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Organizational Type

Human-readable organizational category for the vendor site’s organization structure, such as corporate, nonprofit, or other legal/operating form. It describes the vendor entity type recorded at the award’s vendor site level and may reflect a label rather than a standardized code.

Family: Award
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: attribute
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__organizationalType
Title
Organizational Type
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/organizationalType
Description
Human-readable organizational category for the vendor site’s organization structure, such as corporate, nonprofit, or other legal/operating form. It describes the vendor entity type recorded at the award’s vendor site level and may reflect a label rather than a standardized code.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment vendors by organizational form to support socioeconomic, compliance, and market structure analysis. It is useful for distinguishing award patterns across corporate entities, nonprofits, educational institutions, and other organizational types when assessing vendor mix or policy impacts.
Example Value
CORPORATE NOT TAX EXEMPT
Observed Non-Null Count
76,025,046

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • Group awards by vendor organizational form
  • Filter analyses to specific entity types such as corporate or nonprofit
  • Compare obligation patterns across vendor organization categories

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the value is a normalized code set across all records
  • Using it as a proxy for vendor size, ownership, or socioeconomic status

Query Guidance

Use this field in SELECT, GROUP BY, and WHERE clauses for categorization and filtering, but normalize values first if you need consistent buckets. In SQL, apply trimming, case normalization, and value mapping when aggregating across similar labels, and keep raw values available for auditability.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__organizationalType AS organizational_type
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__organizationalType IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__organizationalType AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__organizationalType 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.