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Total Non Governmental Dollars

Numeric amount representing the portion of an Other Transaction Award's total dollar value that is non-governmental funding. It captures dollars contributed by parties other than the federal government within the contract detail's total dollar values.

Family: Other Transaction Award
Category: Total Dollar Values
Data Type: numeric
Semantic Type: financial
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalNonGovernmentalDollars
Title
Total Non Governmental Dollars
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/totalDollarValues/totalNonGovernmentalDollars
Description
Numeric amount representing the portion of an Other Transaction Award's total dollar value that is non-governmental funding. It captures dollars contributed by parties other than the federal government within the contract detail's total dollar values.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts distinguish federal funding from outside contributions in Other Transaction Awards, which is important for understanding the true financing structure of an agreement. It supports spending analysis, market sizing, and comparisons of award scale where non-federal cost share or partner contributions may materially affect total value.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalNonGovernmentalDollars
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/totalDollarValues/totalNonGovernmentalDollars
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/totalDollarValues/totalNonGovernmentalDollars' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalNonGovernmentalDollars'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Spending aggregation and trend analysis

Common Usage

  • Measure non-federal funding contribution in OT awards
  • Calculate share of total award dollars from non-governmental sources
  • Compare funding structure across awards, agencies, or periods

Common Mistakes

  • Treating this as the full award value
  • Confusing zero with missing or unreported data

Query Guidance

Use the field as a numeric amount and aggregate with SUM when analyzing non-governmental contributions. Filter or coalesce NULLs explicitly, and join it with total dollar fields only when calculating funding proportions or total award composition.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalNonGovernmentalDollars AS total_non_governmental_dollars
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalNonGovernmentalDollars IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Aggregate total

SELECT
    sum(content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalNonGovernmentalDollars) AS total_value
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalNonGovernmentalDollars IS NOT NULL

Distribution overview

SELECT
    min(content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalNonGovernmentalDollars) AS min_value,
    avg(content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalNonGovernmentalDollars) AS avg_value,
    max(content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalNonGovernmentalDollars) AS max_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__totalDollarValues__totalNonGovernmentalDollars IS NOT NULL

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