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

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