The mission of Friends House is to provide progressive organizations with affordable office space. Our unique organizational structure gives tenants a voice in the management of the building and grounds.
Current tenants include:
Catholic Peace Ministry
Visit Catholic Peace Ministry Catholic Peace Ministry is a faith-based ecumenical peace organization that was founded in 1981 as part of the Des Moines Catholic Diocese. Since 1991 it has been independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Diocese. CPM today is guided by an ecumenical board of directors, which follows the peace/wisdom teachings of numerous faith traditions.Clothing the Children
Visit Clothing the Children We work directly with international NGO’s filling the needs of that country but that do not a have a clothing component to offer the children they serve. We are looking to empower those already on the ground treating the needs of the children. Participating in global missions we have seen the dire need in helping the most vulnerable, the children.Des Moines Tutoring
Visit Des Moines TutoringDes Moines Tutoring offers coursework tutoring, test prep courses, individualized learning plans, and study skills training.Des Moines Valley Friends (Quaker)
Visit Des Moines Valley Friends Des Moines Valley Friends Meeting is a welcoming faith community rooted in the principles of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). We believe that all people have within them the Inner Light of the Divine. We seek to create and support communities where Quaker testimonies of community, peace, equality, simplicity, integrity and stewardship can flourish. We strive to create a world of social, economic, racial and gender equality.Geral T. Blanchard – Author/Psychotherapist
Visit Geral T. BlanchardGeral Blanchard, LPC offers individual healing sessions, individual mentoring-indigenous healing, group training for health care professionals, organizational consultation and speaking engagements.Iowa Mutual Aid Network Des Moines
Visit Iowa Mutual Aid Des Moines The Iowa Mutual Aid Network is made up of numerous individuals, collectives, and affinity groups working together and along side each other to change the material conditions of oppressed communities in so-called Iowa.Richards Family Support Services
Visit Lisa Richards Family Support ServicesLisa Richards Family Support Services provides reunification, co-parenting, and family skill building.Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom – Des Moines
Visit WILPF Des MoinesWe work to bring forth a world of permanent peace built on a feminist foundation of freedom, justice, nonviolence, human rights, and equality for all, where people, the planet, and all its other inhabitants coexist and flourish in harmony.