OPIF: Oregon Film Tax Credit Auction Results

Oregon's Production Investment Fund auction results detail tax credit allocations to film and television productions. The dataset tracks payments, credits, and outcomes for businesses and individuals across multiple fiscal years. Columns suggest it can be used to analyze the geographic and financial distribution of state film incentives.

Use Cases

• Mapping the geographic distribution of film incentives using City, State, and Zip Code.
• Analyzing the financial scale of tax credits awarded per project using Amt Paid and Credit Amt.
• Tracking taxpayer-funded outcomes of subsidized productions using Outcomes and Fiscal Year.
• Identifying recipient businesses and individuals using Business Name, First Name, and Last Name.

Strengths

• Cross-platform presence on Socrata and Data.gov signals its importance for government transparency.
• The dataset includes granular columns for financial, geographic, and recipient analysis.

Limitations

• Row counts and dataset size are not provided by any source, limiting assessment of scale.
• Metadata conflicts exist: one Socrata entry lists a license ('other-license-specified') while another lists 'None'.
• Documentation is limited to external website links, with no direct data dictionary.

Provenance

Source

State of Oregon, likely via the Oregon Film & Video Office (OFVO).

Collection Method

Likely compiled from state-administered auction and payment records.

Time Range

Multi-year, as indicated by the title and Fiscal Year column.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 (Socrata), which is a future date, indicating a potential metadata error.

Geography

Oregon, United States, with potential sub-state detail via City and Zip Code columns.