self-funded project
nounUK /ˌself ˈfʌndɪd ˈprɒdʒekt/
US /ˌself ˈfʌndɪd ˈprɑːdʒekt/
A project that pays for itself with its own money.
The school garden was a self-funded project, so the students sold vegetables to buy seeds.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A research study paid for by the researchers themselves rather than an outside group.
Her self-funded project on bees took three summers to finish.
3. A community effort that raises its own money instead of asking for help.
The playground was a self-funded project run by the parents.
4. A business idea that uses only the owner's own savings.
His self-funded project started in a small garage.