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

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