Funding (3)
I believe the answer is:
aid
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">funding</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for aid that I've seen before include "welfare" , "Help, assistance" , "assistant" , "grant" , "Help or support" .)