North Carolina · Nonprofit
WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH C
WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH C (North Carolina) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,654,244 to it, the largest being US IGNITE INC ($1,274,074). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.7M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $-1199728
What Wireless Research Center of North C does
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.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
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.
$1,711,670 spent$1,722,205 earned by the program60% of program spendingDigitalbridge supports workforce development by providing customized menotr-driven access to online digital skills training programs that are enabled through broadband connectivity.
$237,266 spentof which $175 as grants8% of program spendingRiot 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.
$911,703 spentof which $16,000 as grants$980,460 earned by the program32% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,860,639.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $2.7M to $1.5M (−45%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 7% · 2020 8% · 2021 19% · 2022 33% · 2023 11% · 2024 27% · 2025 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
23% of WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH C’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (67% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Joseph Murry
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $44k → $300k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH C’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH C leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH C.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 91% · 2021 100% · 2022 73% · 2023 93% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH C draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $95k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH C has grown faster than half of the 210 science & tech nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 210 science & tech nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH C receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.0M on record.
- Department of Defense$1.8M
- Department of Commerce$835k
- Small Business Administration$333k
- Department of Agriculture$75k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH C
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH C: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH C?
- WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH C (North Carolina) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,654,244 to it, the largest being US IGNITE INC ($1,274,074). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH C have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $1,654,244 in grants to WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH C, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH C?
- US IGNITE INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,274,074 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WIRELESS RESEARCH CENTER OF NORTH C find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing