Wealth-X Partners with The Roeper School

DETROIT, Nov. 23, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The Roeper School has selected Wealth-X, the world's leading wealth intelligence firm, to assist the institution's major giving efforts. The relationship between Wealth-X and The Roeper School allows the school to better identify and connect with ultra-high-net-worth donors who share the school's philosophy and mission.

Wealth-X provides nonprofit organizations and foundations with targeted intelligence on ultra-high-net-worth individuals through its online portal, allowing fund-raising professionals to find wealthy donors who share similar passions and philanthropic goals. The service also allows nonprofits to connect with those wealthy individuals via extensive social mapping, customized prospects lists, and crisp intelligence dossiers.

According to Wealth-X research, Michigan is home to at least 1,500 ultra-high-net-worth individuals, providing significant fund-raising opportunities for institutions like The Roeper School.

The Roeper School is a coeducational day school for gifted children. The school is devoted to providing high quality education with the understanding that each person is a human being, worthy of respect and recognition, deserving every opportunity to fulfill his or her potential. It has a treasured legacy of providing tuition assistance to thousands of students throughout Southeast Michigan.

"The Roeper School is committed to a sequential vision of institutional funding priorities. Wealth-X helps us meet our goals by providing clear, detailed intelligence, therefore allowing us to better target our major giving efforts," says Denita Banks-Sims, Director of Development at The Roeper School.

"My colleagues and I support the mission and efforts of this esteemed and unique institution," says Mykolas Rambus, Chief Executive Officer of Wealth-X. "We are thrilled to be working with The Roeper School in their efforts to raise money to help educate Michigan's children."

ABOUT WEALTH-X

Wealth-X is the global leader in helping nonprofit organizations, luxury brands, and private wealth managers connect to ultra-high-net-worth individuals who share common goals. Wealth-X provides its members with qualified prospects and intelligence on ultra-high-net worth individuals, along with the privately held-companies they control. Led by the former editor of the Forbes rich lists, the Wealth- X research team is the authority on collecting and analyzing information about ultra-high-net-worth individuals, including their wealth, income, passions, philanthropic interests, affiliations, politics, advisors, families, and biographies. For more information, visit www.wealth-x.net.

ROEPER SCHOOL

Founded in 1941, The Roeper School is a uniquely personalized, coeducational school for gifted and talented children in preschool through grade 12 from over 60 communities in southeast Michigan. With campuses in Bloomfield Hills and Birmingham, Michigan, Roeper was conceived on founding principles that recognize the power of education, choice and self-expression, and the transformative impact these principles have on young minds. For more information, please visit www.roeper.org.

SOURCE Wealth-X