The funding disclosure is also for the benefit of the peer reviewers, who may have conflicts or potential conflicts of interest that could potentially taint their review. In my opinion, funding disclosures are essential to the scientific process, as evidenced by the “science” behind the climate change hoax, where many of the studies that are parroted by the MSM were funded by organizations tied to Soros, Gore, and and other climate change nuts.
I agree funding disclosures are important, but peer review is more important. If peer review is contaminated, then scientific progress is over.