The phrase "also a major funder" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to someone or something that provides significant financial support in addition to other roles or contributions.
Example: "The organization is not only a leading advocate for environmental issues but is also a major funder of renewable energy projects."
Alternatives: "also a significant contributor" or "additionally a key sponsor".
They are also a major funder of research into potential treatments for cancer and new therapies that could restore the sight of millions.
Both the NCTQ and the report are funded by anti-public school, pro-charter foundations, including the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, and the Searle Freedom Trust, which is also a major funder of rightwing groups including Americans for Prosperity, the American Enterprise Institute, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
"While Obama can claim the US is the world's leader on climate change – at least until Donald Trump enters the White House – it is also clear that it has become a major funder of fossil fuels that are having a serious impact upon people's lives," they write.
Ross, a former judge, once headed the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, a major funder of progressive causes in North Carolina.
His brother David, meanwhile, who has continued to be a major funder as well as a board member at Cato, owns an additional twenty-five per cent share.
He is a prominent leader of the ruling People's Democratic Party and was a major funder of Mr Yar'Adua's election campaign.
China obliged as well by becoming a major funder of Africa's roads and power networks — critical areas where the United States and Europe have mostly stopped financing investment projects.
(The military is a major funder of a few fields, including engineering research, computer science, and math).
The ability of the Wellcome Trust to be a major funder of first class research in the UK depends on the stability and quality of this partnership".
The lead government agency on energy research is, of course, the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE), which has been a major funder of energy research since its inception in 1977.
