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{{Short description|Act of providing resources}}
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'''Funding''' is the act of providing [[resources]] to finance a need, program, or project. While this is usually in the form of [[money]], it can also take the form of effort or time from an organization or company. Generally, this word is used when a firm uses its internal reserves to satisfy its necessity for cash, while the term '''financing''' is used when the firm acquires capital from external sources.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}

Sources of funding include [[Credit (finance)|credit]], [[venture capital]], [[donation]]s, [[Grant (money)|grants]], [[savings]], [[Subsidy|subsidies]], and [[tax]]es. Funding methods such as donations, subsidies, and grants that have no direct requirement for [[return of investment]] are described as "'''soft funding'''" or "[[crowdfunding]]". Funding that facilitates the exchange of equity ownership in a company for capital investment via an online funding portal per the [[Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act]] (alternately, the "JOBS Act of 2012") (U.S.) is known as [[equity crowdfunding]].

Funds can be [[Asset allocation|allocated]] for either short-term or long-term purposes.