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                       REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
                               ON INTERNAL CONTROL


To the Board of Directors of
Badgley Funds, Inc.

In planning and  performing  our audit of the  financial  statements  of Badgley
Funds,  Inc.  (being  comprised of the Growth Fund and Balanced Fund,  hereafter
referred to as the "Funds") for the period from June 25, 1998  (commencement  of
operations) May 31, 1999, we considered the Funds' internal  control,  including
control  activities  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 Funds 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
control activities. 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 fraud 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 one or more
of the internal control components does not reduce to a relatively low level the
risk that  errors or fraud 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  and its  operation,
including control activities for safeguarding securities, that we consider to be
material weaknesses as defined above as of May 31, 1999.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the
Board of  Directors  of Badgley  Funds,  Inc.  and the  Securities  and Exchange
Commission.




June 25, 1999



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