption were no longer filed after this point.

In 2002, Appleby College began to take the necessary steps to re-activate The Argus Society Inc. In 2003, the by-laws were updated. In 2004, Articles of Amendment for The Argus of Society Inc. were filed, changing the 'Public Charity' status of the organization.

On May 31, 2010 under a Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation, The Argus Society Inc. continued under the new name of Friends of Appleby College (United States), Inc.