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

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