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To the Trustees 
ProFunds

In planning and performing our audits of the
 financial statements of ProFunds for the period
 ended December 31, 1997, we considered its
 internal control, including controls over safeguarding
 securities, in order to determine our auditing
 procedures for the purpose of expressing our
 opinion on the financial statements and to comply
 with the requirements of Form N-SAR, not to
 provide assurance on internal control.

The management of ProFunds is responsible
 for establishing and maintaining internal control.
  In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments 
by management are required to assess the expected
 benefits and related costs of controls.  Generally,
 controls that are relevant to an audit pertain to
 the entity's objective of preparing financial
 statements for external purposes that are fairly
 presented in conformity with generally accepted
 accounting principles.  Those controls include
 the safeguarding of assets against unauthorized
 acquisition, use, or disposition.

Because of inherent limitations in internal control,
 errors or irregularities may occur and may not be
 detected.  Also, projection of any evaluation of
 internal control  to future periods is subject to the
 risk that it may become inadequate because of
 changes in conditions or that the effectiveness of
 the design and operation may deteriorate.

Our consideration of internal control would not
 necessarily disclose all matters in internal control
 that might be material weaknesses under standards
 established by the American Institute of Certified
 Public Accountants.  A material weakness is a
 condition in which the design or operation of any
 specific internal control component does not 
reduce to a relatively low level the risk that errors
 or irregularities in amounts that would be material
 in relation to the financial statements being 
audited may occur and not be detected within a
 timely period by employees in the normal course
 of performing their assigned functions.  However,
 we noted no matters involving internal control,
 including controls over safeguarding securities,
 that we consider to be material weaknesses as
 defined above as of December 31, 1997.

This report is intended solely for the information
 and use of management and the Securities and
 Exchange Commission.


COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.

Columbus, Ohio
February 25, 1998





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