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dchui1 edited this page Mar 1, 2014 · 10 revisions

Document summarizing what each csv file contains

Core.csv

General Information

Field Explanation
BN Business Number
FPE Some date field
Program #1 Code Code for their programs
Program # 1 % percentage of allocation of budget to this program?
Program # 1 Desc (Eng) Description of the program
Program # 1 Desc (Fr) Description of the program, in french
1510 A bunch of boolean values
1510 BN no idea...
1510 - Name no idea...I saw amnesty international in there

There is program 2 and program 3 as well...but only 3

Country.csv

Activities outside Canada - countries where program was carried

Field Explanation
BN The business number
FPE Some sort of date field
# An index on countries for each charity
Country 2 letter country code
Country Name (Eng) country name in english
Country Name (Fre) country name in French

Dir.csv

Charities Businesses Directors/Officers

Field Explanation
BN The business number
FPE Some sort of date field
# An index of execs for each charity; number 1 seems to be highest rank (eg president), 10 is an administrator
Last Name Last name
First Name First name
Initials Initials
Position Position of the person (strangely, not in both french and english...)
At Arm's Length Boolean value
Start Date Presume this is the start date of that persons term
End Date Presumably the end date of term, if applicable

Donee.csv

Qualified Donees

Field Explanation
BN The business number
FPE Some sort of date field
# index on 1st BN to the 2nd BN
BN Same column number...no idea what this BN is
Name Name of the donee?
Associate Boolean value
City City
Province Province
Total Gifts total amount of gifts, presumbaly in dollars, not a sum of nexts two columns
Gifts in Kind
Designated Gifts

Fin.csv

Financial Data

Field Explanation
BN The business number
FPE Some sort of date field
Form Used 6, D, probably more values
4020 A, C
4050 boolean value?

Other columns are presumably dollar amounts... along with some descriptions. there are too many of them to list all here

Ident.csv

Identification

Field Explanation
BN The business number
FPE Some sort of date field
DDesignation C
Legal Name Legal name of the charity
Account Name Name of the account?
Address and contact info are also provided, including website information!

Pgm.csv

Charitable Programs

Field Explanation
BN The business number
FPE Some sort of date field
Type OP, NA
Description