N-CSRS 1 l34595anvcsrs.htm FORM N-CSRS - SEMI ANNUAL REPORT nvcsrs
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-06526
Coventry Group
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
     
3435 Stelzer Road Columbus, OH   43219
 
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)
3435 Stelzer Road Columbus, OH 43219
 
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-800-282-8782
Date of fiscal year end: March 31, 2009
Date of reporting period: September 30, 2008
 
 

 


 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

 


 

(BOSTON TRUST INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC LOGO)    
Boston Trust Balanced Fund
Boston Trust Equity Fund
Boston Trust Small Cap Fund
Boston Trust Midcap Fund
Walden Social Balanced Fund
Walden Social Equity Fund
(WALDEN ASSET MANAGEMENT LOGO)    
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
September 30, 2008
(Unaudited)

 


 

    Semi-Annual Report
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(BOSTON TRUST INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC LOGO)    
    Boston Trust Balanced Fund
    Boston Trust Equity Fund
Market and Performance Review (Unaudited)   Manager Commentary by Domenic Colasacco
Investment Concerns:
Equity securities (stocks) are more volatile and carry more risk than other forms of investments, including investments in high-grade fixed income securities. The net asset value per share of this Fund will fluctuate as the value of the securities in the portfolio changes. Common stocks, and funds investing in common stocks, generally provide greater return potential when compared with other types of investments. Bonds offer a relatively stable level of income, although bond prices will fluctuate providing the potential for principal gain or loss. Intermediate-term, higher-quality bonds generally offer less risk than longer-term bonds and a lower rate of return.
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. Total return figures include change in share price, reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please call us at 1.800.282.8782 ext. 7050.
As I draft this report on October 8th, key segments of the credit markets in the United States are in crisis, and similar problems are evident in economies around the globe. Given extensive media coverage of the credit market issues and our own comments in prior reports, we will not detail the sequence of events that brought the financial markets to their current state. Suffice to note that a combination of speculative loans and investments, together with the highly leveraged capital structures of many large financial institutions, preceded the downfall. Over the past year, the Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) and U.S. Treasury were able to manage widespread credit problems reasonably well by reducing interest rates, providing systemic liquidity as needed, and encouraging weaker firms to merge with stronger competitors. The pattern was broken about a month ago, however, when Lehman Brothers, one of the largest investment banks in the country, filed for bankruptcy. Lehman’s competitors were not willing or able to assume its extensive financial obligations. Whether for political reasons or to underscore the concept of moral hazard, the Fed and U. S. Treasury also decided to let Lehman fail.
In hindsight, we believe a reasonable argument can be made that the government’s Lehman decision precipitated the near-gridlock in the credit markets that followed. In an effort to ease their own restricted liquidity, many banks have begun to reduce customer credit lines and have even become fearful of lending to one another. Moreover, within two weeks of Lehman’s bankruptcy four other major financial firms failed or sought better situated merger partners. In turn, fixed income investors have lost confidence in virtually every entity except the U.S. Government, which has led to much higher than normal borrowing costs for even the largest, most credit-worthy borrowers. With a full understanding of the severe danger implied by the scarcity and cost of credit, Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Paulson sought authority for greater and more direct government intervention through the $700 billion bailout bill. After much political posturing, the bill was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Bush on October 3. While neither we nor anyone else knows for sure whether $700 billion is adequate, or ideally structured, there is little question that doing nothing would have been worse for the economy. Our most salient economic concern now is the damage the crisis is inflicting on both business and consumer confidence. Indeed, even with the latest government intervention, we believe that the economy has entered a recession that could be longer and more severe than what seemed likely just a month ago.
With respect to recent investment returns, stock prices were volatile, but actually moved marginally higher through the months of July and August. Once the credit crisis began in September, not surprisingly, equity values fell suddenly to new 2008 lows. The steep decline has continued through the first few days of October. In contrast to most periods of sharp stock market declines over the past 25 years, this time bonds failed to provide their usual counter-cyclical portfolio balance. Corporate bonds performed poorly, as yield spreads relative to government obligations rose to record levels. Even U.S. Treasury bond prices increased only marginally for the quarter. Many investors believe that the eventual long term consequence of the global debt problem is higher inflation in the years ahead and are reluctant to invest aggressively in government bonds with longer maturities at current low interest rates.

