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

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