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Receives Grants

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor receives federal grants. It captures a vendor relationship attribute reported in the award record, not a monetary amount or grant award itself.

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__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesGrants
Title
Receives Grants
FPDS Path
award/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment/receivesGrants
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor receives federal grants. It captures a vendor relationship attribute reported in the award record, not a monetary amount or grant award itself.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts distinguish vendors that are also grant recipients, which can be relevant for conflict-of-interest screening, vendor profiling, and segmentation of award populations. It can also support compliance and oversight analyses where vendor reliance on federal assistance is a factor.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
111,509,025

FPDS Compare

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

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 vendors that receive federal grants
  • Segment vendor populations for compliance or risk analysis
  • Compare procurement activity across vendors with and without grant relationships

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting the flag as the grant amount or grant award status
  • Assuming null and 0 mean the same thing

Query Guidance

Use this field as a filter or grouping flag, for example `WHERE receivesGrants = 1` for grant-receiving vendors. If the source stores coded text or nonstandard values, first normalize the field and check for nulls before aggregating or joining.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesGrants AS receives_grants
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesGrants IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesGrants AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorRelationshipWithFederalGovernment__receivesGrants 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.