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