BUILT TO SERVE
THOSE WHO SERVE
Discover the mission, values, programs, and experience behind a nonprofit built to strengthen America’s military community and help military-connected families build lasting financial stability and legacy.
OUR MISSION
EMPOWER THE MILITARY COMMUNITY
Wealthy Warriors exists to empower veterans, active-duty service members, National Guard and Reserve members, military families, and future service members with the knowledge, resources, and community they need to build financially secure, healthy, and purpose-driven lives.
True wealth is about more than money. It includes financial confidence, mental wellness, safe housing, homeownership, education, entrepreneurship, strong families, retirement security, meaningful experiences, and the ability to create a legacy that benefits future generations.
OUR VISION
A TRUSTED RESOURCE WITH NATIONAL REACH
To become a trusted nonprofit resource serving military-connected individuals and families throughout the United States while achieving international reach and recognition through educational programs, community partnerships, online resources, and carefully planned global expeditions.
We will remain a focused, centralized, mission-driven nonprofit rather than developing a chapter-based structure.
ABOUT OUR FOUNDER
EXPERIENCE IN SERVICE OF A MISSION
E. DEAN COLE
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
More than 20 years of experience across financial services, banking and finance, business development, business funding, business credit, working-capital and alternative-finance strategy, entrepreneurship, and business coaching.
Throughout his career, E. Dean Cole has helped individuals and business owners better understand financial systems, improve access to capital, make stronger financial decisions, and build more sustainable paths toward long-term success.
That experience reinforced a simple belief: access to financial products, benefits, and opportunities alone does not always create financial stability. People also need practical education, trusted guidance, knowledgeable support, and a clear understanding of how to use the opportunities available to them.
Dean created Wealthy Warriors to put that experience to work for veterans, active-duty service members, National Guard and Reserve members, military families, and future service members. His vision is to bring together financial education, housing support, wellness resources, trusted professionals, and strategic community partnerships so military-connected families can build greater stability, independence, opportunity, and lasting legacy.
For Dean, Wealthy Warriors is an opportunity to use decades of professional experience in service of the people and families who serve our country.
WHY WE EXIST
EARNED BENEFITS ARE MOST POWERFUL WHEN THEY ARE UNDERSTOOD
Military service provides access to valuable benefits and opportunities, but many service members, veterans, and military families do not fully understand, access, or strategically use them.
Credit & Debt
Credit management, debt strategy, budgeting and safer borrowing.
Housing & VA Benefits
VA Home Loan education, housing stability and homeownership readiness.
Education Benefits
GI Bill awareness, education pathways, certifications and career development.
Wellness
Financial-stress reduction, emotional resilience, peer connection and referrals.
Legacy
Retirement, entrepreneurship, estate planning and generational wealth.
WHO WE SERVE
THE ENTIRE MILITARY-CONNECTED JOURNEY
Veterans
Veterans across eras and stages of civilian life.
Active Duty
Service members building financial stability while serving.
Guard & Reserve
Members balancing military and civilian financial realities.
Military Families
Spouses, children, caregivers and family systems.
JROTC / ROTC
Young people preparing for military service.
New Recruits
Individuals preparing to enter military service.
At-Risk Households
Veteran and military families facing housing instability.
Future-Focused Families
Those planning retirement, ownership, investment or international options.
OUR MENTAL-WELLNESS COMMITMENT
WELLNESS IS NOT AN AFTERTHOUGHT
Financial security, debt, housing stability, education, physical health, relationships, and emotional well-being are connected. Mental wellness is integrated throughout every Wealthy Warriors program.
- Prevention and education
- Financial-stress reduction
- Healthy living and family connection
- Peer community, purpose and belonging
- Trauma-informed engagement
- Early referrals to qualified resources
- Collaboration with licensed mental-health providers
- Suicide-prevention and substance-use treatment referrals when appropriate
Wealthy Warriors is not a clinical treatment provider. Clinical care will be delivered by appropriately qualified partners.
OUR PROMISE
We will remain focused on helping the military community build stability, financial confidence, mental wellness, secure homeownership, freedom from harmful debt, educational opportunity, broader possibilities, stronger families, and lasting legacies.
Financial freedom creates opportunity.
Mental wellness creates resilience.
Strong families create lasting legacies.