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Il progetto non sarà finanziato da parte del governo.

Il progetto non sarà finanziato da parte del governo.
The project will not be funded by the government.
From Lesson 350:Formal passive agents (da parte di)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Il progetto non sarà finanziato da parte del governo.

Why use da parte del instead of just dal governo?
While dal governo is grammatically correct, using da parte di is very common when the agent (the entity doing the action) is an institution, collective group, or organization like the government. It adds a formal tone, somewhat similar to saying 'on the part of' in English.
Could I use verrà instead of sarà for this passive sentence?
Yes. Because this is a simple tense (future), you can use the verb venire instead of essere to form the passive voice. Saying Il progetto non verrà finanziato is completely natural and means exactly the same thing.
Why does the phrase combine to make del when the translation says 'by the'?
The fixed expression for this expanded agent is da parte di, which ends with the preposition di. You must combine di with the definite article il (for governo) to get del. You cannot use da a second time here.
What dictates the ending of the past participle finanziato in this sentence?
In passive sentences, the past participle always agrees with the subject receiving the action, not the agent doing it. Here, the subject is Il progetto (masculine singular), so the participle is finanziato. If the subject were Le scuole, it would be finanziate.

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