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

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