Smile Angel Foundation

{{Infobox organization

| name = Smile Angel Foundation

| image = Image:Smileangel.jpg

| founded_date = November 21, 2006

| founder = Li Yapeng and Faye Wong

| location = Beijing

| origins =

| area_served = People's Republic of China

| focus = Children born with clefts

| method = Funding

| revenue = ¥74,659,954.00 RMB
(from 1 November 2006 to 31 December 2011){{in lang|zh}} [http://www.crcf.org.cn/sys/html/lm_405/2012-07-05/123030.htm Zhongwei Certified Public Accountants, "Smile Angel Foundation's 2011 Annual Financial Report", published by the Chinese Red Cross Foundation]

| endowment = ¥58,810,621.93 RMB
(from 1 November 2006 to 31 December 2011)

| num_volunteers =

| owner =

| Non-profit_slogan =

| homepage = [https://new.crcf.org.cn/special/Yanran/index.html Smile Angel Foundation]

| tax_exempt =

| dissolved =

| footnotes =

}}

Smile Angel Foundation ({{zh|c={{linktext|嫣然|天使|基金}}|p=Yānrán Tiānshǐ Jījīn}}; sometimes Yanran Angel Foundation) is a Beijing-based charity founded in 2006 by Li Yapeng and Faye Wong to help Chinese children born with clefts.{{cite news |title=Pop Stars Gather to Donate for 'Smile Angel' |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-12/27/content_768822.htm |date= 27 December 2006 | agency =Xinhua |accessdate= 16 March 2011}} It is affiliated with the Red Cross Society of China. The foundation is named after the couple's daughter, Li Yan, who was born in the same year with severe clefts and underwent corrective surgery in the United States.{{cite news |title=Stars to Lighten Charity Banquet for 'Smile Angel' | url=http://www.china.org.cn/entertainment/2007-12/07/content_1234783.htm | date = 7 December 2007 | agency = CRI |accessdate= 16 March 2011}}[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/entertainment/2006-11/21/content_739108.htm Pop diva Faye Wong launches foundation for children with harelip], chinaview.cn, 21 November 2006. Retrieved 25 September 2010.

By 2007, the foundation had raised 35 million renminbi, including 29.5 million from auctions at its first two December fundraisers.[http://www.chinanews.com.cn/yl/mxzz/news/2007/12-09/1099336.shtml Faye Wong Shines at the Smileangel Foundation Fundraising Ball, Raises 20.29 Million] {{in lang|zh}} (with pictures). China News, 9 December 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2007. It had assisted more than 2,000 children by 2008,[http://news.sina.com/oth/xinhuanet/502-104-103-117/2008-11-26/18383453211.html Li Yapeng and Faye Wong Goes to Tibet to Help Smile Angel Foundation's 2008th Child] {{in lang|zh}}. Xinhuanet, 27 November 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2008. and about 7,000 by mid-2010. Since 2008, the charity has worked with eight urban hospitals to make an annual journey to remote areas of China, providing free operations to children of poor famililies.[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/2010-09/01/content_11239919.htm 'Smile angels' get busy], China Daily, 1 September 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2010. In April 2010, it was recognized by the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs as one of the 20 most influential charity projects in 2009.[http://www.mca.gov.cn/article/zwgk/tzl/201003/20100300065165.shtml 2009 annual China Charity Award winners] {{in lang|zh}}, Ministry of Civil Affairs, 26 March 2010

On 1 December 2011, the foundation teamed up with Germany's Philharmonie der Nationen and held a charity concert in Shanghai for the 5th anniversary of the foundation.

In 2012, the charity established Beijing Smile Angel Children's Hospital, China's first charity hospital for children. It will offer free surgeries to 600 children with cleft lip each year.[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-02/20/content_14642733.htm Requirement for more charity hospitals] It has about 180 physicians and nurses, 10 percent of whom are volunteers.[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-08/22/content_15695073.htm Charity hospitals focus on children's well-being]