Data Dictionary
National Nonprofit Infrastructure & County Needs

Data Dictionary

This dictionary describes the public-facing analytic outputs used by the Tableau workbook. All geographic alignment uses county_fips as a 5-digit string with leading zeros preserved.

Core key
county_fips (string)
Org identifier
ein (string)
Percent formatting
Either 0–100 or 0–1 (see notes)

org_extract_with_county_fips.csv

Organization-level directory output. Each row represents one EIN assigned to a single county via ZIP crosswalk. Focus area is derived from NTEE and filtered to the project focus taxonomy.

Column Type Meaning
ein string Employer Identification Number; used as an org-level unique identifier (deduped).
org_name string Organization legal name (as provided in registry extract).
city string Mailing city (registry field).
state string Mailing state abbreviation (registry field).
zip string 5-digit ZIP (cleaned). Used to assign county via HUD crosswalk.
ntee_code string NTEE classification code used to derive focus area. Missing NTEE rows are excluded.
focus_area string Project focus taxonomy label derived from NTEE. Filtered to allowed categories.
county_fips string 5-digit county FIPS assigned via ZIP crosswalk (deterministic primary-county rule).
source_file string Which EO regional file the record came from (eo1–eo4).

county_focus_area.csv

County × focus area aggregation (concentration layer). Derived by grouping org_extract rows.

Column Type Meaning
county_fips string 5-digit county FIPS.
focus_area string Focus taxonomy label (uppercase).
year int ACS year used for population denominator (for per-100k computations).
nonprofit_count int Count of orgs (EINs) assigned to county in this focus area.
nonprofits_per_100k_focus float nonprofit_count / population × 100,000 for the focus area (exploratory normalization).

county_summary.csv

County baseline layer used to drive the national map and core per-capita normalization.

Column Type Meaning
county_fips string 5-digit county FIPS.
county_name string County name parsed from ACS NAME field.
year int ACS year used for population denominator.
population int ACS population estimate (B01003_001E).
total_nonprofits int Total count of orgs (EINs) assigned to county (post-scope filter).
nonprofits_per_100k float total_nonprofits / population × 100,000 (exploratory normalization).

needs_county_YYYY.csv (optional)

Optional county-level needs indicators used for KPI cards. Your version stores percent/rate fields as fractions (0–1), and Tableau formats them as percentages (0–100 display). If your file stores 0–100 instead, adjust your Tableau calc logic.

Key fields typically included
  • Fips (5-digit county FIPS)
  • poverty_rate (fraction 0–1)
  • median_household_income (USD)
  • unemployment_rate (fraction 0–1)
  • snap_households_rate (fraction 0–1)
  • pct_hs_or_higher (fraction 0–1)
  • pct_bachelors_or_higher (fraction 0–1)
  • broadband_rate (fraction 0–1)
  • no_vehicle_rate (fraction 0–1)
  • pct_under_18 (fraction 0–1)
  • pct_65_plus (fraction 0–1)

Type + formatting notes