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Do you have a source for this? I am on their mailing list and order fairly often. I don't remember any requests for donations or any point where they were about to go out of business during covid.

I don't anymore. They were asking for donations about 2 years ago.

A $4BN/year revenue corporation, the seventh largest electronics distributor in the world according to Wikipedia, asking for donations...wonders never cease.

....they're owned by Berkshire Hathaway. So, basically people were 'donating' to Warren Buffet. Nice.

Is that real? Do you have a link?

Huh? Mouser has never asked for donations. Are you thinking of OSH Stencils?

No it was Mouser. One of the few places I order electronics parts from. Digikey and Jameco did not.