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

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