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silo funding

silo funding
 other.— «But they don’t just dole out money and tell communities where to spend it. “That’s what you call silo funding—pour money in at the top and let it just come out at the bottom.”» —“Faith, Hope&Mdash;No Charity Handouts” Nottingham Evening Post (U.K.) Mar. 4, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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