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

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