It's a great project, there are so many computers out there; most of them doing absolutely nothing but wasting power and time. This projects harnesses that power and uses it for a greater cause. It also seems very dedicated.
The universe is a vast enormous space, there must be more beings out there. We just haven't found them yet
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.