If it's government given money, that's somebody's tax dollars and the government absolutely should have a say,

The issue is it costs money for the Government to have a say and 99% of the time it's not needed.

If you just get rid of the Government overhead to make sure people are "spending it wisely," the money lost by the 1% who spend it foolishly will be far less than the money saved by getting rid of all the administration.