financial backing vs funding

financial backing and funding both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
financial backing	Yes	No	No	No
funding	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, financial backing and funding are synonyms defined as:

financial backing and funding: financial resources provided to make some project possible

Other synonyms of financial backing include backing, financial support, support.

financial backing (noun)	funding (noun)
financial resources provided to make some project possible	the act of financing
	financial resources provided to make some project possible