One Commerce Square
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Delaware Group of Funds
DELAWARE
GROUP
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1933 Act Rule 497(j)
File No. 333-38801
1940 Act File No. 811-8457
January 5, 1998
Filed via EDGAR (CIK #0001048133)
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Document Control
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: File Nos. 333-38801 and 811-8457
Delaware Group Foundation Funds
Dear Commission:
In accordance with the provisions of Rule 497(j), under the Securities
Act of 1933, this is to certify that the forms of the Prospectuses and
Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed under
paragraph (c) of Rule 497 do not differ from those contained in Pre-
Effective Amendment No. 1, the most recent pre-effective amendment of
Delaware Group Foundation Funds. Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 was
transmitted electronically to the Commission on December 30, 1997 on
Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933, and was declared effective on
December 31, 1997.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Michael D. Mabry
Michael D. Mabry
Assistant Vice President/
Assistant Secretary/
Senior Counsel