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    Boston Trust Balanced Fund
Boston Trust Equity Fund
Market and Performance Review (Unaudited) (cont.)   Manager Commentary by Domenic Colasacco
Financial Markets and Fund Performance
The -2.86% total return for the Boston Trust Balanced Fund for the third quarter is less than the levels experienced by most balanced mutual funds, as is the -9.01% year-to-date total return. Both periods were aided by better than benchmark performance within the bond and equity segments. Results have followed a similar pattern in early October. As noted in prior quarterly reports, a loss of any amount is never pleasant. Through these difficult times, however, we are pleased that the Balanced Fund’s relative performance remains above average. The Equity Fund has also performed better than its S&P 500 benchmark this year. Where to from here? Is it best to sit tight and let the crisis pass, as have all others in the past 50 plus years? Or, as a few financial commentators have mentioned, is the current situation so different from anything we have experienced since World War II that we are about to enter another period similar to the 1930’s? As outlined in the segments that follow, the former, while not assured, appears far more likely to us.
Economic Summary and Outlook
Warren Buffett granted an hour-long interview to Charlie Rose of PBS on October 1. Mr. Rose asked a series of questions about the prevailing credit crisis and economy in general, and, in particular, sought Mr. Buffet’s view on the $700 billion bailout bill, which had just failed a first vote in the House of Representatives. During the interview, Mr. Buffett characterized the American economy as a star athlete, with many prime years left, who just happened to be in cardiac arrest. Mr. Buffett expressed his view that the $700 billion package was essential to bring the athlete back to life, and that it did not make much sense for anyone to argue at that time whether the financial remedy should be slightly more or less, or be applied differently. There would be time to adjust the medicine later. Mr. Buffett then went on to espouse his confidence in the long term growth and vitality of the American economic system.
Except for the cardiac arrest analogy (we prefer a broken leg or ankle, neither of which are potentially fatal), we concur with Mr. Buffett’s belief that, however serious the current crisis may be, it is both manageable and ultimately curable. As a society, we have learned much over the past 100 years about economic behavior and the critical role of government during times of crisis. Thus far, our own government, along with those in other industrialized countries, has behaved far differently today than in the 1930’s. Except in the Lehman case, the government is not sitting back and allowing the private sector to essentially fend for itself. Indeed, the Treasury and Fed have taken unprecedented steps to insure many types of deposits, provide liquidity, and sustain credit availability. The current bailout bill is designed to strengthen directly the balance sheets of many financial institutions. We are confident that even more direct government intervention in the financial markets will be forthcoming as needed, along with further fiscal stimulus early in the new administration.
As noted above, we do not believe that absence of government intervention is a significant risk. We have far greater concern about the enormous damage that the current financial crisis has already inflicted on consumer, business, and investor confidence. Recent economic reports clearly indicate that a recession has already begun. The primary question now is the depth and length of the recession. Since World War II, the deepest recession we have experienced was in the early 1980’s, when the Fed intentionally tightened credit in order to deflate an inflationary spiral. At that time, unemployment approximated 10%, real Gross Domestic Product1 fell irregularly for over a year, and corporate profits dropped by roughly 25%. Given the severity of the current situation, a repeat of that period is certainly plausible. For the economic recession to prove more severe, in our opinion, either government would have to fail in its designated role, or long-held academic theories about our economic system would need to have been wrong all along.
Investment Strategy
Asset Allocation: Our policy and practice has been to keep the Balanced Fund’s equity allocation within an approximate range of 45% to 75% of total assets. Two primary factors drive our allocation decision process: comparative equity valuations and prospective economic conditions. When both are favorable, we tend to keep stock exposure near maximum, while the opposite is true during periods of high stock prices and weak economics. Gradations in either or both factors lead us to some middle ground. Our decision over the past year or so to reduce the equity allocation in the Balanced Fund from roughly 75% to about 60% at the end of September reflected our increasing concern about a potential recession. In hindsight, a greater reduction would have been better. We did not reduce equity exposure more due to the apparently reasonable valuations of stocks, the low absolute level of interest rates and, in particular, our view that the recession was most likely to be comparatively mild. More importantly, we never anticipated the type of credit crisis that has developed over the past month. It is not possible to project how much further stock prices may drop within the current panic atmosphere. Much of the current selling pressure is being driven by a combination of fear and the need of some investors to build short-term liquidity.
If we look beyond the current environment, we believe aggregate stock prices have already declined sufficiently to reflect a recession similar to the early 1980’s. Moreover, stock indices will recover as
 
