Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH CAROLINA.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $3,742,198
- Total expenses
- $3,692,864
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,058,181
- Grants paid
- $15,175
- Program service revenue
- $2,549,914
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $134,103
- Total assets, end of year
- $730,873
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,940,123
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- -$1,209,250
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $2,940,660
- Management and general expenses
- $717,724
- Fundraising expenses
- $34,480
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $2,940,660
Program services were 79.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$0
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$1,003,181
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$55,000
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
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2a · Program service revenue: Engineering
total $1,427,840 · related or exempt $1,427,840 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2b · Program service revenue: Testing
total $262,188 · related or exempt $262,188 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2c · Program service revenue: RiOT
total $438,936 · related or exempt $438,936 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2d · Program service revenue: Other
total $420,950 · related or exempt $420,950 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6a · Gross rents
real property $133,909 · personal property $0
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6b · Less rental expenses
real property $0 · personal property $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $133,909 · personal property $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $133,909 · related or exempt $133,909 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
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11d · All other revenue
total $194 · related or exempt $194 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$194
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $13,000 · program services $13,000
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $2,175 · program services $2,175
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $237,328 · program services $189,862 · management and general $47,466 · fundraising $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,884,573 · program services $1,736,204 · management and general $120,267 · fundraising $28,102
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $73,224 · program services $65,536 · management and general $7,688 · fundraising $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $239,702 · program services $211,993 · management and general $27,709 · fundraising $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $167,174 · program services $149,827 · management and general $17,347 · fundraising $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $3,219 · program services $0 · management and general $3,219 · fundraising $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $153,071 · program services $81,497 · management and general $65,574 · fundraising $6,000
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13 · Office expenses
total $30,395 · program services $7,997 · management and general $22,398 · fundraising $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $316,915 · program services $36,632 · management and general $280,283 · fundraising $0
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17 · Travel
total $32,474 · program services $30,976 · management and general $1,120 · fundraising $378
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $24,659 · program services $24,659 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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20 · Interest
total $82,536 · program services $3,088 · management and general $79,448 · fundraising $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $122,671 · program services $121,393 · management and general $1,278 · fundraising $0
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23 · Insurance
total $29,352 · program services $0 · management and general $29,352 · fundraising $0
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24a · Other expenses: Engineering and Computer Equipment
total $199,084 · program services $187,793 · management and general $11,291 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: Dues and Memberships
total $9,697 · program services $6,450 · management and general $3,247 · fundraising $0
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24c · Other expenses: Bad Debt
total $71,578 · program services $71,578 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24e · All other expenses
total $37 · management and general $37
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $12,059 · end of year $149,486
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $382,147 · end of year $186,045
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $36,209 · end of year $4,448
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,725,287
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,364,400
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $419,919 · end of year $360,887
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14 · Intangible assets
beginning of year $26,606 · end of year $26,606
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15 · Other assets
end of year $3,401
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $608,342 · end of year $342,552
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $5,600 · end of year $52,500
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22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people
beginning of year $0 · end of year $307,910
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23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable
beginning of year $0
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $1,253,531 · end of year $1,237,161
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year -$990,533 · end of year -$1,209,250
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
The Wireless Research Center is an independent, private nonprofit research center dedicated to applied research and engineering. Located in North Carolina's Research Triangle region, the WRC helps clients from around the world develop products and services that advance wireless technology innovation. The WRC fosters global collaboration among companies, industry groups, academic institutions and other research organizations.
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WRC Technologies serves clients worldwide as a trusted partner providing access to unique engineering and testing capabilities that drive solutions to emerging wireless communication challenges
Expenses $1,913,108 · Grants $1,000 · Revenue $2,062,906
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Connected Communities supports workforce development by providing mentor-driven access to online digital skills training programs that are enabled through broadband connectivity.
Expenses $188,801 · Revenue $229,309
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RIoT promotes entrepreneurship and innovation of IoT (Internet of Things) enabled solutions by managing regional accelerator programs, hosting community network building events, and providing thought leadership guidance to regional economicdevelopment agencies and municipalities.RIoT has over 90 sponsors, 3,000 companies at RIoT events across the US, over 1,000 jobs created by RIoT engaged startups, and 12,000 members engaged in RIoT activities.
Expenses $730,377 · Grants $14,000 · Revenue $1,022,911
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Digital Bridge
Expenses $108,374 · Revenue $137,904
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Gerard Hayes
President
- Total calculated
- $257,498
- From this org
- $237,328
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $20,170
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $237,328
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $395
- Deferred
- $7,328
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,932
- Filer's total
- $257,983
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Phillip Emer
Board member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Robert White
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Neal Ellis
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joseph Murray
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Vivian Jones
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 14 August 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202522269349301622
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