I don't know if funding is done the way it was 50+ years ago when I served. Funding was based on what was spent to previous quarter. So, to insure there was money in the next quarter, if it was getting close getting near the end of a quarter and there was money left, a unit would need to spend that money moe ricky tick. It was interesting being out to sea at that point to see all the equipment that went over the side so a unit would have to reorder and spend their excess.
A case in point. I was on the fantail one morning waiting to go to breakfast when a couple cooks carrying a box of something walked by. I could smell it was cooked by the aroma. I asked what they had, and they said cooked steaks. I asked what they had in mind for them, and they said they were going over the side. They had been on the serving line, but they had to be gone by 0600. Otherwise, they would lose funding. I told them they could put those bad boys next to me and I'd be happy to feed them to the sharks when I had all I wanted. There must have been 20-30 of them. I consumed all I could and fed the sharks. That sort of thing was common at the end of a funding period; lots of waste.
