No, I'd distinguish between financing and funding, as I would distinguish income statements, expenses and revenues from sources of capital and balance sheets.
People who need to be paid back are not funders. People use those terms interchangeably, but in my head, to keep it simpler, financing means you're providing capital that's expected to be repaid if it performs. Funders are the ones who are either using the infrastructure or investing in it for a public policy purpose.