  Portfolio composition is subject to change.
 
1   The Gross Domestic Product is the measure of the market value of the goods and services produced by labor and property in the United States.

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    Boston Trust Balanced Fund
Boston Trust Equity Fund
Market and Performance Review (Unaudited) (cont.)   Manager Commentary by Domenic Colasacco
quickly as they have fallen over the past month if economic trends are not as severe as currently feared. A combination of recent equity sales and the natural consequence of a sharp price drop in October has brought the Balanced Fund’s equity allocation to just below 55% of total assets. Unless we revise our economic view to incorporate an even worse outcome than outlined above, we expect to retain stock exposure close to the current level in the months ahead.
Fixed Income and Equity Components: For the third quarter of 2008, the Balanced Fund outperformed the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index3. However, it underperformed the Lehman Bothers Government/Credit Index2. Among bonds, the superior return reflected our decision to have over 80% of the investments in either U.S. Treasury or U.S. Government Agency obligations. The stocks in the Balanced and Equity Funds declined by about four percentage points less than the S&P 500 this year. Emphasis in stocks of generally higher quality companies aided comparative equity results, as did continued low exposure to the most vulnerable firms within the financial sector. Going forward, market turmoil usually leads to valuation extremes among individual issues. Our objective will be to improve the value/return tradeoff across the equity portfolios of both funds in order to participate fully in the inevitable recovery in prices, whenever it may occur.
On behalf of all of us at Boston Trust & Investment Management Company, we thank you for your continued confidence in our services. Please feel free to contact either me or my colleagues at (617) 726-7252 should you have any questions about our investment views or your account.
-s- Domenic Colasacco
Domenic Colasacco
Portfolio Manager and President
Boston Trust Investment Management, Inc.
 
  Portfolio composition is subject to change.
 
2   The Lehman Brothers U.S. Government/Credit Index is unmanaged index that includes treasuries (i.e., public obligations of the U.S. Treasury that have remaining maturities of more than one year) and agencies (i.e., publicly issue debt of U.S. Government agencies, quasi-federal corporations, and corporate or foreign debt guaranteed by the U.S. Government). Also included are publicly issued U.S. corporate and foreign debentures and secured notes that meet specified maturity, liquidity, and quality requirements.
 
3   The Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index is an unmanaged index that is generally representative of the U.S. stock market as a whole.

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Investment Performance (Unaudited)   Boston Trust Balanced Fund
September 30, 2008
Fund Net Asset Value: $28.87
Gross Expense Ratio1: 1.09%
                                         
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    Quarter   Six Months   1 Year   5 Years   10 Years
    Ended   Ended   Ended   Ended   Ended
    9/30/08   9/30/08   9/30/08   9/30/08   9/30/08
Boston Trust Balanced Fund
    -2.86 %     -4.75 %     -8.34 %     6.04 %     4.98 %
Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Growth Funds Average
    -9.50 %     -10.49 %     -17.90 %     4.49 %     3.79 %
Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index
    -8.37 %     -10.87 %     -21.98 %     5.17 %     3.06 %
Lehman Brothers Government/Credit Index
    -1.64 %     -3.13 %     2.41 %     3.34 %     5.00 %
Citigroup 90-Day U.S. Treasury Bills
    0.43 %     0.83 %     2.55 %     3.09 %     3.39 %
Composite Index**
    -4.80 %     -6.51 %     -10.28 %     4.38 %     4.18 %
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-282-8782 ext. 7050.
The Boston Trust Balanced Fund is compared to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index and the Lehman Brothers Government/Credit Bond Index. These indices are unmanaged and generally representative of the U.S Stock market, U.S. treasury/government agencies and corporate debt securities, respectively. The performance of an index does not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of fees for these services. Investors cannot invest directly in an index, although they can invest in the underlying securities.
The Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Growth Funds Average is an average of managed mutual funds whose primary objective is to maintain a mix of between 60%-80% equity securities with the remainder invested in bonds, cash and cash equivalents.
The Citigroup 90-Day U.S. Treasury Bills are represented by the U.S. Treasury Bill Total Return Index. Treasury bills are government guaranteed and offer a fixed rate of return. Return and principal of stocks and bonds will vary with market conditions. Treasury bills are less volatile than longer term fixed-income securities and are guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by the U.S. Government.
 
