Carter – Windus Family Fund

ACAF • November 20, 2023

Carter – Windus Family Fund

The Carter – Windus Family Fund has been established through a donation from Friendship native V Perry Carter.

The Carter-Windus Family Fund reflects the Allegany County connections shared by Mr. Carter and his sister, Patricia Carter Windus, and their appreciation for their growing up in Friendship. In addition to their ties, Mrs. Carter Windus’ late husband, Harold, was born and raised in Belmont.

The Carter Family was involved in the Friendship community over multiple generations in local business, farming, church, and civic affairs. Mr. Carter’s father, Roy Carter purchased the iconic Carter’s Hardware in Wellsville and Roy also inherited the Carter Hardware in Friendship from his father Valentine Carter.


The former Carter Family home at 37 East Main Street is now the Carter House Ministry Center of the United Church of Friendship.

 

Though both are in their 90s and no longer living in NY, Mr. V Carter and Mrs. Windus maintain an interest in Allegany County and the well-being of its residents. The first grants from the fund are anticipated in 2024. While sharing his areas of charitable interest with the Foundation, Mr. Carter has left the use of the fund to the discretion of the ACAF board, allowing for the funds to be used to where most needed to meet the pressing and emerging needs in the county.

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