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Is Community Development Corporation

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is identified as a community development corporation (CDC) in the vendor line-of-business details for the IDV record. It captures a specific organizational status rather than a descriptive narrative. When populated, it reflects the encoded FPDS value for that status.

Family: IDV
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__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isCommunityDevelopmentCorporation
Title
Is Community Development Corporation
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isCommunityDevelopmentCorporation
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is identified as a community development corporation (CDC) in the vendor line-of-business details for the IDV record. It captures a specific organizational status rather than a descriptive narrative. When populated, it reflects the encoded FPDS value for that status.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards to vendors with a community development corporation designation, which can be relevant for socioeconomic, place-based investment, and mission-driven procurement analysis. It supports segmentation of vendor populations and can be used to assess participation by organizations that may serve underserved communities or meet specific policy priorities.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isCommunityDevelopmentCorporation
FPDS XML Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isCommunityDevelopmentCorporation
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isCommunityDevelopmentCorporation' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isCommunityDevelopmentCorporation'.

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 IDVs awarded to community development corporations
  • Segment vendors for socioeconomic or community investment analysis
  • Support compliance and policy reporting on vendor types

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting 0 as definitively no when it may also reflect unreported data
  • Treating the field as a vendor name, description, or certification without checking the coded value

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses only after confirming the stored coding scheme. For example, filter for the affirmative value observed in the dataset and pair it with IS NOT NULL checks when you need reported status only; if the field is coded, join or co-select the related description field if available to validate meaning.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isCommunityDevelopmentCorporation AS is_community_development_corporation
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isCommunityDevelopmentCorporation IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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