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                                 EXHIBIT 23P(1)
                                 CODE OF ETHICS

                                 CODE OF ETHICS
                           OF QUAKER INVESTMENT TRUST

I.   INTRODUCTION

     This Code of  Ethics  has been  adopted  by Quaker  Investment  Trust  (the
     "Trust"),  each Adviser and/or Sub-adviser to each series of the Trust (the
     "Advisers")  and  Declaration  Distributors,  Inc.,  the Trust's  principal
     underwriter (the  "Underwriter") in compliance with Rule 17j-1 (the "Rule")
     under  the  Investment  Company  Act of 1940,  as  amended  (the  "Act") to
     establish  standards and  procedures  for the  detection and  prevention of
     activities  by  which  persons  having  knowledge  of the  investments  and
     investment  intentions of the Trust may abuse their fiduciary duties to the
     Trust, and to deal with other types of  conflict-of-interest  situations to
     which the Rule is addressed.

     The Rule makes it "unlawful" for certain persons who have affiliations with
     the  Trust  to  engage  in  conduct  which  is  deceitful,   fraudulent  or
     manipulative,   or  which  involves  false  or  misleading  statements,  in
     connection with the purchase or sale of securities by the Trust.  This Code
     of Ethics is intended to  establish  policies  and  procedures  designed to
     insure that persons  subject to this Code of Ethics and the Rule do not use
     any information  concerning the investments or investment intentions of the
     Trust,  or  his  or  her  ability  to  influence  such  investment  related
     information,  for personal gain or in a manner detrimental to the interests
     of the Trust.

II.  PRINCIPLES

     This  Code of Ethics  acknowledges  the  general  principles  that  persons
     affiliated with the Trust:

     (A)  owe a fiduciary obligation to the Trust;
     (B)  have  the  duty  at  all  times  to  place  the   interests  of  Trust
          shareholders first;
     (C)  must conduct all of their personal  securities  transactions in such a
          manner as to avoid any actual or  potential  conflict  of  interest or
          abuse of such person's position of trust and responsibility; and
     (D)  SHOULD NOT TAKE INAPPROPRIATE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR POSITIONS IN RELATION
          TO THE TRUST.

III. DEFINITIONS (AS USED HEREIN)

     "Access Person" means:

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     (1)  any director, officer, general partner or Advisory Person of the Trust
          or any Adviser to the Trust.

          (A)  If an Adviser to the Trust is primarily  engaged in a business or
               businesses  other than advising Funds or other advisory  clients,
               the term  Access  Person  means any  director,  officer,  general
               partner or Advisory  Person of the Adviser  who,  with respect to
               any  Fund,   makes  any   recommendation,   participates  in  the
               determination  of which  recommendation  will be  made,  or whose
               principal function or duties relate to the determination of which
               recommendation  will be made, or who, in  connection  with his or
               her duties, obtains any information concerning recommendations on
               Covered Securities being made by the Adviser to any Fund.

          (B)  An Adviser is  "primarily  engaged  in a business  or  businesses
               other than advising Funds or other advisory clients" if, for each
               of its most recent  three  fiscal years or for the period of time
               since its  organization,  whichever is less, the Adviser derived,
               on an  unconsolidated  basis,  more  than 50% of its  income  (or
               loss),  before  taxes  and  extraordinary  items,  from the other
               business or businesses.

     (2)  Any director,  officer or general  partner of a principal  underwriter
          who, in the ordinary  course of business,  makes,  participates  in or
          obtains  information  regarding,  the  purchase  or  sale  of  Covered
          Securities by the Trust for which the principal  underwriter  acts, or
          whose functions or duties in the ordinary course of business relate to
          the making of any recommendation to the Trust,  regarding the purchase
          or sale of Covered Securities.

     "Advisory Person" means:

     (1)  Any  employee  of the  Trust or an  Adviser  to the  Trust  (or of any
          company  in a  control  relationship  to the  Trust  or an  investment
          adviser to the  Trust)  who,  in  connection  with his or her  regular
          functions or duties,  makes,  participates in, or obtains  information
          regarding the purchase or sale of Covered  Securities by the Trust, or
          whose  functions  relate  to the  making of any  recommendations  with
          respect to such purchases or sales; and

     (2)  Any  natural  person  in a  control  relationship  to the  Trust or an
          Adviser   to   the   Trust   who   obtains   information    concerning
          recommendations  made to the Trust with regard to the purchase or sale
          of Covered Securities by the Trust.

    "Affiliated Person" means:

     (1)  Any officer,  director,  copartner  or employee of the Trust,  Adviser
          and/or Underwriter;

     (2)  any person directly or indirectly owning,  controlling or holding with
          power to vote, 5% or more of the outstanding  voting securities of the
          Trust, Adviser and/or Underwriter;

     (3)  any  person  5% or more of whose  outstanding  voting  securities  are
          directly or indirectly  owned,  controlled or held with power to vote,
          by the Trust, Adviser and/or Underwriter; and

     (4)  any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under
          common control with the Trust, Adviser and/or Underwriter.

     "Beneficial Interest" means:

          any  interest  by which an Access  Person or any  member of his or her
          immediate  family  (relative  by blood or marriage  living in the same
          household),  can directly or indirectly derive a monetary benefit from
          the purchase,  sale (or other acquisition or disposition) or ownership
          of a security, except such interests as

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          Clearing  Officers shall determine to be too remote for the purpose of
          this Code of Ethics. (A transaction in which an Access Person acquires
          or disposes of a security in which he or she has or thereby acquires a
          direct or  indirect  Beneficial  Interest  will be referred to in this
          Code  of  Ethics  as  a  "personal  securities"  transaction  or  as a
          transaction for the person's "own account").

          At the written request of a person subject to this Code of Ethics, the
          Clearing  Officers,  in their  sole  discretion  or with the advice of
          counsel,  may from time to time issue  written  interpretations  as to
          whether an Access Person has a "Beneficial  Interest" in a security or
          a transaction,  and whether a transaction is or would be considered to
          be a  "personal  securities"  transaction  or a  transaction  "for the
          person's own" account for purposes of the reporting requirements under
          this Code.  Any such  written  interpretations  shall be  included  in
          Appendix A attached to and incorporated by reference into this Code of
          Ethics,  and may be relied upon solely by the  person(s)  seeking such
          interpretations.

     "Clearing Officers" means any two officers of the Trust who are not:

     (1)  parties to the transaction;

     (2)  related by blood or marriage to a party to the transaction; and

     (3)  interested in or affiliated persons of the issuer of the securities at
          issue.

     "Control" means:

          the power to exercise a controlling  influence  over the management or
          policies  of a company  (unless  such power is solely the result of an
          official   position   with  such   company).   Any   person  who  owns
          beneficially,  directly or through one or more  controlled  companies,
          more than 25% of the voting  securities of a company shall be presumed
          to control such company.

     "Covered Security" means:

          all stock,  debt  obligations  and other  instruments  comprising  the
          investments  of the Trust,  including any warrant or option to acquire
          or sell a security,  and financial futures  contracts,  except that it
          does not include:

          (1)  Direct obligations of the Government of the United States;

          (2)  Banker's  acceptances,  bank certificates of deposit,  commercial
               paper and high quality  short-term  debt  instruments,  including
               repurchase agreements, and

          (3)  Shares issued by open-end Funds.

          References  to a "Security"  in this Code of Ethics shall  include any
          warrant for, option in, or security immediately  convertible into that
          "Security."

     "Fund" means an investment  company  registered under the Act, and includes
     the Trust.

     A "security held or to be acquired" by the Trust means:

          any Covered  Security which,  within the most recent 15 calendar days:
          (i) is or has  been  held by the  Trust;  or (ii) is being or has been
          considered by an Adviser for purchase by the Trust.

     A security is "being considered for purchase or sale";

          from the time an order is given by or on  behalf  of the  Trust to the
          order  room of the  Adviser  until all  orders  with  respect  to that
          security are completed or withdrawn.

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III. General Prohibitions

     The specific  provisions  and reporting  requirements  of the Rule and this
     Code of Ethics are concerned primarily with those investment  activities of
     ACCESS PERSONS who are  associated  with the Trust and who thus may benefit
     from or interfere with the purchase or sale of portfolio  securities by the
     Trust.  However,  the Rule and this Code of Ethics  shall also apply to all
     Affiliated  Persons  of the  Trust,  the  Adviser(s)  and  the  Underwriter
     ("Covered Persons"), unless specifically stated otherwise.

     The Rule makes it "unlawful" for Covered Persons to engage in conduct which
     is deceitful,  fraudulent,  or  manipulative,  or which  involves  false or
     misleading  statements,   in  connection  with  the  purchase  or  sale  of
     securities  by the  Trust.  Accordingly,  under  the Rule and this  Code of
     Ethics,  no  Covered  Person  shall  use  any  information  concerning  the
     investments or investment intentions of the Trust, or his or her ability to
     influence  such  investment  intentions,  for personal  gain or in a manner
     detrimental to the interests of the Trust.

     In addition,  no Covered Person shall, directly or indirectly in connection
     with the  purchase or sale of a "security  held or to be  acquired"  by the
     Trust:

     (i)  employ any device, scheme or artifice to defraud the Trust; or

     (ii) make to the Trust or an Adviser any untrue  statement of material fact
          or omit to state to any of the foregoing a material fact  necessary in
          order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under
          which they are made, not misleading; or

     (iii)engage in any act,  practice,  or course of business which operates or
          would operate as a fraud or deceit upon the Trust; or

     (iv) engage in any manipulative practice with respect to the Trust.

V.   PROHIBITED TRANSACTIONS

                                BLACKOUT PERIODS

     Subject  to any  additional  limiting  requirements  that may be set  forth
     below, an ACCESS PERSON may not effect a personal securities transaction in
     Covered  Securities  if he or she  knows  or  should  know  at the  time of
     entering into the transaction that:

     (i)  the Trust has engaged in a transaction in the same security within the
          last 15 calendar  days, or is engaging in a transaction or is going to
          engage in a  transaction  in the same security in the next 15 calendar
          days;  or if an Adviser has within the last 15 days  considered  or is
          considering  a  transaction  in the same  security  for the Trust,  or
          within  the  next 15 days is  considering  such a  transaction  in the
          security, unless

     (ii) such  ACCESS  PERSON (1) obtains  advance  written  clearance  of such
          transaction by two Clearing  Officers and (2) reports to the Trust the
          information described in Paragraph VI of this Code of Ethics.

     (iii)Any profits  realized on  unauthorized  trades  within the  proscribed
          periods shall be disgorged.

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     B.   INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERINGS

     An  ADVISORY  PERSON may not  acquire  any  security  in an initial  public
     offering, unless such ADVISORY PERSON (1) obtains advance written clearance
     of such  transaction by two Clearing  Officers and (2) reports to the Trust
     the information described in Paragraph VI of this Code of Ethics.

     C.   PRIVATE PLACEMENTS

     (1)  An  ADVISORY  PERSON  may  not  acquire  any  security  in  a  private
          placement,  unless such ADVISORY  PERSON (1) obtains  advance  written
          clearance of such transaction by two Clearing Officers and (2) reports
          to the Trust the information described in Paragraph VI of this Code of
          Ethics.

          When  considering  whether to grant approval to the ADVISORY PERSON to
          engage in these  transactions,  the Clearing  Officers shall consider,
          among other  factors,  whether the  investment  opportunity  should be
          reserved for the Trust,  and whether the  opportunity is being offered
          to the  ADVISORY  PERSON  by virtue  of his or her  position  with the
          Trust. If the Clearing  Officers find that the investment  opportunity
          should  be  reserved  to the  Trust or that the  opportunity  is being
          offered to the ADVISORY  PERSON by virtue of his or her position  with
          the Trust,  the  Clearing  Officers  shall refuse  permission  for the
          ADVISORY PERSON to enter into the transaction.

     (2)  An ADVISORY PERSON who has been authorized to acquire  securities in a
          private  placement or an initial public  offering shall be required to
          disclose  that  investment  to the Trust and the  appropriate  Adviser
          whenever  such  ADVISORY  PERSON  participates,   either  directly  or
          indirectly, in subsequent consideration of an investment in the issuer
          by any portfolio in the Trust complex.

     (3)  In the event  that an  ADVISORY  PERSON  has been  given  approval  to
          acquire  securities  in a  private  placement  or  an  initial  public
          offering,  any  decision  of the Trust to purchase  securities  of the
          issuer of such private  placement or initial public  offering shall be
          subject to prior review by the Trust's  independent  trustees who have
          no personal interest in the issuer.

     D.   BAN ON SHORT - TERM TRADING PROFITS

     An ADVISORY  PERSON may not profit from the purchase and sale,  or sale and
     purchase,  of the same (or equivalent)  securities within 60 calendar days.
     Any profits realized on such short-term trades shall be disgorged.

