Few people actually read the FULL forecast instead of the press release; this was in the full forecast:
"NOTE ON THE CONTINUATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF CSU FORECASTS
The federal agencies of NOAA, FEMA and ONR who are charged with funding this type of forecasting research have declined support. The majority of the financial backing of these CSU hurricane forecasts in recent years has come from the research foundations of the insurance groups of the United Services Automobile Association (USAA - $300K over four years and State Farm - $375K over three years). We will always be grateful for their support. These two insurance groups are not continuing their support. They have given more than their fair share of support for the insurance industry. We must find other funding to continue issuing hurricane forecasts and to undertake the background research necessary to sustain them. It is hoped that other private or government groups who would like to see our hurricane forecast continue provide us with financial help."
Unfortunately it seems like NOAA is basically taking over his turf; as I've already noticed on a number of boards the vague NOAA forecasts are now routinely confused with Dr. Gray's entirely separate forecasts, and they're now getting more publicity than Gray, especially since they're releasing them a couple weeks earlier than Gray's Season-start forecasts. Ironic since they're entirely based on the methodology developed by Gray.
Hilarious that the funding per year is only $200,000; in the world of science grants and funding that's absolutely chicken-scratch peanuts territory....practically nothing. Yet the weird crowd of obsessive Gray-bashers always seem to mention him "wasting money" as if his forecasting cost as much as the Apollo program or the Manhattan project.
Hell, taking up a Storm2K collection could probably fund him 10% for one year
