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

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