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<ARTICLE> 6
<LEGEND>
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM ACCOUNTING
RECORDS AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH ACCOUNTING
RECORDS.
</LEGEND>
<SERIES>
<NUMBER> 103
<NAME> EVERGREEN FOUNDATION FUND CLASS C
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<PERIOD-END> MAR-31-1998
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<SHARES-COMMON-STOCK> 54,619,171
<SHARES-COMMON-PRIOR> 50,044,581
<ACCUMULATED-NII-CURRENT> 0
<OVERDISTRIBUTION-NII> 692,857
<ACCUMULATED-NET-GAINS> 5,876,977
<OVERDISTRIBUTION-GAINS> 0
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<NET-INVESTMENT-INCOME> 25,226,603
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<DISTRIBUTIONS-OF-GAINS> (22,280,479)
<DISTRIBUTIONS-OTHER> 0
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<SHARES-REINVESTED> 2,313,662
<NET-CHANGE-IN-ASSETS> 316,419,005
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<GROSS-EXPENSE> (9,853,086)
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The Board of Trustees
Evergreen Equity Trust:
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of the
Evergreen Equity Trust (including Evergreen American Retirement Fund, Evergreen
Balanced Fund, Evergreen Foundation Fund and Evergreen Tax Strategic Fund) for
the year ended March 31, 1998, we considered its internal control, including
procedures for 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 the Evergreen Equity Trust 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 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 March 31, 1998.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
May 1, 1998
