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

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