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

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