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Is Community Development Corporation

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor at the reported site is identified as a community development corporation. It is a vendor-line-of-business attribute stored under vendor site details, not a transaction action or award outcome. If the source values are coded, use the paired observed value set to confirm the meaning of each code.

Family: Other Transaction 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__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isCommunityDevelopmentCorporation
Title
Is Community Development Corporation
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isCommunityDevelopmentCorporation
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor at the reported site is identified as a community development corporation. It is a vendor-line-of-business attribute stored under vendor site details, not a transaction action or award outcome. If the source values are coded, use the paired observed value set to confirm the meaning of each code.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards involving organizations that may be tied to community development, socioeconomic policy, or place-based economic development goals. It can support segmentation of vendor populations, compliance review, and analysis of awards routed to community-oriented entities. It is especially useful when assessing how federal spending aligns with local development or mission-driven procurement priorities.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isCommunityDevelopmentCorporation
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isCommunityDevelopmentCorporation
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isCommunityDevelopmentCorporation' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__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 vendor records to identify community development corporations
  • Segment awards by vendor type for socioeconomic analysis
  • Support compliance or policy reporting on community-oriented vendors

Common Mistakes

  • Treating null as equivalent to false without checking data rules
  • Assuming the field describes the award rather than the vendor site

Query Guidance

Use this field as a predicate on the vendor site record, for example WHERE isCommunityDevelopmentCorporation IN ('1','Y',1,TRUE) depending on the observed encoding. If the extract includes both code and description fields, filter on the code and display the description. Validate distinct values before analysis to confirm whether the field is stored as boolean, numeric flag, or text code.

SQL Examples

Preview values

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

Flag distribution

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