I think the word is slowly getting out, and I doubt we even know the half of it. I know our tax dollars go to many foreign nations or agencies I presume in an effort to get all the scientists on the same page. I also know that some very sensitive research, some of it military in nature, is co-opted with foreign entities -- on our dime of course. For what purpose I haven't a clue.
A number of years ago I did an apprenticeship under a famous sculptor. I remember acutely how much he hated the national endowment for the arts and all their money, politics and perverse agenda. Controlled by the gays etc. Said it was ruining art. I know he was right.