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Is Foundation

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor organization is a foundation. It identifies the vendor's line-of-business classification at the site level in the FPDS vendor hierarchy.

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__isFoundation
Title
Is Foundation
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isFoundation
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor organization is a foundation. It identifies the vendor's line-of-business classification at the site level in the FPDS vendor hierarchy.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts distinguish foundation-type entities from other vendor types when profiling recipients, assessing award concentration, and reviewing whether obligations are flowing to nonprofit or philanthropic organizations. It can support segmentation for socio-economic, policy, and compliance analyses that depend on vendor organization type.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isFoundation
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isFoundation
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorLineOfBusiness/isFoundation' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isFoundation'.

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 foundation vendors
  • Segment vendor population by organizational type
  • Support compliance or recipient-type analysis

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming 0 and 1 have the same meaning across all FPDS extracts without checking the code set
  • Using this field alone to infer tax status, nonprofit status, or legal form

Query Guidance

Use explicit value checks based on the observed coding in your table, for example WHERE isFoundation = 1 or WHERE isFoundation IN ('Y','Yes'). If the column is stored as text, normalize values before analysis and verify whether nulls indicate missing, unknown, or not reported.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isFoundation AS is_foundation
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorLineOfBusiness__isFoundation IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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