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

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