Synonyms of funding

funding 1 of 2

noun

as in subsidy

Related Words

• subsidy
• financing
• endowment
• sponsorship
• bankrolling
• backing
• patronage
• assistance
• encouragement
• aegis
• aid
• auspice
• fosterage
• help

funding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of fund

1

as in financing

to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income

her will funded a new science center for her beloved alma mater

Synonyms & Similar Words

• financing
• establishing
• endowing
• subsidizing
• supporting
• organizing
• granting
• founding
• donating
• contributing
• underwriting
• promoting
• sponsoring
• awarding
• backing
• subscribing
• bequeathing
• investing (in)
• capitalizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• receiving
• defunding
• drawing
• disendowing
• subsisting

2

as in subsidizing

to provide money for

Dad advised me to get a job because he wasn't going to fund my social life forever

Synonyms & Similar Words

• financing
• subsidizing
• underwriting
• supporting
• sponsoring
• capitalizing
• bankrolling
• staking
• endorsing
• backing
• endowing
• maintaining
• advocating
• aiding
• refinancing
• paying
• cofinancing
• championing
• providing (for)
• defraying
• refunding
• patronizing
• footing
• grubstaking
• standing
• paying off
• springing (for)
• liquidating
• paying up
• nourishing
• settling
• discharging
• quitting
• recompensing
• clearing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defunding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of funding

Noun

With respect to the state’s cancer crisis, Hinson defended her record by highlighting her work during her three terms in Congress to boost cancer research funding for the National Institutes of Health. — Gabrielle M. Etzel, The Washington Examiner, 8 Oct. 2026

Common long-term goals may include saving for retirement or funding college education. — Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea,kelli Grant, Cfp®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

Ellison clinched the deal by sweetening the offer price and bringing his father, Larry Ellison, in to personally guarantee funding. — Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

From bingo to $46 billion As federal funding shrank in the 1970s, some tribes turned to bingo to raise money, sparking a legal showdown with states that restricted gambling. — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026

Canada has one of the densest networks of co-production treaties in the world, potentially opening access to more public funding options and giving the film recognition as a national production in both countries. — Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Portal Ventures led the funding round with contributions from individual backers, including senior executives at Citadel Securities, BlackRock, and KKR. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

The California Film Commission on Wednesday revealed 35 feature films that have been selected to receive California tax credits in the most recent round of funding. — Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

The company cautioned that there is no guarantee the loan will be finalized or that any funding will ultimately be provided. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

Verb

Many investors have competing financial goals, such as saving for retirement, funding a child's college education, paying off student loans or buying a new home. — Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea,kelli Grant, Cfp®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026

If the amount of money provided by the state to school districts decreases because some children leave for private school, the legislature can adjust the Blueprint funding formula that ties funding to the number of students who attend a school. — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 8 Oct. 2026

The author wrote about the Legislature not funding education and the challenges that teachers face. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

In the memo, Demings notes several commissioners were interested in funding UCF – which received TDT for the first time three years ago to build a bigger Roth Tower at the Acrisure Bounce House. — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

That hypothesis stems from earlier research by Geoff Cook, the CEO of Noom, a digital health company that is funding the Wharton study. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Hunt Capital Partners helped secure federal and state low-income housing tax credits funding for the project. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026

If passed, the ballot initiative would require the city to continue funding the department at the same average percentage of the general fund it was funded at in the decade before the initiative was placed on the ballot. — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

LondonReuters — Britain’s MI5 spy agency issued an unprecedented alert on ​Wednesday to warn that a Chinese organization was involved in funding academic research into topics such as AI on behalf ‌of Beijing’s state security service. — CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026