I don't think the KickVic crowd was directly funded by Usaid, but I do thing that Usaid funded things that created the environment and setting where the attacks on him were allowed and even endorsed.

Met the guy once at a convention. Nicest guy you could meet. Asked him to sign a Bleach manga volume, since he voice acted in the series at that point in the manga's story, and he thanked me for liking his lesser-acknowledged appearances.