Editing Pat Robertson (section)

==Operation Blessing==
{{Main|Operation Blessing International}}
Robertson's Operation Blessing organization sent medical teams to developing countries to help people who had no access to medical care. In 1994, in the aftermath of the [[Rwandan genocide]], Robertson solicited donations to provide medical supplies to refugees in neighboring [[Zaire]] (present-day Congo), where Robertson also had exploratory diamond mining operations.<ref>Marlow Stern, [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/07/doc-mission-congo-alleges-pat-robertson-exploited-post-genocide-rwandans-for-diamonds.html "'Mission Congo' Alleges Pat Robertson Exploited Post-Genocide Rwandans For Diamonds"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112181500/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/07/doc-mission-congo-alleges-pat-robertson-exploited-post-genocide-rwandans-for-diamonds.html |date=November 12, 2013 }}, Daily Beast, September 7, 2013.</ref> According to a 1999 article in [[The Virginian-Pilot]], two Operation Blessing pilots who were interviewed alleged that the organization's planes were used to haul diamond-mining equipment to Robertson's mines in Zaire. Robertson denied the pilots' accounts.<ref>[https://www.vqronline.org/articles/response-pat-robertson's-attorney Response from Pat Robertson's Attorney] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525061214/https://www.vqronline.org/articles/response-pat-robertson%E2%80%99s-attorney |date=May 25, 2022 }} at The Virginia Quarterly Review; published April 15, 2008; retrieved May 25, 2022</ref><ref>David John Marley, Pat Robertson: An American Life (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007), p. 190.</ref>

In its 2021 ranking of "100 Largest Charities", [[Forbes]] ranked Operation Blessing/CBN at #44, with a fundraising efficiency of 93% (percentage of donations left after fundraising expenses) and charitable commitment of 87% (percentage of expenses paid toward the stated mission compared to other costs).<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/lists/top-charities/?sh=4f066d915f50 America's Top 100 Charities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820183818/https://www.forbes.com/lists/top-charities/?sh=4f066d915f50 |date=August 20, 2022 }} at Forbes; by William P. Barrett; published December 16, 2021; retrieved August 20, 2022</ref>