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Is Community Development Corporation

Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is classified as a community development corporation in the vendor site details for the award. It captures a specific vendor-line-of-business status rather than a contract action attribute.

Family: Other Transaction 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__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isCommunityDevelopmentCorporation
Title
Is Community Development Corporation
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isCommunityDevelopmentCorporation
Description
Boolean or coded indicator showing whether the vendor is classified as a community development corporation in the vendor site details for the award. It captures a specific vendor-line-of-business status rather than a contract action attribute.
Business Meaning
This field supports socioeconomic and vendor characterization analysis by identifying awards tied to community development corporations. Analysts can use it to segment supplier populations, assess participation patterns, and support compliance or policy reviews involving targeted organizational types.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isCommunityDevelopmentCorporation
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isCommunityDevelopmentCorporation
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isCommunityDevelopmentCorporation' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__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 awards involving community development corporations
  • Segment vendor populations for socioeconomic analysis
  • Support compliance or outreach reporting on specialized vendor types

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming the flag describes the contract rather than the vendor site
  • Filtering without checking whether the field is stored as numeric, boolean, or text code

Query Guidance

In SQL, filter on the field after confirming the stored code values, for example `= 1`, `= 'Y'`, or the appropriate true indicator in your extract. When combining with other vendor attributes, join or group at the vendor-site grain and inspect nulls separately so you do not confuse missing data with a false value.

SQL Examples

Preview values

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

Flag distribution

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