Friends Place on Capitol Hill

Washington, DC, United States

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Profile last updated: May 3, 2026

About

Friends Place on Capitol Hill is a charity based in Washington, United States working on democracy & civil society, peace & conflict, justice & legal aid.

Friends Place on Capitol Hill is an independent 501 charitable nonprofit in Washington, D.C., operated as a Quaker learning center and guesthouse. It offers affordable group lodging, meeting and seminar space, and civic engagement programmes for youth, school, church and community groups, centred on peace, civic education and justice-based advocacy. It is a subsidiary of the FCNL Education Fund and affiliated with the Friends Committee on National Legislation. The historic building, dating to 1917, was owned by Quakers from 1966 and renovated in 2020-2021.

Location

Washington, United States

Organisation type

Charity

Charity number

520846718

Focus areas

Quakercivic engagementhospitalitylearning centerguesthousepeacejustice

Languages

Causes & programmes

Causes

Democracy & Civil societyPeace & ConflictJustice & Legal aid

Works for

YouthStudentsCommunities

How they work

Awareness & educationCommunity programmes

Programmes

Civic Engagement Programs

Democracy & Civil society

Experiential civic engagement programmes for young people and groups, grounded in Quaker ethical and moral values, focused on structural issues such as racism, militarism, inequity and injustice.