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US nonprofit · EIN 452446194 · Nashville, TNiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 452446194) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Mylifespeaks

Donations deductible
Revenue
$1.7m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$1.7m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$2.5m
$8k liabilities
Net assets
$2.5m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
11
7.9y av
Staff
5
450 volunteers
Chair observed
≥5 yrs
Karrie Forbes
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
How am I connected?

Mylifespeaks' network

11 peoplei11 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (11). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

11 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 11 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Karrie Forbes ChairChairman2018
8 yrs
Becky RutlandCompany secretary2018
8 yrs
Brent RutlandDirector2018
8 yrs
Darrell PenningtonTreasurer2018
8 yrs
Dr Paulo PinhoDirector2021
5 yrs
Elizabeth ShawDirector2018
8 yrs
Joe DonaldsonDirector2021
5 yrs
Kathleen PenningtonDirector2018
8 yrs
Kelvin ShawVice President2018
8 yrs
Matt ForbesDirector2018
8 yrs
Nick HarrisDirector2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or moreShow all 11 →

Officers and senior leadership

2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Melissa WilsonExecutive Dir.since 2018
Mike WilsonCEOsince 2018

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Melissa WilsonExecutive Dir.40$74k
Mike WilsonCEO40$38k
Brent RutlandDirector2$0
Becky RutlandSecretary2$0
Karrie ForbesChairman2$0
Matt ForbesDirector2$0
Darrell PenningtonTreasurer2$0
Kathleen PenningtonDirector2$0
Kelvin ShawVice President2$0
Dr Paulo PinhoDirector2$0
Joe DonaldsonDirector2$0
Jack PerryDirector0$0
Steve BindoDirector2$0

About

Legal name
Mylifespeaks
EIN
452446194
Address
Po Box 100972, Nashville, TN, 37224-0972
State
Tennessee
Mission
Developing a Christ-Centered Culture, One LIFE at a time through Family Empowerment, Education Excellence and Public Health Impact. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
Q33 International, foreign affairs and national security
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2012
Principal officer
Mike Wilson (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 January 2012
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsKarrie Forbes
≥8years on the filingsBecky Rutland
≥8years on the filingsBrent Rutland
≥8years on the filingsDarrell Pennington

Latest return

year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$2.5m
Total liabilities
$8k
Net assets or fund balances
$2.5m
Contributions and grants received
$1.2m
Program service revenue
$25k
Employees
5
Volunteers
450

State registration

1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.
Mylifespeaks likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, entity data (data.texas.gov 9cir-efmm). Licence not stated. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
State
Texas
Status
Not stated
Formed
Not stated
Registered agent
Not stated

This register does not publish officers or directors.