financial support vs funding

financial support and funding both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

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