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<rr:AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013_LegalEntityAxis_S000004197Member_ProspectusShareClassAxis_C000011811Member" unitRef="pure" decimals="4">0.0613</rr:AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013_LegalEntityAxis_S000004196Member_ProspectusShareClassAxis_C000011806Member" unitRef="pure" decimals="4">0.0619</rr:AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013_LegalEntityAxis_S000004198Member_ProspectusShareClassAxis_C000011816Member" unitRef="pure" decimals="4">0.0603</rr:AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception>
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<rr:AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013_LegalEntityAxis_S000004196Member_ProspectusShareClassAxis_C000011806Member">2003-06-02</rr:AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate>
<rr:AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013_LegalEntityAxis_S000004198Member_ProspectusShareClassAxis_C000011816Member">2003-06-02</rr:AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate>
<dei:DocumentType contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013">Other</dei:DocumentType>
<dei:DocumentPeriodEndDate contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013">2013-02-14</dei:DocumentPeriodEndDate>
<dei:EntityRegistrantName contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013">DELAWARE GROUP FOUNDATION FUNDS</dei:EntityRegistrantName>
<dei:EntityCentralIndexKey contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013">0001048133</dei:EntityCentralIndexKey>
<dei:DocumentCreationDate contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013">2013-02-14</dei:DocumentCreationDate>
<dei:DocumentEffectiveDate contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013">2013-02-14</dei:DocumentEffectiveDate>
<rr:ProspectusDate contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013">2013-01-28</rr:ProspectusDate>
<rr:RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013_LegalEntityAxis_S000004197Member">&lt;div&gt;&lt;font size="2" style="font-family:times new roman,times"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Investments in the Funds are not and will not be deposits with or liabilities of Macquarie Bank Limited ABN 46 008 583 542 and its holding companies, including their subsidiaries or related companies (the "Macquarie Group"), and are subject to investment risk, including possible delays in repayment and loss of income and capital invested. No Macquarie Group company guarantees or will guarantee the performance of the Funds, the repayment of capital from the Funds, or any particular rate of return.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</rr:RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution>
<rr:RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013_LegalEntityAxis_S000004196Member">&lt;div&gt;&lt;font size="2" style="font-family:times new roman,times"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Investments in the Funds are not and will not be deposits with or liabilities of Macquarie Bank Limited ABN 46 008 583 542 and its holding companies, including their subsidiaries or related companies (the "Macquarie Group"), and are subject to investment risk, including possible delays in repayment and loss of income and capital invested. No Macquarie Group company guarantees or will guarantee the performance of the Funds, the repayment of capital from the Funds, or any particular rate of return.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</rr:RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution>
<rr:RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013_LegalEntityAxis_S000004198Member">&lt;div&gt;&lt;font size="2" style="font-family:times new roman,times"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Investments in the Funds are not and will not be deposits with or liabilities of Macquarie Bank Limited ABN 46 008 583 542 and its holding companies, including their subsidiaries or related companies (the "Macquarie Group"), and are subject to investment risk, including possible delays in repayment and loss of income and capital invested. No Macquarie Group company guarantees or will guarantee the performance of the Funds, the repayment of capital from the Funds, or any particular rate of return.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</rr:RiskNotInsuredDepositoryInstitution>
<rr:IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013_LegalEntityAxis_S000004197Member">&lt;div&gt;&lt;font size="2" style="font-family:times new roman,times"&gt;reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</rr:IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes>
<rr:IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013_LegalEntityAxis_S000004196Member">&lt;div&gt;&lt;font size="2" style="font-family:times new roman,times"&gt;reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</rr:IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes>
<rr:IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013_LegalEntityAxis_S000004198Member">&lt;div&gt;&lt;font size="2" style="font-family:times new roman,times"&gt;reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</rr:IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes>
<rr:PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013_LegalEntityAxis_S000004197Member">&lt;div&gt;&lt;font size="2" style="font-family:times new roman,times"&gt;The after-tax returns shown are calculated using the highest individual federal marginal income tax rates in effect during the periods presented and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</rr:PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate>
<rr:PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013_LegalEntityAxis_S000004196Member">&lt;div&gt;&lt;font size="2" style="font-family:times new roman,times"&gt;The after-tax returns shown are calculated using the highest individual federal marginal income tax rates in effect during the periods presented and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</rr:PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate>
<rr:PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013_LegalEntityAxis_S000004198Member">&lt;div&gt;&lt;font size="2" style="font-family:times new roman,times"&gt;The after-tax returns shown are calculated using the highest individual federal marginal income tax rates in effect during the periods presented and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</rr:PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate>
<rr:PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013_LegalEntityAxis_S000004197Member">&lt;div&gt;&lt;font size="2" style="font-family:times new roman,times"&gt;After-tax returns are not relevant for shares held in tax-deferred investment vehicles such as employer-sponsored 401(k) plans and individual retirement accounts (IRAs).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</rr:PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred>
<rr:PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013_LegalEntityAxis_S000004196Member">&lt;div&gt;&lt;font size="2" style="font-family:times new roman,times"&gt;After-tax returns are not relevant for shares held in tax-deferred investment vehicles such as employer-sponsored 401(k) plans and individual retirement accounts (IRAs).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</rr:PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred>
<rr:PerformanceTableOneClassOfAfterTaxShown contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013_LegalEntityAxis_S000004197Member">&lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;After-tax performance is presented only for Class A shares of the Fund.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</rr:PerformanceTableOneClassOfAfterTaxShown>
<rr:PerformanceTableOneClassOfAfterTaxShown contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013_LegalEntityAxis_S000004198Member">&lt;div&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;After-tax performance is presented only for Class A shares of the Fund.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</rr:PerformanceTableOneClassOfAfterTaxShown>