**   The Combined S&P 500 Index, Lehman Brothers U.S. Government/Credit Index and the Citigroup 90 Day U.S. Treasury Bill Index (the “Composite Index”) is comprised of a blend of the fifty percent of the S&P 500 Index, forty percent of the Lehman Brothers U.S. Government/Credit Index and ten percent of the Citigroup 90 Day U.S. Treasury Bill Index. The Composite Index is intended to provide a single benchmark that more accurately reflects the composition of securities held by the Boston Trust Balanced Fund. The individual performance of each index that comprises the Composite Index is detailed in the table above.
 
    The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
1   The above Gross Expense ratio is from the Funds prospectus dated August 1, 2008. Additional information pertaining to the Funds’ expense ratios as of September 30, 2008 can be found in the financial highlights. The performance would have been lower without the fee waivers. This excludes the indirect costs of investing in Acquired Funds, total Fund Operating Expenses, based on the funds prospectus dated August 1, 2008, would be 1.08% and Net Expenses would be 1.00%.
Boston Trust Equity Fund
September 30, 2008
Fund Net Asset Value: $12.20
Gross Expense Ratio2: 1.10%
                                 
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    Quarter Ended   Six Months Ended   1 Year Ended   Since Inception
    9/30/08   9/30/08   9/30/08   10/1/03
Boston Trust Equity Fund
    -5.06 %     -7.37 %     -15.32 %     6.00 %
Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index
    -8.37 %     -10.87 %     -21.98 %     4.71 %
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-282-8782 ext. 7050.
The Boston Trust Equity Fund is compared to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index, which is unmanaged and generally representative of the U.S Stock market. The performance of an index does not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of fees for these services. Investors cannot invest directly in an index, although they can invest in the underlying securities.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
2   The above Gross Expense ratio is from the Funds prospectus dated August 1, 2008. Additional information pertaining to the Funds’ expense ratios as of September 30, 2008 can be found in the financial highlights. The performance would have been lower without the fee waivers. The total Fund Operating Expenses, based on the funds prospectus dated August 1, 2008, would be 1.10% and Net Expenses would be 1.00%.

