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Institutional | Small Cap Equity Portfolio
Small Cap Equity Portfolio (Institutional Shares)
Investment Objective
Long-term capital appreciation consistent with reasonable risk to principal.
Fees and Expenses of the Portfolio
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Portfolio.
Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses
Institutional
Small Cap Equity Portfolio
Institutional Shares
Management Fees 0.55%
Other Expenses 0.18% [1]
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses 0.73%
[1] (includes 0.05% shareholder servicing fees payable to Glenmede Trust)
Example
This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio’s Institutional Shares with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Portfolio’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example
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Institutional | Small Cap Equity Portfolio | Institutional Shares | USD ($) 75 233 406 906
Portfolio Turnover
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. During the most recent fiscal year, the Portfolio’s portfolio turnover rate was 54% of the average value of its portfolio.
Principal Investment Strategies
Under normal market circumstances, the Portfolio invests at least 80% of the value of its net assets (including borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities, such as common stocks and preferred stocks, of U.S. small cap companies that Glenmede Investment Management LP (the “Advisor”) believes are undervalued. Small cap companies include companies with market capitalizations, at the time of purchase, that are within the market capitalization range of any stock in the Russell 2000® Index at its last rebalancing. That capitalization range was $152.3 million to $5 billion as of May 10, 2019.

The Advisor uses a combination of quantitative and fundamental research to select securities. The Advisor uses a quantitative proprietary multi-factor computer model which identifies a list of attractive securities having revenue and earnings growth potential with reasonable valuations, then applies fundamental research to select which securities to buy and sell for this Portfolio.
Principal Investment Risks
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. Each risk summarized below is considered a “principal risk” of investing in the Portfolio, regardless of the order in which it appears. 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.

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.
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 stocks held by the Portfolio will underperform other types of securities. Market risks, including political, regulatory, market, economic and social developments, and developments that impact specific economic sectors, industries or segments of the market, can affect the value of the Portfolio’s investments. Natural disasters, public health emergencies (including pandemics and epidemics), terrorism and other global unforeseeable events may lead to instability in world economies and markets, may lead to market volatility, and may have adverse long-term effects. The Portfolio cannot predict the effects of such unforeseeable events in the future on the economy, the markets or the Portfolio’s investments.

Value Style Risk: Although the Portfolio invests in stocks the Advisor believes to be undervalued, there is no guarantee that the prices of these stocks will not move even lower. In addition, the value investment style can shift into and out of favor with investors, depending on market and economic conditions. As a result, the Portfolio may at times outperform or underperform other funds that invest more broadly or employ a different investment style.

Small Cap Risk: The Portfolio is subject to the risk that the stocks of smaller and newer issuers can be more volatile and more speculative than the stocks of larger issuers. Smaller companies tend to have limited resources, product lines and market share. As a result, their share prices tend to fluctuate more than those of larger companies. Their shares may also trade less frequently and in limited volume, making them potentially less liquid. The price of small company stocks might fall regardless of trends in the broader market.
Performance Information
The bar chart and table below provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Portfolio. The bar chart shows how the performance of the Portfolio’s Institutional Shares has varied from year to year. The table shows how the average annual total returns for one, five and ten years of the Portfolio’s Institutional Shares compare to those of selected market indices. The Portfolio’s past performance, before and after-taxes, does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available by visiting www.glenmedeim.com or by calling 1-800-442-8299.
Small Cap Equity Portfolio (Institutional Shares)
Bar Chart
During the periods shown in the bar chart, the highest quarterly return was 18.46% (for the quarter ended December 31, 2010) and the lowest quarterly return was -22.07% (for the quarter ended September 30, 2011).
After-tax returns for the Portfolio are calculated using the historical highest individual Federal marginal income tax rates, and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on the investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who hold their Portfolio shares through tax-deferred arrangements such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”).
Average Annual Total Returns (for the periods ended December 31, 2019)
Average Annual Total Returns - Institutional - Small Cap Equity Portfolio
Past 1 Year
Past 5 Years
Past 10 Years
Institutional Shares 21.33% 6.42% 12.08%
Institutional Shares | Return After Taxes on Distributions 21.23% 4.95% 11.00%
Institutional Shares | Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares 12.69% 4.86% 9.92%
Russell 2000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) 25.52% 8.23% 11.83%
Russell 2000® Value Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) [1] 22.39% 6.99% 10.56%
S&P 500® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes) [2] 31.49% 11.70% 13.56%
Morningstar Small Blend Average [3] 23.75% 6.70% 10.60%
[1] The Russell 2000® Value Index is provided so that investors may compare the performance of the Portfolio to another well-known index for small cap stocks.
[2] The S&P 500® Index is provided so that investors may compare the performance of the Portfolio with the performance of a well-known index of leading U.S. companies.
[3] The Morningstar Small Blend Average is provided so that investors may compare the performance of the Portfolio with the performance of a peer group of funds that Morningstar, Inc. considers similar to the Portfolio.