He used the income from it to secretly fund his superhero activities.
Without Congressional approval, the project would have to be top secret and secretly funded.
His hobby was secretly funding a paramilitary group in his home state.
Rogers had been secretly funding much of Dr. Washington's work.
From 1960 to 1964, it secretly funded the White Citizens Council, a private organization, with $190,000 of state funds.
Also rumored, was that in 1872 the Ring had secretly funded the Republican Presidential campaign.
In September 2010 it was revealed that despite the organization's denials, Soros secretly funded the group.
Webster secretly funded a propaganda campaign that convinced leaders in Maine of the wisdom of compromise.
To further complicate problems, Richard Hatfield was discovered to have secretly funded the failing company to win reelection.
As I'm sure you're aware of by now, he secretly funded an undercover think tank called Meta Section.