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    Boston Trust Small Cap Fund
Market and Performance Review (Unaudited)   Manager Commentary by Kenneth Scott
Investment Concerns:
Equity securities (stocks) are more volatile and carry more risk than other forms of investments, including investments in high-grade fixed income securities. The net asset value per share of this Fund will fluctuate as the value of the securities in the portfolio changes. Common stocks, and funds investing in common stocks, generally provide greater return potential when compared with other types of investments. Small-capitalization stocks typically carry additional risk, since smaller companies generally have higher risk of failure and, historically, their stocks have experienced a greater degree of volatility.
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. Total return figures include change in share price, reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please call us at 1.800.282.8782 ext. 7050.
Financial Markets and Fund Performance
The Boston Trust Small Cap Fund posted a -1.47% total return for the six month period ended September 30, 2008, underperforming the Russell 2000® Index1, which returned -0.54%. However, for the one-year, three-year, five-year, and ten-year periods ended September 30, 2008, the Fund outperformed the Russell 2000® benchmark, and the small cap fund average, while also experiencing less volatility.
Economic Summary & Outlook
Valuation of small cap stocks as measured by the price-to-earnings ratio2 (PE) of the Russell 2000® Index was 25x as of September 30, moving closer to, yet still above, the long-term average. In addition, profit margins for small cap stocks remain near historical peaks. These facts, in combination with an economic environment of declining Gross Domestic Product3 growth, may favor U.S. large cap stocks over U.S. small cap stocks. Nevertheless, we believe that our focus on innovative, higher quality stocks leveraged to faster growing areas of the economy may continue to provide value to client portfolios, both relative to the small cap market and through diversification.4
We believe that two factors explain in part the slight relative underperformance during the past six months. First, we were modestly underweighted in financials. In spite of the headlines, the shares of many finance companies fared well during the past six months. We continue to aim for sector comparability, and note below some financials that we have identified and believe to be of higher quality. Nevertheless, relative to banks in particular, we believe that caution and discipline are still merited.
Second, the Fund holdings include a number of firms focused on producing energy efficient devices or services. The drop in oil prices during the past six months appears to have negatively affected market sentiment toward such firms (as well as firms producing energy resources). We remain confident in our judgment that firms seeking to capitalize on long term energy resource constraints will do well.
Outside of financials, we believe our discipline of identifying higher quality stocks at reasonable valuations contributed positively to Fund performance. Going forward, as in periods past, we expect that the market’s renewed appreciation for risk will support demand for the shares of higher quality, more steadily growing companies, especially when they are more reasonably valued than their peers.
Investment Strategy
During the past six months we sold the full position of fourteen Fund holdings. Bright Horizons (BFAM), Grey Wolf (GW), LifeCell (LIFC) and Sciele Pharma (SCRX) were acquired. Church & Dwight, Cabot Oil & Gas, and New York Bancorp grew beyond the Fund’s market capitalization guideline ($3 billion). Community and regional banks Abigail Adams, Carver, Citizens Republic (CRBC), Hanmi Financial (HAFC) and UCBH (UCBH), rural lender and guarantor Farmer Mac (AGM), and trenchless construction firm Insituform (INSU) were sold anticipating deterioration in their fundamentals.
We established new Fund positions in eleven stocks. The Fund purchased a modest position in Ambassador Group (ticker: EPAX) (0.24%), which offers educational student travel under the People to PeopleTM moniker coined by President Eisenhower. The programs, featuring, for example, a visit with a member of British Parliament, qualify for credit at some universities. Credo Petroleum (CRED) (0.24%) produces natural gas using the CalliopeTM system, which enables a cost-effective return to mature wells. Digital Realty (DLR) (0.73%) is a real estate investment trust focusing on more energy efficient computer data centers.
 
1   The Russell 2000® Index is generally representative of the smallest 2000 companies in the Russell 3000® Index.
 
2   The Price-to-Earnings Ratio (“P/E Ratio”) is a valuation ratio of a company’s current share price to its per-share earnings. A high P/E means high projected earnings in the future.
 
3   The Gross Domestic Product (“GDP”) is the measure of the market value of the goods and services produced by labor and property in the United States.
 
4   Diversification does not guarantee a profit nor protect against a loss.
 
  Portfolio composition is subject to change.

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    Boston Trust Small Cap Fund
Market and Performance Review (Unaudited) (cont.)   Manager Commentary by Kenneth Scott
Natco Group (NTG) (0.57%) offers energy equipment focused on separation of oil, natural gas and water from producing wells, and on removal of polluting contaminants from produced natural gas. Umpqua (UMPQ) (0.68%) offers an accessible bank branch format in Portland, Oregon, where the housing market has avoided severe declines. More recent purchases include: catheter safety device firm ICU Medical (ICUI) (0.50%), community banks Independent Bank (INDB) (0.85%) and Southside Bancshares (SBSI) (0.52%), geothermal energy producer Ormat (ORA) (0.37%), Whole Foods Market (WFMI) (0.57%), and Wilmington Trust (WL) (2.09%). The net result of this activity was annualized Fund portfolio turnover close to 20%, the long-term level. Our efforts continue to identify higher quality, innovative companies in which to invest.
We appreciate your continued confidence in our services.
The equities of the companies in bold-face in the above commentary were holdings of the Boston Trust Small Cap Fund as of September 30, 2008.
-s- Kenneth Scott
Kenneth Scott
Portfolio Manager
Boston Trust Investment Management, Inc.
 
