funded

Given monetary backing

Funded means provided with money or financial backing.

A funded project has the resources to proceed: The research is fully funded through 2026.

A funded position comes with salary attached.

To be well-funded is to have ample financial support; underfunded means the opposite.

The past tense of fund, it appears frequently in discussions of grants, startups, and government programs: The program was funded by private donors.

loan

debt

Money owed another

interest · repayment · amortization · collateral · default · foreclosure · liability · credit · financed · principal

endowment

philanthropy

Generous giving for others

fellowship · patronage · benefaction · charity · donation · gift · trust · foundation · beneficiary · nonprofit

sponsored

corporate

Of or relating to companies

commercial · partnership · branding · campaign · marketing · media · publicity · sponsorship · underwritten · affiliate

government

subsidy

Financial assistance from government

federal · state · municipal · public · taxpayer · earmark · stimulus · bailout · mandate · program

venture

startup

New business enterprise

  • seedEmbryonic plant capsule
  • backingAid or sponsorship
  • equityImpartial treatment or ownership value

investor · accelerator · incubator · pitch · valuation · round · series · angel · unicorn · exit

investment

portfolio

Collected works or assets

dividends · market · shares · broker · asset · returns · capitalized · pension · institutional · retail

grant

research

Systematic fact-finding effort

innovation · project · academia · university · institution · laboratory · study · experimentation · discovery · publication

Categories
Opposites
financial support status

fundedunfunded

Lacking allocated resources

defunded · nonfunded · unsupported · rejected · unfinanced

financial self-sufficiency

fundedself-sustaining

Able to continue independently

self-funded · bootstrapped · independent · self-supporting · profitable

Phrases
Family

fund, funds, funding, refund, defund, fundamentally, refunded, fundamentals, crowdfunding

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G