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Funding Requesting Agency Id

Code identifying the federal agency that provided the funding or initiated the requirement for the award. It is stored as an identifier rather than a free-text name, so the value typically needs to be interpreted against a reference table or paired agency description.

Family: Award
Category: Purchaser Information
Data Type: identifier_or_code
Semantic Type: identifier
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__purchaserInformation__fundingRequestingAgencyID
Title
Funding Requesting Agency Id
FPDS Path
award/purchaserInformation/fundingRequestingAgencyID
Description
Code identifying the federal agency that provided the funding or initiated the requirement for the award. It is stored as an identifier rather than a free-text name, so the value typically needs to be interpreted against a reference table or paired agency description.
Business Meaning
This field supports analysis of which agencies are financially responsible for procurements, including shared-service buying, interagency acquisitions, and reimbursable work. It helps analysts trace demand origin, allocate spending correctly, and distinguish the buying office from the funding or requesting entity.
Example Value
8000
Observed Non-Null Count
102,422,558

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__purchaserInformation__fundingRequestingAgencyID
FPDS XML Path
award/purchaserInformation/fundingRequestingAgencyID
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/purchaserInformation/fundingRequestingAgencyID' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__purchaserInformation__fundingRequestingAgencyID'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building

Common Usage

  • Attributing award funding to the originating agency
  • Separating purchasing agency from requesting or sponsoring agency
  • Filtering awards for interagency or reimbursable procurement analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the code is the same as the contracting agency identifier
  • Grouping without validating the code against a reference table or description

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE, GROUP BY, or JOIN clauses only after confirming the code set and data type. Normalize and compare it as a code, and join to an agency lookup table to obtain the readable agency name before reporting; filter nulls and obvious nonstandard values explicitly.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__purchaserInformation__fundingRequestingAgencyID AS funding_requesting_agency_id
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__purchaserInformation__fundingRequestingAgencyID IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__award__purchaserInformation__fundingRequestingAgencyID AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__purchaserInformation__fundingRequestingAgencyID IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY value
ORDER BY record_count DESC
LIMIT 25

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.