     F.   GIFTS

     ADVISORY  PERSONS  may not accept  any gift or other  thing of more than de
     minimis  value  from any  person or entity  that does  business  with or on
     behalf of the Trust.

     G.   SERVICE AS A DIRECTOR TO OTHER PUBLIC COMPANIES

     ADVISORY  PERSONS may not serve on the board of  directors  of any publicly
     traded company,  without prior  authorization  of a majority of the Trust's
     Board of Trustees,  which  authorization shall be specifically based upon a
     determination that the board service would be consistent with the interests
     of the  Trust  and its  shareholders.  If and when such  board  service  is
     authorized, the ADVISORY PERSON serving as a director will be isolated from
     other ADVISORY PERSONS who make investment decisions involving that company
     through "Chinese Wall" or other procedures.

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VI.  ADVANCE CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT

     A.   PROCEDURES

          (1)  From Whom Obtained

          Persons who desire to enter into personal  securities  transactions in
          transactions  requiring prior approval under  paragraph V above,  must
          obtain the written  approval  of any two  Clearing  Officers  prior to
          entering into such transactions.

          (2)  Time of Clearance

          Transaction  clearances  must be obtained not more than three (3) days
          prior to the  transaction.  If the trade is not made within  three (3)
          days of the date of clearance, a new clearance must be obtained.

          (3)  Form

          Persons seeking  authorization  to enter into  transactions  requiring
          prior  clearance  shall  complete  and sign a form  approved  for that
          purpose  by the Trust,  which form shall set forth the  details of the
          proposed  transaction.  An example  of such form is annexed  hereto as
          Schedule A ("Clearance Forms"). Upon obtaining  authorization to enter
          into the subject  transaction,  the Clearing Officers  authorizing the
          transaction  shall affix their  signatures  to the  Clearance  Form to
          indicate such approval.

          (4)  Filing

          Copies of all completed Clearance Forms, with all required signatures,
          shall be  retained  by the  Administrator  of this  Code of  Ethics in
          accordance with the record keeping  requirements  set forth in Section
          XII of this Code of Ethics.

     B.   FACTORS CONSIDERED IN CLEARANCE OF PERSONAL TRANSACTIONS

     Clearing  Officers may refuse to grant clearance of a personal  transaction
     in their sole  discretion  without being required to specify any reason for
     the refusal.  Generally,  Clearing  Officers  will  consider the  following
     factors in determining whether or not to authorize a proposed transaction:

          (1)  Whether  the  amount  or  nature  of the  transaction,  or person
               entering into the  transaction,  is likely to affect the price or
               market for the Security;

          (2)  Whether the  individual  making the proposed  purchase or sale is
               likely to benefit from  purchases or sales in the same or similar
               security being made or being considered by the Trust; and

          (3)  Whether the security proposed to be purchased or sold is one that
               would qualify for purchase or sale by the Trust.

VII. EXEMPT TRANSACTIONS

     Neither the  prohibitions  nor the reporting  requirements  of this Code of
     Ethics apply to:

     (A)  Purchases,  sales or other  acquisitions or dispositions of Securities
          for an  account  over  which the  person  has no direct  influence  or
          control and does not exercise indirect influence or control;

     (B)  Purchases,  sales or other  acquisitions or dispositions of securities
          which are not eligible  for  purchase or sale by any  portfolio of the
          Trust;

     (C)  Involuntary purchases or sales;

     (D)  Purchases which are part of an automatic  dividend  reinvestment plan;
          and

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     (E)  Purchases or other  acquisitions  or  dispositions  resulting from the
          exercise  of  rights  acquired  from an  issuer  as part of a pro rata
          distribution  to all holders of a class of  securities  of such issuer
          and the sale of such rights;

VIII. REPORTING OF SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS

                   A. Reporting Requirements of Access Persons

     (1)  Reports Required:  Unless specifically excepted by other provisions of
          this Code of Ethics, every ACCESS PERSON of the Trust,  Adviser(s) and
          Underwriter  must provide to the  Administrator of this Code of Ethics
          and the  Adviser(s)  or  Underwriter,  as  applicable,  the  following
          reports:

          (a)  Initial  Holdings  Reports-  Not later than ten (10) days after a
               person becomes an ACCESS PERSON, such person shall complete, sign
               and deliver to the Trust,  and the Adviser(s) or Underwriter,  as
               applicable,  an  Initial  Holdings  Report,  a form of  which  is
               attached to this Code of Ethics as Schedule B; except that

               (i)  Any person who  qualified as an ACCESS PERSON prior to March
                    1, 2000  shall be exempt  from  filing an  Initial  Holdings
                    Report.

