Eyes of Argus Foundation is a public-benefit foundation dedicated to lifting individuals and families toward dignity, stability, and long-term possibility. Through mentorship, creative expression, innovation, and opportunity, we provide tools and pathways that help people rise and help communities sustain that rise together.
What We Do
Empower
Elevating lives through stability and agency
Empower focuses on individuals and families under sustained economic and caregiving pressure. Through mentorship, time-stabilization support, and access to Eyes of Argus Foundation controlled intellectual property and learning resources, participants regain agency and confidence while remaining rooted in their families and communities.
Enlighten
Elevating futures through writing, craft and thought
Enlighten is EOAF’s writing and education initiative, mentoring students and younger adults in the craft of writing and screen storytelling. The program emphasizes discipline, critical thinking, and creative voice as tools for long-term personal and intellectual growth.
Elevate
Elevating communities through systems
Elevate is EOAF’s applied, community-scale initiative, anchored by Ground Zero; the Foundation’s inaugural prototype and training site in Decatur, Illinois. Through Elevate, EOAF supports resilient, zero-impact systems that enable communities to rise together and sustain progress over time. Future prototype sites for the Elevate initiative are currently under evaluation.
The Eyes of Argus Foundation exists to lift individuals and families toward stability, dignity, and long-term possibility. We empower people through innovation, mentorship, creative expression, and opportunity by offering tools, guidance, and pathways that help them rebuild their lives and rise into their potential.
Whether through the gifting of intellectual property, support for education and training, access to meaningful work, or the simple act of standing beside someone who has been overlooked, EOAF serves as a beacon by helping people see what’s possible and step forward into a fuller, freer future.
We believe every life carries a spark worth protecting, every dream deserves a chance, and every person can rise when someone shines a light on their path
Founder Story
Randall Stanton
Founder, Eyes of Argus Foundation
Randall is a writer, filmmaker, inventor, and lifelong mentor whose work spans creative arts, engineering, and human transformation. After decades of guiding actors, nurturing talent, caregiving, and designing solutions in renewable energy and industrial systems, he founded EOAF to help people rebuild their lives through opportunity and compassion. His “Quiet Method" listening to the inner voice that emerges when the world finally settles, shapes the foundation’s mission and spirit.
Vision and Values
Our Vision
The Eyes of Argus Foundation exists to protect imagination, restore dignity, and invest in human potential through storytelling, education, and responsible stewardship of community resources.
We believe that creativity is not a luxury, it is a lifeline.
When imagination is nourished, communities strengthen.
When stories are honored, identity is restored.
Our vision is to create spaces where compassion, artistic expression, service, and sustainable innovation intersect and where individuals are equipped to grow with integrity and purpose.
Our Values Imagination – Creativity shapes culture and restores human connection. Stewardship – Responsible care of resources strengthens communities. Integrity – Transparency and accountability guide every decision. Dignity – Every individual deserves opportunity and respect. Resilience – Sustainable systems and strong stories both build lasting impact.
Pro Earth First-Environmental Initiatives
Pro Earth First is the environmental and innovation initiative of the Eyes of Argus Foundation. While EOAF focuses on uplifting individuals and communities, Pro Earth First focuses on the systems that sustain them; energy, shelter, and the responsible stewardship of the planet we share.
The initiative explores practical solutions for resilient living, including renewable energy architecture, thermal storage systems, geothermal exchange, and ultra-efficient building design. These ideas aim to reduce dependence on fossil fuels while creating homes and communities that are durable, affordable, and environmentally responsible.
Herbert Talks
With our Herbert Talks initiative, the Eyes of Argus Foundation explores and challenges the emerging relationship between artificial intelligence and human creativity. Through conversations on semiotics, imagination, and technological evolution, the program invites the community to understand, question, and embrace how language, symbols, and machines are reshaping human expression. Ensuring that innovation expands rather than diminishes our creative spirit.
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Privacy Notice
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This Privacy Notice for Eyes Of Argus Foundation ("we," "us," "our") explains how and why we access, collect, store, use, and share ("process") your personal information when using our Services, including when you visit our website at
https://eyesofargus.org, participate in our storytelling, creative education, theatre/film, and cultural initiatives, or engage with us in other related ways, including marketing or events.
Questions or concerns? Reading this Privacy Notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. We are responsible for decisions about how your personal information is processed. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you have any questions or concerns, contact us at
[email protected].
1. What Information Do We Collect?
Personal information you disclose to us
In short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us.
The personal information we collect may include:
Names
Email addresses
Mailing addresses
Billing addresses
Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process payments if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is handled and stored by Stripe. See the
Stripe Privacy Policy.
All personal information you provide must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
Information automatically collected
In short: Some information — such as your IP address and/or browser and device characteristics — is collected automatically when you visit our Services.
We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information may include device and usage information (IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country/location, and information about how and when you use our Services). This information is primarily needed to maintain security and operation of our Services and for internal analytics and reporting.
Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies. You can find out more in our Cookie Notice (link to be provided when available).
Log and Usage Data: service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information.
Device Data: information about your computer, phone, tablet, or other device.
Location Data: approximate device location based on your IP address or device settings.
In short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law.
Deliver and facilitate services
Respond to inquiries and provide support
Send administrative information
Fulfill and manage orders, payments, returns, and exchanges
Send marketing and promotional communications (according to your preferences)
Deliver targeted advertising (see Cookie Notice when available)
Protect our Services, including fraud monitoring and prevention
Identify usage trends and improve Services
Determine marketing effectiveness
Save or protect an individual's vital interest
3. What Legal Bases Do We Rely On to Process Your Information?
In short: We process your personal information only when we have a valid legal basis to do so.
If you are located in the EU or UK (GDPR/UK GDPR):
Consent — you can withdraw at any time (see "Withdrawing your consent" below).
Performance of a Contract — to fulfill our contractual obligations to you or at your request before entering a contract.
Legitimate Interests — when reasonably necessary and not outweighed by your rights.
Legal Obligations — to comply with applicable laws.
Vital Interests — to protect vital interests of you or a third party.
If you are located in Canada:
We may process your information with express or implied consent, and in limited circumstances without consent as permitted by applicable law (e.g., investigations and fraud prevention, certain business transactions, subpoenas or court orders, publicly available information, and other exceptions under Canadian law).
4. When and With Whom Do We Share Your Information?
In short: We may share information in specific situations and with specific categories of third parties.
Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share data with third parties who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. They are obligated to protect your information and use it only as instructed by us.
Categories of third parties include:
Cloud Computing Services
Data Analytics Services
Data Storage Service Providers
Payment Processors
Website Hosting Service Providers
Business Transfers. We may share or transfer information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business.
5. Do We Use Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies?
In short: We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect and store your information.
Some online tracking technologies help maintain the security of our Services, prevent crashes, fix bugs, save your preferences, and assist with basic site functions. We may also permit third parties and service providers to use online tracking technologies for analytics and advertising, including to tailor advertisements to your interests.
Google Analytics
We may share your information with Google Analytics to track and analyze the use of the Services. To opt out, visit the
Google Analytics Opt-Out page. For more on Google's privacy practices, see the
Google Privacy & Terms.
6. How Long Do We Keep Your Information?
We keep your personal information only as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (e.g., tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will delete or anonymize it, or securely store and isolate it from further processing until deletion is possible.
7. How Do We Keep Your Information Safe?
We implement appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
8. Do We Collect Information from Minors?
We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age (or the age defined by law in your jurisdiction), nor do we knowingly sell such personal information. If we learn that personal information from users under 18 has been collected, we will deactivate the account and delete such data.
9. What Are Your Privacy Rights?
Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of your personal information; to data portability; not to be subject to automated decision-making; and to object to processing in certain circumstances. If a decision with legal or similarly significant effects is made solely by automated means, we will inform you and provide a way to request human review.
Withdrawing your consent: If we rely on your consent, you may withdraw it at any time by contacting us. This does not affect processing carried out before withdrawal or processing based on other lawful grounds.
Opting out of marketing: You can unsubscribe via the link in our emails or by contacting us.
Cookies and similar technologies: Most browsers accept cookies by default. You can set your browser to remove or reject cookies, which may affect certain features of the Services.
10. Controls for Do‑Not‑Track Features
Most browsers and some mobile operating systems include a Do‑Not‑Track ("DNT") feature you can activate. Because a uniform standard for recognizing DNT signals is not finalized, we do not respond to DNT signals at this time.
11. Do United States Residents Have Specific Privacy Rights?
If you are a resident of certain US states (including CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, IN, IA, KY, MD, MN, MT, NE, NH, NJ, OR, RI, TN, TX, UT, or VA), you may have rights to request, access, correct, obtain a copy of, or delete your personal information; opt out of targeted advertising/sale/sharing; and other rights subject to applicable law.
Categories of Personal Information We Collect
The table below shows the categories of personal information we have collected in the past twelve (12) months (illustrative examples; see Section 1 for details).
Category
Examples
Collected
A. Identifiers
Real name, alias, postal address, phone number, unique identifier, online identifier, IP address, email address, account name
YES
B. Personal information (Cal. Customer Records)
Name, contact information, education, employment, employment history, financial information
YES
C. Protected classification characteristics
Gender, age, date of birth, race and ethnicity, national origin, marital status, other demographic data
YES
D. Commercial information
Transaction information, purchase history, financial details, payment information
YES
E. Biometric information
Fingerprints, voiceprints
NO
F. Internet or other network activity
Browsing/search history, online behavior, interactions with our or other websites/apps/systems/ads
YES
G. Geolocation data
Device location
YES
H. Audio, electronic, sensory information
Images; audio, video, or call recordings created in connection with our business activities
NO
I. Professional or employment-related information
Business contact details; job title; work history; professional qualifications (e.g., if you apply for a job)
NO
J. Education information
Student records and directory information
NO
K. Inferences drawn from personal information
Preferences and characteristics derived from other personal information
NO
L. Sensitive personal information
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NO
Your Rights
Right to know whether we process your personal data
Right to access your personal data
Right to correct inaccuracies
Right to request deletion
Right to obtain a copy of personal data you provided
Right to non‑discrimination for exercising your rights
Right to opt out of targeted advertising/sale/sharing and certain profiling
Depending on your state, you may have additional rights (e.g., to obtain lists of third parties to whom data was disclosed or sold, limit use/disclosure of sensitive data, or opt out of certain data collection features).
How to Exercise Your Rights
You can submit a request via our Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) portal:
Submit a DSAR, or contact us using the details below. Authorized agents may act on your behalf in accordance with applicable laws.
Request Verification & Appeals
We will verify your identity using information already maintained by us or request additional information if necessary. If we decline your request, you may appeal by emailing
[email protected].
California "Shine The Light" Law
California residents may request information about categories of personal information (if any) disclosed to third parties for direct marketing and the names/addresses of those third parties for the prior calendar year.
12. Do We Make Updates to This Notice?
Yes. We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date at the top of this page. If we make material changes, we may notify you by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by sending you a notification.
13. How Can You Contact Us About This Notice?
Eyes Of Argus Foundation
1663 W Waggoner St
Decatur, IL 62526
United States
Email: [email protected]
14. How Can You Review, Update, or Delete the Data We Collect From You?
Based on your location, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect, details about how we process it, correct inaccuracies, or delete your personal information, and to withdraw consent. To make a request, please submit a
Data Subject Access Request.
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