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Is Nonprofit Organization

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor organization is a nonprofit entity for this Other Transaction IDV record. It captures the nonprofit status reported in the vendor organization factors under profit structure, and may appear as a coded value rather than plain text.

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__vendorOrganizationFactors__profitStructure__isNonprofitOrganization
Title
Is Nonprofit Organization
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/profitStructure/isNonprofitOrganization
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor organization is a nonprofit entity for this Other Transaction IDV record. It captures the nonprofit status reported in the vendor organization factors under profit structure, and may appear as a coded value rather than plain text.
Business Meaning
Nonprofit status can affect award structure, eligibility, compliance review, and how vendors are segmented in spend, competition, and partner analysis. It is useful for distinguishing nonprofit recipients from commercial firms when evaluating award patterns, mission alignment, and organizational mix across federal procurement and assistance-like transactions.
Example Value
1
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__profitStructure__isNonprofitOrganization
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/profitStructure/isNonprofitOrganization
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/vendorOrganizationFactors/profitStructure/isNonprofitOrganization' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__profitStructure__isNonprofitOrganization'.

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 nonprofit vendors
  • Segment vendor population by organizational type
  • Compare award volumes and obligations by nonprofit status

Common Mistakes

  • Assuming all non-1 values mean false without checking the code set
  • Using the field alone to infer tax or legal status beyond what the record reports

Query Guidance

In SQL, standardize the raw flag first, then filter explicitly on the affirmative value after confirming the code set used in your extract. Example pattern: WHERE isNonprofitOrganization IN ('1','Y',1,TRUE) after validating the data type; use COALESCE only if you intentionally want to collapse missing values into a default category.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__profitStructure__isNonprofitOrganization AS is_nonprofit_organization
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__vendorOrganizationFactors__profitStructure__isNonprofitOrganization IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

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