I've been running Seti since '99. It is far more likely there is an abundance of life throughout the galaxy and universe. If we are alone this universe is an awefully big waste of space.
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.