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

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