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.

Contact Us

Our Culture

Culture at Burness 1
Culture at Burness 2
Culture at Burness 3

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

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