- 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.
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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
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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
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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 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.
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Gerard HayesGERARD 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
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Asokan RamanathanASOKAN 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
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Gregory DunkoGREGORY 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
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John C SwartzJOHN 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
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Thomas David SynderTHOMAS 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
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Koichiro TakamizawaKOICHIRO 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
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Neal EllisNEAL ELLIS
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Phillip EmerPHILLIP EMER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Vivian JonesVIVIAN JONES
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Joseph MurryJOSEPH MURRY
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Robert WhiteROBERT 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
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2024
- Revenue
- $3,663,865
- Expenses
- $3,644,271
- Contributions
- $856,464
- Grants paid
- $16,175
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2023
- Revenue
- $3,742,198
- Expenses
- $3,692,864
- Contributions
- $1,058,181
- Grants paid
- $15,175
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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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,294,813
- Expenses
- $4,848,816
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,485,451
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,143,333
- Expenses
- $4,118,299
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,680,881
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,782,866
- Expenses
- $3,244,621
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,592,691
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,863,844
- Expenses
- $2,811,111
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,511,644
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,583,394
- Expenses
- $2,288,172
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,438,966
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,877,835
- Expenses
- $1,815,685
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,164,425
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,692,974
- Expenses
- $1,481,305
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,202,613
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,699,997
- Expenses
- $1,320,068
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,044,597
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,704,006
- Expenses
- $1,257,149
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,952,778
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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
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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
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$15,000
2024 GAFC
Grants received
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$337,749
2022 SUBAWARD
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$292,025
2024 SUBAWARD
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$279,991
2023 SUBAWARD
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2022 UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
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2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
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.