<cik0001048133:SupplementTextBlock contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013_LegalEntityAxis_S000004197Member">&lt;div align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;DELAWARE GROUP&lt;font style="display: inline; font-size: 9px; vertical-align: text-top;"&gt;&amp;#174;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#160;FOUNDATION FUNDS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Delaware Foundation&lt;font style="display: inline; font-size: 9px; vertical-align: text-top;"&gt;&amp;#174;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#160;Growth Allocation Fund&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Supplement to the Funds&amp;#8217; Statutory Prospectus&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;dated January 28, 2013&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The following replaces the average annual total return table related to the Fund in the section entitled, &amp;#8220;How has Delaware Foundation Growth Allocation Fund performed&amp;#63;&amp;#8221; on page 9.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Average annual total returns for periods ended&amp;#160;December 31, 2012&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;
&lt;table style="width: 100%; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family:
 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;1 year&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;5 years&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;10 years or lifetime&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Class A return before taxes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;6.14%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;0.89%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;6.63%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Class A return after taxes on distributions&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;5.88%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;0.39%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;6.08%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Class A return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;4.35%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;0.59%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;5.67%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Class B return before taxes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;8.59%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;1.24%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;6.61%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Class C return before taxes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;10.77%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;1.34%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;6.45%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Class R return before taxes (lifetime:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;6/2/03-12/31/12)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;12.24%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;1.85%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right:
 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;6.13%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Institutional Class return before taxes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;12.77%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;2.35%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;7.52%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;font style="display: inline; font-size: 9px; vertical-align: text-top;"&gt;&amp;#174;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#160;Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;16.00%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;1.66%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;7.10%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;*&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Because the Fund has combined its retail and institutional prospectuses, the bar chart and the after tax returns in the average annual total returns table show the performance of the Fund's Class A shares.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;After-tax performance is presented only for Class A shares of the Fund. The after-tax returns for other Fund classes may vary. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor's individual tax situation and may differ from the returns shown. After-tax returns are not relevant for shares held in tax-deferred investment vehicles such as employer-sponsored 401(k) plans and individual retirement accounts (IRAs). The after-tax returns shown are calculated using the highest individual federal marginal income tax rates in effect during the periods presented and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Investments in the Funds are not and will not be deposits with or liabilities of Macquarie Bank Limited ABN 46 008 583 542 and its holding companies, including their subsidiaries or related companies (the "Macquarie Group"), and are subject to investment risk, including possible delays in repayment and loss of income and capital invested. No Macquarie Group company guarantees or will guarantee the performance of the Funds, the repayment of capital from the Funds, or any particular rate of return.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display:
 block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Please keep this Supplement for future reference.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;This Supplement is dated February 14, 2013.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</cik0001048133:SupplementTextBlock>
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&lt;div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; display: inline;"&gt;DELAWARE GROUP&lt;font style="font-size: 70%; vertical-align: text-top; display: inline;"&gt;&amp;#174;&lt;/font&gt; FOUNDATION FUNDS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; display: inline;"&gt;Delaware Foundation&lt;font style="font-size: 70%; vertical-align: text-top; display: inline;"&gt;&amp;#174;&lt;/font&gt; Moderate Allocation Fund&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; display: inline;"&gt;Supplement to the Funds&amp;#8217; Statutory Prospectus&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; display: inline;"&gt;dated January 28, 2013&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; display: inline;"&gt;The following replaces the average annual total return table related to the Fund in the section entitled, &amp;#8220;How has Delaware Foundation Moderate Allocation Fund performed?&amp;#8221; on page 14.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;Average annual total returns for periods ended December 31, 2012&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;
&lt;table style="width: 100%; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; display: inline;"&gt;1 year&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; display: inline;"&gt;5 years&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; display: inline;"&gt;10 years or lifetime&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;Class A return before taxes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;4.91%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;2.98%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;6.64%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;Class A return after taxes on distributions&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;4.54%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;2.44%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;6.11%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;Class A return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;3.41%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;2.29%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;5.59%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;Class B return before taxes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;6.48%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;2.99%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;6.61%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;Class C return before taxes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;9.54%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;3.41%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;6.45%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;Class R return before taxes (lifetime:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;6/2/03-12/31/12)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;11.15%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;3.91%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;6.19%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;Institutional Class return before taxes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;11.67%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;4.43%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;7.53%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;S&amp;amp;P 500 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;16.00%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;1.66%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;7.10%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;4.22%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;5.95%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;&lt;!