0000835663 gfi:S000038394Member 2011-09-29 2012-09-28 0000835663 2011-09-29 2012-09-28 0000835663 gfi:S000038394Member gfi:C000118430Member 2011-09-29 2012-09-28 pure iso4217:USD <div style="display:none">~ http://www.glenmede.com/role/ScheduleShareholderFeesInternationalSecuredOptionsPortfolio column period compact * ~</div> Example            The Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Portfolio shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual portfolio operating expenses or in the example, affect the Portfolio’s performance. The Portfolio may actively trade portfolio securities to achieve its principal investment strategies. Prior to the date of this prospectus, the Portfolio had not commenced operations and did not have a portfolio turnover rate. However, it is expected that the Portfolio’s portfolio turnover rate will be in excess of 100% of the average value of its portfolio. International Secured Options Portfolio  Other Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the first full fiscal year of the Portfolio. <div style="display:none">~ http://www.glenmede.com/role/ScheduleAnnualFundOperatingExpensesInternationalSecuredOptionsPortfolio column period compact * ~</div> Shareholder Fees        (fees paid directly from your investment) Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses        (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)            This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Portfolio. GLENMEDE FUND INC            This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Portfolio’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: 485BPOS Principal Investment Strategies 2012-09-28 2012-09-28 Investment Objective   Therefore, you could lose money by investing in the Portfolio. Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the first full fiscal year of the Portfolio. 0000835663            All investments carry a certain amount of risk and the Portfolio cannot guarantee that it will achieve its investment objective. In addition, the strategies that the Advisor uses may fail to produce the intended result. An investment in the Portfolio is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Therefore, you could lose money by investing in the Portfolio. Market Risk            Stocks may decline over short or even extended periods of time. Equity markets tend to be cyclical: there are times when stock prices generally increase, and other times when they generally decrease. In addition, the Portfolio is subject to the additional risk that the particular types of securities held by the Portfolio will underperform other types of securities. Options Risk            Writing and purchasing call and put options are highly specialized activities and entail greater than ordinary investment risks. The successful use of options depends in part on the future price fluctuations and the degree of correlation between the options and the securities markets. The value of the Portfolio’s positions in options fluctuates in response to changes in the value of the underlying foreign security, foreign index, or foreign stock index ETF, as applicable. The Portfolio also risks losing all or part of the cash paid for purchasing call and put options. Portfolio assets covering written options cannot be sold while the option is outstanding, unless replaced with similar assets. As a result, there is a possibility that segregation of a large percentage of the Portfolio’s assets could affect its portfolio management as well as the ability of the Portfolio to meet redemption requests or other current obligations. Unusual market conditions or the lack of a ready market for any particular option at a specific time may reduce the effectiveness of the Portfolio’s option strategies, and for these and other reasons the Portfolio’s option strategies may not reduce the Portfolio’s volatility to the extent desired. The Portfolio may reduce its holdings of put options resulting in an increased exposure to a market decline. Frequent Trading Risk            The Portfolio may actively trade portfolio securities to achieve its principal investment strategies. A high rate of portfolio turnover involves correspondingly high transaction costs, which may adversely affect the Portfolio’s performance over time. High portfolio turnover may also result in the realization of short-term capital gains. Distributions derived from such gains will be treated as ordinary income for Federal income tax purposes. ADR/Foreign Investment Risk            The Portfolio intends to invest in foreign securities in the form of ADRs, which are depositary receipts issued in registered form by a U.S. bank or trust company evidencing ownership of underlying securities issued by a foreign company and listed on a U.S. stock exchange. Investments in ADRs involve risks similar to those accompanying direct investments in foreign securities. The Portfolio is subject to additional risks due to its foreign investments. Foreign stocks involve special risks not typically associated with U.S. stocks. Foreign investments may be riskier than U.S. investments because of factors such as foreign government restrictions, changes in currency exchange rates, incomplete financial information about the issuers of securities, and political or economic instability. Foreign stocks may be more volatile and less liquid than U.S. stocks. Emerging Markets Risk            The risks associated with foreign investments are heightened when investing in emerging markets. The governments and economies of emerging market countries feature greater instability than those of more developed countries. Such investments tend to fluctuate in price more widely and to be less liquid than other foreign investments. Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”)            The Portfolio intends to invest in ETFs that seek to track the performance of foreign securities indices. Shares of ETFs have many of the same risks as direct investments in the underlying securities they are designed to track, although the lack of liquidity may make ETFs more volatile. ETFs have investment management fees and other expenses which will be indirectly paid by the Portfolio.            