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

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