Donations were used to fund further organizations, and a political action committee to elect woke leaders

The revelation comes after the banks were derided for being too woke and not focused enough on red flags at their companies

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Woke Silicon Valley Bank donated over $73 million to Black Lives Matter-related social justice groups in the years before it collapsed, while failed Signature Bank gave $850,000, it has been revealed.

A database by the conservative Claremont Institute shows that SVB donated around $73,450,000 to the movement and other social justice causes as it worked to increase its Environmental, Social and Governance rating.

Meanwhile, New York-based Signature Bank donated a total of $850,000 over several years before it failed on Sunday.