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

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