Advancing Social Change, Health, Education, Climate Solutions, Research, Agriculture & Science Worldwide

Advancing Worldwide

Burness is a global team of communications experts supporting nonprofits and the people they serve.

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Whether from our Nairobi or Bethesda offices, we’re committed to supporting the changemakers of the world, and that starts within our own walls. All Burnessers are valued and respected for their particular talents and contributions, welcomed into the process of company decision-making and supported in their personal and professional dreams.

Our Clients

George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication
GHIT Fund
ChangeLab Solutions
Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC)
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR)
WorldFish
Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR)
African Agriculture Technology Foundation (AATF)
Christiana Care Health System
American Cancer Society
Aspen Institute's New Voices Fellowship
International Women's Health Coalition
Ford Foundation
Aspen Institute College Excellence Program
Adult Vaccine Access Coalition
American Association for Clinical Chemistry
American Heart Association
Crop Trust
Kansas Reading Roadmap
Milbank Memorial Fund
PATH
Gene Editing Institute
Segal Family Foundation
Community Catalyst
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Northern Virginia Health Foundation
American Association for the Advancement of Science
European Forest Institute
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Vivli
University of Global Health Equity (UGHE)
International Association for the Study of Pain
Climate and Land Use Alliance
Vital Healthcare Capital
Access To Nutrition Index
University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health
Afterschool Alliance
Greater Washington Community Foundation
Institute for Transportation & Development Policy
Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation
Duke University
Vital Strategies
Partners in Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Alexander Soros Foundation
Physical Activity Research Center
Institute for Clinical and Economic Review
NAACHO
International Partnership for Microbicides
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Mayday Fund
Childhood Obesity Intervention Cost-Effectiveness Study (CHOICES)
Lieber Institute for Brain Development
Project ECHO
International Livestock Research Institute
Missouri AfterSchool Network
Cadasta Foundation
The Women In Military Service For America Memorial
Aurum Institute
Center for Sharing Public Health Services
University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Greenwall Foundation
Village Enterprise
Helmsley Charitable Trust
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
NYU School of Medicine
Women's Fund of East Tennessee
Commonwealth Fund
Wilder Research
Josiah Macy Foundation
National Opinion Research Center (NORC)
Rights and Resources Initiative
Clinical Research Forum