🚨CANDICE MATTHEWS, NO VALID CREDENTIALS, MILLIONS IN NONPROFIT COMPENSATION, AND A FOSTER-CARE AGENCY WITH A TROUBLING HISTORY OF STATE VIOLATIONS.🚨 WOMAN… the AUDACITY of you. 🤣 You all know Candice Matthews. The self-proclaimed civil rights activist who loves holding press conferences, inserting herself into high-profile cases, investigating everyone else’s ALLEGED misconduct, and making sure people address her as “Dr. Candice Matthews.” Which I will NEVER do. I’ve been digging into her background, and I have found documents. IRS filings, Texas state records, and actual regulatory compliance reports. Most of this is honestly already out there. But I want to put a spotlight on it and give it to you all in one post. Let’s start with her credentials, because this is funny. In June 2021, Matthews received an HONORARY (aka fake) doctorate from Leaders Esteem Christian Bible University. Just THREE MONTHS later, that SAME institution announced her appointment as President and Chair of its Board of Regents. By December, university promotional materials were advertising her as “Dr. Candice Matthews - Board of Regents President.” Yes. She received an honorary doctorate from an institution where she subsequently became president of the governing board. The funny part is that honorary doctorate was later RESCINDED. She received the honorary degree before becoming board president, but I find that relationship particularly interesting. Especially considering she has also publicly claimed an earned Ph.D. from Macedonia Bible College. Except, that was a lie. 🤥 An honorary doctorate is NOT an earned Ph.D. And calling yourself a doctor doesn’t establish that you possess the educational qualifications required for a professional license. MOVING on… Matthews was the executive director of Children of Diversity, a Texas foster-care and adoption organization responsible for helping oversee the placement and safety of vulnerable children. According to publicly available IRS filings, Matthews received more than $1.57 MILLION in reported compensation between 2018 and 2023. In 2018, she received $271,170. In 2019, $269,540. In 2020, $259,011. In 2021, $258,966. In 2022, $259,811. And in 2023, $253,006. OVER ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS in just six years. Those numbers come from the nonprofit’s federal tax filings. Now, there’s nothing inherently illegal about a nonprofit executive receiving a substantial salary. But when an organization involved in the care of vulnerable children has a history of serious regulatory problems, I absolutely want to know how its money was spent and whether the children received the protection they deserved. This is where things get disturbing. I have info directly from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission’s child-care inspection and compliance database for Children of Diversity. The state’s five-year compliance history shows 94 inspections, 78 reports, seven assessments, and four self-reported incidents. It also documents TWO SERIOUS INJURIES. The state’s own chart shows violations across multiple years, including findings classified as HIGH and MEDIUM-HIGH risk. The number of recorded deficiencies increased substantially between 2021 and 2023. Additional inspection records describe findings involving improper discipline, corporal punishment, recordkeeping failures, and compliance with heightened monitoring requirements. Yikes. I want to know what happened during EVERY one of those incidents, what corrective action was taken, and whether the children were adequately protected. But wait, there’s more.