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

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