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WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH CAROLINA

EIN 27-3397703 WAKE FOREST, NC

Revenue 2024
$3,663,865
Expenses 2024
$3,644,271

Program services were 78.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
U40
Classification
1200
Street
3331 HERITAGE TRADE DRIVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

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.

  • WRC TECHNOLOGIES SERVES CLIENTS AS A TRUSTED RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT TESTING AND EVALUATION PARTNER PROVIDING ACCESS TO UNIQUE ENGINEERING AND HARDWARE RESOURCES. WRC TECHNOLOGIES ALSO SUPPORTS DUAL-USE (COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT) CUSTOMERS WITH ENGINEERING AND COMMERCIALIZATION SUPPORT.

    Expenses $1,711,670 · Revenue $1,722,205

  • DIGITALBRIDGE SUPPORTS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BY PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED MENOTR-DRIVEN ACCESS TO ONLINE DIGITAL SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT ARE ENABLED THROUGH BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY.

    Expenses $237,266 · Grants $175

  • 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 LAUNCHED 22 ACCELERATOR PROGRAMS, SERVED OVER 200 STARTUP COMPANIES, FACILITATED THE CREATION OF OVER 1,000 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT JOBS, AND SUPPORTED THE RAISE OF OVER 400M.

    Expenses $911,703 · Grants $16,000 · Revenue $980,460

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Gerard Hayes

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $203,076
    From this org
    $170,313
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,763
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,313
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $7,385
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,378
    Filer's total
    $203,076
  • Asokan Ramanathan

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $195,113
    From this org
    $173,512
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,601
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,512
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,673
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,928
    Filer's total
    $195,113
  • Gregory Dunko

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $191,236
    From this org
    $160,017
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,219
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,017
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,819
    Filer's total
    $191,236
  • John C Swartz

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $176,225
    From this org
    $160,473
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,752
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,473
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,221
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,531
    Filer's total
    $176,225
  • Thomas David Synder

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $172,463
    From this org
    $150,015
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,448
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,015
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $6,520
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,928
    Filer's total
    $172,463
  • Koichiro Takamizawa

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $155,357
    From this org
    $151,333
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,024
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,333
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $3,313
    Nontaxable benefits
    $711
    Filer's total
    $155,357
  • Neal Ellis

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Phillip Emer

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vivian Jones

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Murry

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Robert White

    BOARD MEMBER

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,663,865
    Expenses
    $3,644,271
    Contributions
    $856,464
    Grants paid
    $16,175
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,742,198
    Expenses
    $3,692,864
    Contributions
    $1,058,181
    Grants paid
    $15,175
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,611,103
    Expenses
    $4,330,465
    Contributions
    $409,530
    Grants paid
    $200

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,294,813
    Expenses
    $4,848,816
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,485,451
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,143,333
    Expenses
    $4,118,299
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,680,881
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,782,866
    Expenses
    $3,244,621
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,592,691
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,863,844
    Expenses
    $2,811,111
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,511,644
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,583,394
    Expenses
    $2,288,172
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,438,966
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,877,835
    Expenses
    $1,815,685
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,164,425
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,692,974
    Expenses
    $1,481,305
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,202,613
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,699,997
    Expenses
    $1,320,068
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,044,597
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,704,006
    Expenses
    $1,257,149
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,952,778
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $781,624
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,205,554

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2010

Tax period
1 October 2010 to 30 September 2011
Principal officer
Gerard Hayes
Mailing address
3331 Heritage Trade Drive Suite 101Wake Forest NC 27587
Website
www.wirelesscenter-nc.org
Doing business as
Wireless Research Center of North Carolina

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.