          (b)  Quarterly Transaction Reports- Not later than ten (10) days after
               the end of each calendar quarter, each ACCESS PERSON shall make a
               written report ("Quarterly  Transaction Report"), a form of which
               is  attached  to  this  Code  of  Ethics  as  Schedule  C, to the
               Administrator  of this  Code of  Ethics  and  the  Adviser(s)  or
               Underwriter, as applicable, which;

               (1)  With respect to any transaction during the previous calendar
                    quarter in a Covered Security in which the ACCESS PERSON had
                    any direct or indirect  Beneficial  Ownership,  contains the
                    following information:

                    (i)  The date of the  transaction,  the title,  the interest
                         rate and maturity date (if  applicable),  the number of
                         shares  and  the  principal   amount  of  each  Covered
                         Security involved:

                    (ii) The nature of the transaction (i.e., purchase,  sale or
                         any other type of acquisition or disposition);

                    (iii)The  price  of  the  Covered   Security  at  which  the
                         transaction was effected;

                    (iv) The name of the broker,  dealer or bank with or through
                         which the transaction was effected; and

                    (v)  The date that the  report is  submitted  by the  ACCESS
                         PERSON.

               (2)  With respect to any account established by the ACCESS PERSON
                    in which  any  securities  were  held  during  the  previous
                    quarter  for the  direct or  indirect  benefit or the ACCESS
                    PERSON, contains the following information:

                    (ii) The name of the  broker,  dealer  or bank with whom the
                         ACCESS PERSON established the account;

                    (iii) The date the account was established; and

                    (iv) The date that the  report is  submitted  by the  ACCESS
                         PERSON.

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          (c)  Annual Holding Reports- Not later than thirty (30) days after the
               end of the Trust's fiscal year end, each ACCESS PERSON shall make
               a written  report,  a form of which is  attached  to this Code of
               Ethics  as  Schedule  D  ("Annual  Holdings   Report"),   to  the
               Administrator  of this  Code of  Ethics  and  the  Adviser(s)  or
               Underwriter, as applicable, which:

               (1)  Sets forth the title,  number of shares and principal amount
                    of each Covered  Security in which the ACCESS PERSON had any
                    direct or indirect beneficial ownership;

               (2)  Sets forth the name of any broker,  dealer or bank with whom
                    the  ACCESS  PERSON   maintains  an  account  in  which  any
                    securities  are held for the direct or  indirect  benefit of
                    the ACCESS PERSON;

               (3)  Contains the date that the report is submitted by the ACCESS
                    PERSON; and

               (4)  States that the information contained in the Annual Holdings
                    Report is current as of a date not greater  than thirty (30)
                    days prior to the date the report was submitted.

     B.   EXEMPTIONS FROM REPORTING

     (1)  A person  need not make an Initial  Holdings  Report  with  respect to
          transactions effected for, and Covered Securities held in, any account
          over which the person has no direct or indirect influence or control.

     (2)  A trustee of the Trust who is not an "interested person" of the Trust,
          as such term is defined in Section  2(a)(19) of the Act, and who would
          otherwise  be  required  to make a report  solely by reason of being a
          trustee of the Trust, need not make:

          (a)  An Initial Holdings Report or an Annual Holdings Report; and

          (b)  A Quarterly  Transaction  Report,  unless the trustee knew, or in
               the ordinary course of fulfilling his or her official duties as a
               trustee  should  have known,  that  during the  fifteen  (15) day
               period immediately before or after the trustee's transaction in a
               Covered  Security,  the  Trust  purchased  or  sold  the  Covered
               Security,  or the Trust or an Adviser  considered  purchasing  or
               selling the Covered Security.

     (3)  An ACCESS PERSON of the Trust's  Underwriter need not make a report to
          the Underwriter, if such person makes a report to the Trust and:

          (a)  The  Underwriter is not an affiliated  person of the Trust or any
               Adviser to the Trust; and

          (b)  The Underwriter  has no officer,  director or general partner who
               serves as an officer, director or general partner of the Trust or
               an Adviser to the Trust.

