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Is for Profit Organization

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is organized as a for-profit entity in the award record's vendor site details. A value such as 0 typically means no, while 1 typically means yes; confirm the observed encoding in the dataset before filtering.

Family: Award
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__profitStructure__isForProfitOrganization
Title
Is for Profit Organization
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/profitStructure/isForProfitOrganization
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor is organized as a for-profit entity in the award record's vendor site details. A value such as 0 typically means no, while 1 typically means yes; confirm the observed encoding in the dataset before filtering.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment awards by vendor organizational type, which is useful for small business, nonprofit, and market-structure analyses. It can also support compliance checks and reporting where the vendor's profit status affects eligibility, policy treatment, or interpretation of award patterns.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__profitStructure__isForProfitOrganization
FPDS XML Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/profitStructure/isForProfitOrganization
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/profitStructure/isForProfitOrganization' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__profitStructure__isForProfitOrganization'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Filter awards to for-profit vendors
  • Segment spending by vendor organizational type
  • Support compliance and eligibility analyses

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the code meaning without checking observed values
  • Using the field alone to infer tax status, legal form, or nonprofit registration

Query Guidance

Use explicit comparisons against the observed code set, for example WHERE isForProfitOrganization = 1 for for-profit vendors. If the field is stored as text or mixed codes, normalize values first and handle nulls separately to avoid misclassification.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__profitStructure__isForProfitOrganization AS is_for_profit_organization
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__profitStructure__isForProfitOrganization IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__profitStructure__isForProfitOrganization AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__profitStructure__isForProfitOrganization IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

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