I am retired from the U.S. Navy after 24 years of service as a Sonar Technician. During that time I worked onboard several ships and in the Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS). Which is in like SETI except swap submarines for ET's.
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.