          (4)  An  ACCESS  PERSON  of an  Adviser  need not make a report to the
               Adviser,  if such  person  makes a report to the Trust and all of
               the   information   contained  in  such  report  would  duplicate
               information required to be recorded under ss.ss. 275.204-2(a)(12)
               or  275.204(a)(13)  of the  Investment  Advisers Act of 1940,  as
               amended.

          (5)  An ACCESS PERSON need not make a Quarterly  Transaction Report if
               the Report would duplicate  information contained in broker trade
               confirmations  or account  statements  received by the Trust with
               respect  to  the  ACCESS  PERSON  for  the  applicable  quarterly
               reporting period, but only if such broker trade  confirmations or
               account statements contain ALL of the information  required to be
               reported in the Quarterly Transaction Reports.

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     C.   RESPONSIBILITY TO REPORT

          The  responsibility  for taking the initiative to report is imposed on
          each individual  required to make a report. Any effort by the Trust to
          facilitate  the  reporting  process  does not  change  or  alter  that
          responsibility.

     D.   WHERE TO FILE REPORT

          All  reports  must be filed  with the  Administrator  of this  Code of
          Ethics.

IX.  CONFIDENTIALITY OF TRUST TRANSACTIONS

     Until  disclosed in a public  report to  shareholders  or to the SEC in the
     normal  course  of  the  Trust's  business,   all  information   concerning
     Securities  "being  considered  for purchase or sale" by the Trust shall be
     kept  confidential  by all ACCESS  PERSONS and  disclosed by them only on a
     "need to know" basis. It shall be the  responsibility  of the Administrator
     of this Code of Ethics to report any inadequacy  found by him or her to the
     Board of Trustees of the Trust or any  committee  appointed by the Board to
     deal with such information.

X.   Sanctions

     Any violation of this Code of Ethics shall be subject to the  imposition of
     such  sanctions  by the  Trust  as  may be  deemed  appropriate  under  the
     circumstances  to achieve the  purposes of the Rule and this Code of Ethics
     which may include  suspension or  termination  of  employment,  a letter of
     censure and/or restitution of an amount equal to the difference between the
     price paid or received by the Trust and the more advantageous price paid or
     received by the offending  person.  Sanctions for violation of this Code of
     Ethics by a trustee of the Trust will be  determined  by a majority vote of
     its independent trustees.

XI.  ADMINISTRATION AND CONSTRUCTION

     (A)  The  administration of this Code of Ethics shall be the responsibility
          of the  Secretary of the Trust who shall serve as the  "Administrator"
          of this Code of Ethics.

     (B)  The duties of such Administrator shall include:

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          (1)  Continuous  maintenance  of a  current  list of the  names of all
               ACCESS PERSONS with an appropriate  description of their title or
               employment;

          (2)  Providing  each COVERED  PERSON a copy of this Code of Ethics and
               informing them of their duties and  obligations  thereunder,  and
               assuring  that  COVERED  PERSONS  who are not ACCESS  PERSONS are
               familiar with applicable requirements of this Code of Ethics;

          (3)  Supervising  the  implementation  of this  Code of  Ethics by the
               Adviser(s)  and  Underwriter  and the  enforcement  of the  terms
               hereof by the Adviser(s) and Underwriter;

          (4)  Maintaining  or  supervising  the  maintenance of all records and
               reports required by this Code of Ethics;

          (5)  Preparing  listings  of all  transactions  effected by any ACCESS
               PERSON  within  fifteen  (15)  days of the date on which the same
               security was held, purchased or sold by the Trust;

          (6)  Determining whether any particular securities  transaction should
               be exempted pursuant to the provisions of this Code of Ethics;

          (7)  Issuing either  personally,  or with the assistance of counsel as
               may be  appropriate,  an  interpretation  of this  Code of Ethics
               which may appear  consistent  with the  objectives of the Rule of
               this Code of Ethics;

          (8)  Conducting  of  such  inspections  or  investigations,  including
               scrutiny  of  the   listings   referred   to  in  the   preceding
               subparagraph,  as shall  reasonably  be  required  to detect  and
               report, with his or her recommendations,  any apparent violations
               of this Code of Ethics to the Board of  Trustees  of the Trust or
               any Committee appointed by them to deal with such information;

          (9)  Submitting  a  quarterly  report  to the  trustees  of the  Trust
               containing  a  description  of any  violation  and  the  sanction
               imposed; transactions which suggest a possibility of a violation,
               and  any   exemptions  or  waivers  found   appropriate   by  the
               Administrator;  and any other significant  information concerning
               the appropriateness of this Code of Ethics.

