About Us
Company Philosophy
The core of Firstborn’s values is professionalism, integrity and personable service that lead to long-term business relationships. It is our desire to help ‘Fund your Vision’ through various available funding sources. Our firm is distinct, as it spends time getting to know the heart of the client and its community BEFORE we tap the first resource. We walk each client through the fundraising and grantwriting process with one-on-one interaction. More importantly, we facilitate the essential exploratory conversation between key stakeholders as we develop a clear, concise, solution-driven plan of program and service delivery.
Owner/Principal Consultant Bio
Quinetha Frasier, MBA
Make Purpose Your Priority! This has been the inspiration of Quinetha’s life. She believes that every person was born with a gift and talent that is essential to the success of our communities. Born in Charleston, South Carolina, for the past ten years she has had the opportunity to help colleges, nonprofit agencies, churches, and foundations find the inspiration and resources to Fund Their Vision. A graduate of The Grantsmanship Center Institute, Quinetha began her professional career as a White House Intern while studying at Tuskegee University where she discovered her love for public administration finance. Her first experiences in fundraising and grantwriting came while serving at Talladega College’s Institutional Advancement Office. This path led her to work with great leaders at local foundations, housing authorities and grassroots nonprofit agencies. Quinetha obtained her Masters of Business Administration from Webster University and went on to engage in finance, investments and banking with Wachovia Bank and Metlife Resources. She founded her own resource development company in 2004 as FirstBorn Group LLC where she has committed her life’s work to helping individuals, nonprofit agencies, and faith-based organizations identify and secure resources to Fund Their Vision.
She has raised millions of dollars on behalf of her clients and partners. She has earned distinction in her field as a nonprofit consultant due to her firm understanding and experience in organizational financial management and alternative sources of financing for nonprofits. Quinetha has facilitated workshops for a variety of organizations, including those affiliated with the Alabama Career Network, Tom Joyner Foundation, Congressman John Lewis, The Georgia Center for Nonprofits, The Athens Community Agenda, The Town of Hollywood, SC, The Foundation Center-Atlanta., and a variety of faith based entities. FirstBorn Group LLC provides workshops, grant opportunity research, grantwriting, fundraising consultation, and faith-based program development. Her offices are located in Atlanta, GA.
Certifications (Principal Consultant)
- The Grantsmanship Center Institute
- Human Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) -’Grantwriting Certification for Minority Institutions’
- White House Faith Based Initiative -Grant writing Seminar (HUD/DOC/DOJ/DOE)
- Neighborworks Training Institute-’ Financing Community Development’; ‘Financial Management for Organizations’
- National Development Council-’Economic Development Finance Professional Certification’; ‘Business Credit Analysis Professional Certification’; ‘Affordable Housing Finance Professional Certification’
- Financial Specialist Academy-Wachovia Bank
- Bonded Notary Public (2006)
- Series 6, 65 and 63 Securities Licensing- FINRA (Formerly NASD)
- Georgia State Life and Health Insurance licensed