I had one that was rolled into bionic or whatever it was called and when you dedicated your compute power to mapping genomes you also earned a cryptocurrency. That crypto is worthless these days like most of the other ones, but I'd like to think my computing power made a difference in the grand scheme of things.
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I think BOINC ran various projects. I suspect that people working in IT would sneak the apps onto the machines they controlled.
BOINC is still around and supports a variety of projects including Einstein@home (search for neutron stars using gravitational waves), World Community Grid (search for the cure for cancer and other diseases), milkyway@home (model the Milky Way galaxy), and lots of others. I still miss seti@home though.
I may have another look at what is out there. It does seem a lot of people have fond memories of SETI.
Ah yeah, that's it!