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NCCS Nonprofit Program Classification

NCCS Nonprofit Program Classification. Jan. 2004 Update. The Task. More than 637,000 returns representing more than 1 million program descriptions. Nearly 619,000 unique programs. (Same description appears year after year: code only once). The Challenge (1).

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NCCS Nonprofit Program Classification

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  1. NCCS Nonprofit Program Classification Jan. 2004 Update

  2. The Task • More than 637,000 returns representing more than 1 million program descriptions. • Nearly 619,000 unique programs. (Same description appears year after year: code only once)

  3. The Challenge (1) “Oh, look at the beautiful forest. I bet we can find a trail through to the other side.” And they ventured forth into the forest. The underbrush grew dense and they were soon totally lost ... They could no longer see the forest from the trees.”

  4. The NPC System • Parallels the NTEE with 26 major groups • 13 common/general codes • 53 beneficiary/population codes • 671 program codes

  5. Classification Strategies • Word Weighting • NCCS program (Foxpro) • Existing text classification/artificial intelligence programs • Challenges: Lots of noise & too many codes • Manual Verification • Start with auto-generated codes from word weighting • Challenges: Staff and outsourcer burnout and the limits of human cognition  mixed quality

  6. Classification Strategy # 3: Rule-Building • Started with “words and concepts” spreadsheet • Now web-based interface, similar in function to commercial packages • 847 rules for 658 NPC codes • Plus international/ethnic group codes • Plus higher-order rules for prioritizing codes, fine-tuning & integrating beneficiary, general, and international codes

  7. Example 1 • Adoption (#3): 2 concepts (adopt & stopwords) • ADOPT: adopt • STOPWORDS: vet//, pet//, pets//, cat//, .... • Translation: “Adopt” is in either the org. name or program description AND NONE of the STOPWORDS are in the org. name or prog. desc. Note: Wildcard at end of word assumed unless “//”. Double-slash means that the word must match EXACTLY (“vet” but not “veteran”).

  8. Example 2 • P04.02 Family Preservation (#22): 3 concepts • PRESERVATION: interven, maintain, support • FAMILY: famil • CHILD: child, youth, adolescen, foster • Translation: At least one word from each of the 3 concepts must be in the org. name or prog. desc.

  9. The Challenge (2) [NASA project leader] Rob Manning noted: "It looks pretty easy, but I want to remind you that we required eight thrusters to turn the vehicle, we had two cooling pumps that had to work, we had 37 pyrotechnic devices that included . . . two thermal batteries, eight cable cutters, three gas generators, one mortar cannon and actually in this case, five or so solid rocket motors," he said. "We had four sensors, a star scanner, a sun sensor, a radar altimeter, two [inertial measurement units] . . . a descent camera, two radios, one computer and a lot of software and airbags." And, he added in amazement, "they worked!“ - W. Post 1/5/2003

  10. Next Steps • Almost all of the major systems are completed. • Subsector Teams • Classification and subsector expertise • Refine subsectors, one by one • Use NPC codes to assign and/or verify NTEEs • Assign single primary NPC code whenever possible • Use same process for directly assigning or verifying NTEEs

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