Our CEO Named 'Washingtonian of the Year'
This recognition honors ten leaders across the region who are making our community a better place to live.
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The Welcome Center will be hosting a soup night for participants. In addition to providing a warm meal, we will also be distributing thermals to help participants stay warm during these tough winter months.
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Friendship Place is the premier provider of housing services for people experiencing homelessness in the Washington DC region. Our innovative, customized, person-focused programs produce demonstrative and lasting results. We empower our participants to rebuild their lives, find homes, get jobs and reconnect with friends, family and the community, permanently.
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Meet Andre Brinson
Andre Brinson is familiar with the streets of DC, and the challenges they present. Born in Southeast, in the projects, he grew up in an area permeated with drugs and…
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Tell Congress: DC’s money belongs to DC!
Urgent Action! Please join Friendship Place in Free DC’s action to stop the Senate from taking DC’s Earned Income Tax Credits and Child Care Tax credits away! Please call and…
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Friendship Place President & CEO Jean-Michel Giraud named Washingtonian of the Year!
Dear Members of Our Community, I’m excited to share some wonderful news: Jean-Michel Giraud, our President and CEO, has been named one of Washingtonian magazine’s 2025 Washingtonians of the Year. This recognition honors…
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Friendship Place Recipient of 2026 Bob Woodruff Foundation Grant
We are excited to announce that we received a $100,000 grant from the Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF) in October 2025 to support our Veterans First program! The mission of the…
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Your support for Friendship Place has a lasting impact. In 2025, our programs ended or prevented homelessness for 5,443 people, including 1,700 children in families and 740 veterans. We empowered over 100 people experiencing or at risk of homelessness to get jobs through innovative, state-of-the-art job placement services. Make a donation today in support of our work to end homelessness. Questions? Please feel free to call our fundraising office, 202.957.7834.