I run SETI@home because I want to be part of the team that proves there is life "out there".
I think SETI@home is one of the most important projects ever to have been started by mankind.
Keep it up guys... :-)
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.