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

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