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

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