Friends Meeting of Washington

What Friends Meeting of Washington does

Friends Meeting of Washington operates a historic Quaker meeting house and event venue at 2111 Decatur Place NW in Washington DC's Dupont Circle neighborhood. The organization opened in 1930 during the Herbert Hoover administration and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. Following a 2019 renovation that connected the original Meeting House with the adjacent 1920s Quaker House via glass corridors and an elevator, the venue now offers eight distinct indoor event spaces—including the Meeting Room (capacity 300), Assembly Room (capacity 125), Quaker House Living Room, Bridge Room, Decatur Place Room, Library and Parlor, and Terrace Room—plus approximately 7,040 square feet of garden space across three outdoor areas. Recent infrastructure investments added solar panels, a green roof, cork flooring, and stormwater management gardens.

The venue's business model centers on one-time event space rentals and recurring office leases. Wedding packages are tiered across guest counts ranging from elopements (up to 20 guests at $700-$750) through large ceremonies (up to 300 guests at $2,900-$3,150) and full-venue buyouts ($7,500). Corporate and nonprofit clients rent meeting and retreat spaces, while the Quaker House also hosts long-term office tenants—currently at full occupancy with a maintained waiting list. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via website inquiries, phone, and tours, supplemented by marketplace presence on WeddingWire/The Knot, Zola, Here Comes the Guide, Yelp, and Peerspace, and a curated preferred vendor network.

Customers span four horizontal segments: wedding couples seeking inclusive, non-religious venues; corporate and nonprofit organizations hosting retreats and meetings; families and individuals booking celebrations and life events; and film/photography productions. Marketing emphasizes the venue's peaceful character, lack of religious symbolism, accessibility, and central DC location near Dupont Circle hotels and restaurants. The organization is a nonprofit religious community with over 300 members and approximately 5 employees supporting event operations.

Name

Friends Meeting of Washington

Legal name

Friends Meeting of Washington

Website

https://events.quakersdc.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1930

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Friends Meeting of Washington is a nonprofit Quaker meeting house in DC's Dupont Circle operating a historic event venue, offering weddings, corporate meetings, celebrations, filming sessions, and office rentals across eight indoor rooms and three gardens.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Event Venue Services

NAICS

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (72111), Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAHAAAB

Conference Centers & Dedicated Meeting Venues

Travel & Hospitality/MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions)/Conference & Convention Venues (Convention Centers, Civic Centers)

Keywords

• Event venue rental
• Wedding venue services
• Historic event spaces
• Corporate meeting venues
• Garden wedding venue

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Event Space Rental: Rental of indoor and outdoor event spaces including Meeting Room, Assembly Room, Quaker House Living Room, Bridge Room, Decatur Place Room, Library and Parlor, Terrace Room, and Gardens for weddings, ceremonies, receptions, corporate meetings, retreats, filming, and photography.
2. Wedding Packages: Comprehensive wedding packages including elopements, ceremony-only, reception-only, and combined ceremony and reception packages with tiered pricing based on guest count and included spaces.
3. Office Space Rental: Monthly rental of office spaces in Quaker House to nonprofit organizations and aligned businesses (currently no vacancies, waiting list maintained).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

Friends Meeting of Washington operates a historic Quaker meeting house in Washington, DC that is rented out as an event venue. It provides indoor event rooms, three garden settings, wedding packages with tiered pricing, corporate and nonprofit meeting spaces, office rentals at the adjacent Quaker House, and filming and photography locations. The venue serves couples, families, organizations, and media productions seeking an inclusive, non-religious historic setting in the Dupont Circle neighborhood.

Product overview

Friends Meeting of Washington is a historic event venue in Dupont Circle, Washington DC offering rental of indoor spaces and gardens for weddings, celebrations, corporate events, and meetings. The venue comprises multiple distinct spaces: the Meeting Room (largest, up to 300 guests), Assembly Room (reception space, up to 125), Quaker House Living Room (intimate gatherings), Decatur Place Room (flexible retreat space), Bridge Room (conference room), Library and Parlor (small meetings), and Terrace Room. Outdoor offerings include three garden spaces (West Gardens with upper and lower levels, and East Gardens). The venue also offers dedicated wedding packages, corporate meeting services, long-term office space rentals, and filming/photography session bookings. Reservations are managed through manual inquiry and consultation processes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Meeting Room
• Assembly Room
• Quaker House Living Room
• Bridge Room
• Decatur Place Room
• Library and Parlor
• Terrace Room
• Garden Venues (West Garden, East Garden, and additional grounds)
• Wedding Packages
• Corporate Meeting and Event Spaces Meeting and retreat space rentals for corporations, nonprofits, and professional groups, used for staff retreats, board meetings, off-sites, workshops, and conferences.
• Office Space Rental (Quaker House) Long-term office space rentals at the adjacent Quaker House building, providing workspace for tenants in the historic venue campus.
• Filming and Photography Spaces Venue rental for documentary interviews, commercial shoots, engagement photos, and other media productions, leveraging the historic architecture and gardens.

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• LM Media WorldwideminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRecommended partner for booking hotel room blocks for events. Helps event organizers secure accommodations for out-of-town guests at nearby hotels.
• Destination DCminorGTM or Marketing PartnerProud member of official DC tourism organization. Provides visibility on Washington DC tourism and convention resources.
• Quaker OrganizationsminorOthersAligned organizations sharing Quaker values who receive non-profit rental discounts. Includes social justice groups with missions in line with Quaker values.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Carnegie Institution for Science: DC landmark in Dupont Circle offering indoor event space rental for corporate and private events. Draws on the same clientele seeking distinguished historic DC venues with classical architecture.
• Anderson House (Society of the Cincinnati): Beaux-Arts historic mansion in Dupont Circle used for weddings, corporate, and association events. Direct competitor for upscale DC historic venue bookings with similar nonprofit governance and membership-community underpinnings.
• Tudor Place: Historic Georgetown estate hosting weddings, corporate events, and garden ceremonies. Overlaps with FMW on historic-venue wedding positioning with outdoor garden components in the DC market.
• National Building Museum: Iconic DC historic building with a large event-rental program for corporate galas, weddings, and association events. Competes with FMW for high-end DC corporate and association bookings at the top of the price band.
• Phillips Collection: DC's oldest museum with a well-known wedding and corporate event rental program. Competes for upscale, design-conscious wedding and private event clients in the same Dupont Circle-adjacent market.
• Dumbarton House: Historic Georgetown wedding and private event venue serving the DC market with similar garden-and-ballroom layout, comparable pricing, and an overlapping nonprofit or historic-association operating model.
• Sixth & I Historic Synagogue: Historic DC venue in the same non-traditional, inclusive event space category as FMW. Hosts weddings, cultural events, and corporate gatherings with similar pricing tiers and a comparable brand position of being welcoming to non-religious and LGBTQ couples.
• Arts Club of Washington: Historic mansion venue near the White House hosting weddings, receptions, and corporate events. Comparable mid-sized historic DC venue competing for similar wedding, nonprofit, and cultural-event bookings.
• Hill Center at Old Naval Hospital: Restored historic campus on Capitol Hill hosting weddings, corporate meetings, and community events. Comparable DC nonprofit-driven venue with multiple indoor rooms and an inclusive community mission.
• Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens: DC estate museum with extensive gardens that rents space for weddings, corporate events, and filming. Closest peer for the garden-event experience and historic-setting positioning of FMW.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/fmw.event.venue
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/friends-meeting-of-washington
• Instagraminstagram.com/friendsmeetingofwashington
• Pinterestpinterest.com/friendsmeetingofwashington

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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