XII. REQUIRED RECORDS

     The  Administrator  shall  maintain or cause to be  maintained in an easily
     accessible place, the following records:

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     (A)  A copy of this and any other Code of Ethics  adopted  pursuant  to the
          Rule which has been in effect during the past five (5) years;

     (B)  A record of any  violation  of such  Codes of Ethics and of any action
          taken as a result of such violation;

     (C)  A copy of each report made by the  Administrator  within two (2) years
          from the end of the fiscal  year of the Trust in which such report and
          interpretation is made or issued and for an additional three (3) years
          in a place which need not be easily accessible;

     (D)  A list of all  persons who are, or within the past five (5) years have
          been,  required to make reports  pursuant to the Rule and this Code of
          Ethics; and

     (E)  A  copy  of  all  Initial  Holdings  Reports,  Quarterly  Transactions
          Reports,  and Annual Holdings  Reports  submitted within the last five
          (5) years, the first two (2) years in an easily accessible place.

XIII. AMENDMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS

     This Code of Ethics may not be amended or modified except in a written form
     which is specifically approved by majority vote of the Independent Trustees
     of the Trust.

This Code of Ethics was adopted by the Trust's  Board of  Trustees,  including a
majority  of  the  Trust's  "Independent   Trustees",   at  a  meeting  held  on
______________________, 2000.

Witness my Signature:


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Laurie Keyes
Secretary to the Trust

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                                   APPENDIX A
                             WRITTEN INTERPRETATIONS
                              TO THE CODE OF ETHICS
                                       OF
                             QUAKER INVESTMENT TRUST

1.   WRITTEN INTERPRETATION PURSUANT TO REQUEST OF MANU DAFTARY

Manu Daftary is the principal of DG Capital  Management,  Inc., a  Massachusetts
corporation  offering investment  services.  Mr. Daftary,  being concurrently an
employee  of and  portfolio  manager  for Quaker  Financial  Advisors,  Inc.,  a
Pennsylvania corporation providing investment advisory services to Portfolios of
the Trust, recognizes that he is an "Access Person" and an "Advisory Person", as
such terms are defined in the Code of Ethics (the  "Code") of Quaker  Investment
Trust (the "Trust").  Mr. Daftary seeks an opinion from the Clearing Officers of
the Trust with respect to Mr. Daftary's reporting obligations,  if any, relating
to accounts of and  transactions  undertaken by DG Capital  Management  for such
accounts.

After reviewing the accounts and  transactions  as disclosed by Mr. Daftary,  we
are of the opinion that:

     a.   Mr.  Daftary does not have a  "Beneficial  Interest",  as that term is
          defined in the Code, in such accounts and/or transactions;
     b.   Such accounts are not Mr.  Daftary's "own  accounts",  as that term is
          defined in the Code;
     c.   Transactions  in such  accounts  are not  considered  to be  "personal
          securities transactions", as that term is defined in the Code.

Accordingly,  Mr. Daftary shall have no reporting  requirements  with respect to
accounts  of DG Capital  Management,  Inc.  and  transactions  relating  to such
accounts.

Executed this ________ day of April, 2000.

_____________________________       ______________________________
By:  _____________________          By:  __________________________
Clearing Officer                    Clearing Officer

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                                   SCHEDULE A

                       CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION CLEARANCE
                                  REQUEST FORM

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of Section V of the Code of Ethics of Quaker
Investment  Trust  (the  "Trust"),  I,  ______________________,  being an Access
Person of the Trust,  as that term is defined in the Code,  hereby  request that
the Trust approve the following transaction in Covered Securities:

Name of Security:  _____________________________________________________________

Number of shares/Principal amount:______________________________________________

Nature of transaction: ___________________________________
(i.e., purchase, sale or other type of acquisition or disposition);

Name of broker/dealer or bank executing transaction: ___________________________

Yes  No

___ ___ The security  described  above  represents  an  investment in an initial
        public offering.

___ ___ The security  described  above  represents  an  investment  in a private
        placement.

By my  signature  below,  I swear  and  affirm  that I have not  engaged  in any
transactions in the above-described  securities in violation of the Trust's Code
of  Ethics,  that I will  invest in the  above-described  securities  only after
obtaining  clearance to do so from authorized officers of the Trust, will report
all such transactions in accordance with the requirements of the Trust's Code of
Ethics, and if I receive clearance to engage in the above-described  security, I
will  execute  the  transaction  not later than  three (3) days after  receiving
clearance or will obtain a new clearance prior to executing the transaction.