The Portfolio may be appropriate for you if you are investing for goals several years away, and are comfortable with stock market risks. The Portfolio would not be appropriate for you if you are investing for short-term goals, or are mainly seeking current income. Fees and Expenses of the Portfolio            Under normal market circumstances, the Portfolio uses option writing strategies in an effort to obtain option premiums and reduce risk. The Portfolio will implement buy-write (covered call) and/or cash-secured put option strategies on foreign stock index exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), foreign stock indices and/or individual foreign stocks held by the Portfolio. Covered call and cash-secured put options are intended to reduce volatility, earn option premiums and provide more stable returns. Selling call options reduces the risk of owning stocks by the receipt of the option premiums and selling put options reduces the purchase price of the underlying stock, but both strategies limit the opportunity to profit from an increase in the market value of the underlying security in exchange for up-front cash at the time of selling the call or put option. Under normal market circumstances, at least 80% of the value of the Portfolio’s total assets (including borrowings for investment purposes) will be subject to secured option strategies, which are written covered call and/or secured put options on foreign stock index ETFs, foreign stock indices and/or individual foreign stocks held by the Portfolio. The Portfolio is called International “Secured Options” because the call and put options it writes will be covered by owning the foreign security, index or ETFs underlying the option, holding an offsetting option, segregating cash or other liquid assets at not less than the full value of the option or the exercise price, and/or using other permitted coverage methods. At any given time, the Portfolio’s assets may be subject to only calls or only puts, or a combination of both strategies. To the extent that the Portfolio’s assets are only subject to puts, the assets will consist of cash or cash equivalents in order to secure the puts. In that event, there may be few if any foreign stocks or other foreign securities held by the Portfolio. To the extent that the Portfolio’s assets are only subject to covered calls on a foreign stock index, the Portfolio may hold foreign stock index ETFs instead of individual foreign stocks that replicate the movement of the foreign index, in addition to the other permitted coverage methods.            To the extent that the Portfolio’s assets are not only subject to cash-secured puts or calls on a foreign stock index covered by foreign stock index ETFs, the Portfolio intends to invest in a diversified portfolio of foreign equity securities of companies based in at least three different countries, other than the United States, with generally similar risk and return characteristics as the Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australia, and Far East Index (“MSCI EAFE Index”). The Portfolio may invest in companies with small, medium or large market capitalizations in developed, developing or emerging markets in advancement of its investment objective. The Portfolio intends to invest in foreign securities in the form of American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) which are securities issued by a U.S. bank that represent interests in foreign equity securities listed on a U.S. stock exchange. The Portfolio may also buy call and put options on foreign stock index ETFs, foreign stock indices or individual foreign stocks.            Glenmede Investment Management LP’s (the “Advisor”) selection of securities to buy or sell is based on a combination of proprietary multifactor computer models and fundamental analysis. The computer models rank securities based on certain criteria, such as valuation ratios, and other models focus on risk analysis and overall portfolio characteristics. The Advisor buys securities that the models identify as undervalued and more likely to appreciate, and sells securities that the Advisor identifies as overvalued and more likely to depreciate. Portfolio Turnover false 2012-09-28 2012-09-28 Performance Information <div style="display:none">~ http://www.glenmede.com/role/ScheduleExpenseExampleTransposedInternationalSecuredOptionsPortfolio column period compact * ~</div> Principal Investment Risks An investment in the Portfolio is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.            Long-term capital appreciation and option premiums consistent with reasonable risk to principal.             Because the Portfolio has not commenced operations as of the date of this prospectus, information on the Portfolio’s performance is not included in this section.            Because the Portfolio has not commenced operations as of the date of this prospectus, information on the Portfolio’s performance is not included in this section. 368 118 0.0116 0.0125 0.0055 0.0016 1 0.0045 Investors in the Portfolio may be clients of The Glenmede Trust Company, N.A. ("Glenmede Trust") or its affiliated companies ("Affiliates"). The "Maximum Account Fee" in the above table is the current maximum annual fee that Glenmede Trust or its Affiliates would charge its clients directly for fiduciary, trust and/or advisory services (e.g., personal trust, estate, advisory, tax and custodian services). Glenmede Trust and its Affiliates currently intend to exclude the portion of their clients' assets invested in the Portfolio when calculating client fees. Other Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the first full fiscal year of the Portfolio. Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the first full fiscal year of the Portfolio.