--EFPlaceholder--&gt;5.18%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; display: inline;"&gt;After-tax performance is presented only for Class A shares of the Fund. The after-tax returns for other Fund classes may vary. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor's individual tax situation and may differ from the returns shown. After-tax returns are not relevant for shares held in tax-deferred investment vehicles such as employer-sponsored 401(k) plans and individual retirement accounts (IRAs). The after-tax returns shown are calculated using the highest individual federal marginal income tax rates in effect during the periods presented and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; display: inline;"&gt;Investments in the Funds are not and will not be deposits with or liabilities of Macquarie Bank Limited ABN 46 008 583 542 and its holding companies, including their subsidiaries or related companies (the "Macquarie Group"), and are subject to investment risk, including possible delays in repayment and loss of income and capital invested. No Macquarie Group company guarantees or will guarantee the performance of the Funds, the repayment of capital from the Funds, or any particular rate of return.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; display: inline;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; display: inline;"&gt;Please keep this Supplement for future reference.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center" style="text-indent: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; display: inline;"&gt;This Supplement is dated February 14, 2013.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</cik0001048133:SupplementTextBlock>
<cik0001048133:SupplementTextBlock contextRef="Context_Custom_28-Jan-2013_LegalEntityAxis_S000004198Member">&lt;div align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;DELAWARE GROUP&lt;font style="display: inline; font-size: 9px; vertical-align: text-top;"&gt;&amp;#174;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#160;FOUNDATION FUNDS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Delaware Foundation&lt;font style="display: inline; font-size: 9px; vertical-align: text-top;"&gt;&amp;#174;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#160;Conservative Allocation Fund&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Supplement to the Funds&amp;#8217; Statutory Prospectus&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;dated January 28, 2013&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;The following replaces the average annual total return table related to the Fund in the section entitled, &amp;#8220;How has Delaware Foundation Conservative Allocation Fund performed&amp;#63;&amp;#8221; on page 19.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Average annual total returns for periods ended&amp;#160;December 31, 2012&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;"&gt;
&lt;table style="width: 100%; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right:
 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;1 year&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;5 years&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;10 years or lifetime&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Class A return before taxes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;3.30%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;4.45%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;6.25%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Class A return after taxes on distributions&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;2.55%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;3.34%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;5.25%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Class A return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund shares&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;2.33%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;3.22%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;4.91%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Class B return before taxes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;5.48%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;5.01%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;6.31%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Class C return before taxes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;7.73%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;4.92%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;6.07%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="left" valign="bottom" width="46%"&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Class R return before taxes (lifetime:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;6/2/03-12/31/12)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;9.29%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;5.43%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td align="right" valign="bottom" width="10%"&gt;
&lt;div align="right" style="text-indent: 0pt; display:
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&lt;div align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;*&amp;#160;&amp;#160;Because the Fund has combined its retail and institutional prospectuses, the bar chart and the after tax returns in the average annual total returns table show the performance of the Fund's Class A shares.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;After-tax performance is presented only for Class A shares of the Fund. The after-tax returns for other Fund classes may vary. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor's individual tax situation and may differ from the returns shown. After-tax returns are not relevant for shares held in tax-deferred investment vehicles such as employer-sponsored 401(k) plans and individual retirement accounts (IRAs). The after-tax returns shown are calculated using the highest individual federal marginal income tax rates in effect during the periods presented and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Investments in the Funds are not and will not be deposits with or liabilities of Macquarie Bank Limited ABN 46 008 583 542 and its holding companies, including their subsidiaries or related companies (the "Macquarie Group"), and are subject to investment risk, including possible delays in repayment and loss of income and capital invested. No Macquarie Group company guarantees or will guarantee the performance of the Funds, the repayment of capital from the Funds, or any particular rate of return.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block;"&gt;&lt;br
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&lt;div align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0pt; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-style: italic; display: inline; font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Please keep this Supplement for future reference.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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