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Signature of Applicant                             Printed Name of Applicant


_____ After due  consideration,  the  proposed  transaction  described  above is
      APPROVED.

_____ After due consideration, the proposed transaction is DENIED.

_____ (Check only if approving a transaction that represents an investment in an
      initial public offering or in a private  placement).  We, the undersigned,
      in the exercise of our  obligations to the Trust under the Trust's Code of
      Ethics,  have  found  that  the  above-described   transaction  is  not  a
      transaction that should be reserved to the Trust, and we further find that
      the  transaction  is not being  offered  to the  Applicant  as a result of
      his/her position with the Trust, Adviser or Underwriter.

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Signature of Clearing Officer   Date        Signature of Clearing Officer   Date

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Printed Name                                Printed Name

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                                   SCHEDULE B
                              CONFIDENTIAL INITIAL
                                 HOLDINGS REPORT

     The following  lists all holdings in Covered  Securities in which I had any
direct or indirect beneficial ownership as of  ________________________.  (If no
transactions  took place write  "None".) Sign and return to the Secretary of the
Trust not later  than the 10th day after you  qualify as an Access  Person.  Use
reverse side if additional space is needed.

                         HOLDINGS IN COVERED SECURITIES

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                  Description  Number of     Per Unit  Total    Broker executing
Transaction Date  of Security  Shares/Units  Price     Amount   Transaction
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The following lists all accounts established by me as of _______________________
in which I had any direct or indirect  beneficial  ownership in any  Securities.
(If no  accounts  were  established,  write  "None".)  Sign  and  return  to the
Secretary  of the  Trust not later  than the 10th day  after you  qualify  as an
Access Person. Use reverse side if additional space is needed.

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Name of Broker, Dealer or Bank                    Date Account Established
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                                        Name:
Date:                                   Signature:
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                                   SCHEDULE C
                        QUARTERLY SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS
                               CONFIDENTIAL REPORT

        The following lists all  transactions  in Covered  Securities in which I
had any  direct  or  indirect  beneficial  ownership  during  the last  calendar
quarter.  (If no  transactions  took place write "None".) Sign and return to the
Secretary  of the Trust not later than the 10th day of the month  following  the
end of the calendar quarter. Use reverse side if additional space is needed.

                     PURCHASES/SALES AND OTHER DISPOSITIONS
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                            Purchase (P),
                            Sale(S), or         Number of
Transaction   Description   Other Disposition   Shares/      Per Unit    Total    Broker executing
Date          of Security   (Describe)          Units        Price       Amount   Transaction
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The  following  lists all accounts  established  by me during the last  calendar
quarter  in which I had any  direct  or  indirect  beneficial  ownership  in any
Securities. (If no accounts were established,  write "None".) Sign and return to
the  Secretary  of the Trust not later than the 10th day of the month  following
the end of the calendar quarter. Use reverse side if additional space is needed.

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Name of Broker, Dealer or Bank                    Date Account Established
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                                        Name:
Date:                                   Signature:
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                                   SCHEDULE B
                               CONFIDENTIAL ANNUAL
                           SECURITIES HOLDINGS REPORT

        The  following  lists all holdings in Covered  Securities in which I had
any direct or indirect beneficial ownership as of ________________________.  (If
no  transactions  took place write  "None".) Sign and return to the Secretary of
the Trust not later than the 30th day after the  Trust's  fiscal  year end.  Use
reverse side if additional space is needed.

                         HOLDINGS IN COVERED SECURITIES
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                   Description   Number of     Per Unit  Total  Broker executing
Transaction Date   of Security   Shares/Units  Price     Amount Transaction

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The following lists all accounts established by me as of _______________________
in which I had any direct or indirect  beneficial  ownership in any  Securities.
(If no  accounts  were  established,  write  "None".)  Sign  and  return  to the
Secretary of the Trust not later than the 30th day after the Trust's fiscal year
end. Use reverse side if additional space is needed.

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Name of Broker, Dealer or Bank                    Date Account Established
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I swear and affirm  that the  foregoing  information  is true and correct to the
best of my information  and belief,  and that the  information  included in this
report is  current  as of a date not later  than  thirty  (30) days prior to the
filing of this report.

                                        Name:
Date:                                   Signature:
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