  Portfolio composition is subject to change.

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    Boston Trust Small Cap Fund
Investment Performance (Unaudited)   September 30, 2008
Fund Net Asset Value: $10.76
Gross Expense Ratio1: 1.15%
                                                 
                    Annualized
    Quarter   Six Months   1 Year   3 Years   5 Years   10 Years
    Ended   Ended   Ended   Ended   Ended   Ended
    9/30/08   9/30/08   9/30/08   9/30/08   9/30/08   9/30/08
Boston Trust Small Cap Fund*
    -2.71 %     -1.47 %     -10.06 %     3.98 %     10.74 %     11.45 %
Russell 2000® Index
    -1.11 %     -0.54 %     -14.48 %     1.83 %     8.15 %     7.81 %
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-282-8782 ext. 7050.
 
*   The quoted performance for the Fund reflects the performance of a collective investment fund that was previously managed with full investment authority by the parent company of the Fund’s Adviser prior to the establishment of the Fund on December 16, 2005. The performance of the collective fund has been restated to reflect the net expenses of the Fund after all expenses at an annual rate of 1.25%, the Adviser’s expense limitation, for its initial year of investment operations. The quoted performance for the Boston Trust Small Cap Fund (“Mutual Fund”) prior to December 16, 2005 (when the Fund was first registered) includes performance of a common and collective trust fund (“Commingled”) account advised by Boston Trust Investment Management, Inc. for periods dating back to September 30, 1996 and prior to commencement of operations of the Mutual Fund. The Commingled performance was restated to reflect the expenses associated with the Mutual Fund. The Commingled account was not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and, therefore, was not subject to the investment restrictions imposed by law on registered mutual funds. If the Commingled account had been registered, the Commingled accounts’ performance may have been adversely affected.
 
    The Boston Trust Small Cap Fund is compared to the Russell 2000® Index, an unmanaged index generally representative of the smallest 2000 companies in the Russell 3000® Index. The performance of an index does not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of fees for these services. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
    The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
1   The above Gross Expense ratio is from the Funds prospectus dated August 1, 2008. Additional information pertaining to the Funds’ expense ratios as of September 30, 2008 can be found in the financial highlights. The performance would have been lower without the fee waivers. This excludes the indirect costs of investing in Acquired Funds, total Fund Operating Expenses, based on the funds prospectus dated August 1, 2008, would be 1.14% and Net Expenses would be 1.14%.

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    Boston Trust Midcap Fund
Economic and Market Summary (Unaudited)   Manager Commentary by Stephen J. Amyouny
Investment Concerns:
Equity securities (stocks) are more volatile and carry more risk than other forms of investments, including investments in high-grade fixed income securities. The net asset value per share of this Fund will fluctuate as the value of the securities in the portfolio changes. Common stocks, and funds investing in common stocks, generally provide greater return potential when compared with other types of investments. Small-capitalization stocks typically carry additional risk, since smaller companies generally have higher risk of failure and, historically, their stocks have experienced a greater degree of volatility.
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. Total return figures include change in share price, reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please call us at 1.800.282.8782 ext. 7050.
Financial Markets and Fund Performance
Over the last six months, the Boston Trust Midcap Fund posted a -7.15% total return versus the benchmark Russell Midcap® Index1 return of -10.58%. The Fund’s exposure to high-quality consumer products and healthcare companies helped to offset the significant price declines of its holdings in energy-related and global infrastructure companies at the end of the third quarter. In addition, the Fund’s limited exposure to credit-sensitive financial companies and our avoidance of momentum-oriented commodity plays with weak financial positions or unsustainable earnings growth helped us avoid the worst carnage in these sectors. We also limited our exposure to domestic, consumer-oriented companies that sell discretionary goods or services. Yet, despite these marginally successful strategies, the Fund was unable to avoid the widespread selling pressure that dragged down the equity markets in general.
Economic Summary and Outlook
The financial system as we have come to know it will forever be changed by the events of the last year. During this tumultuous period, we have witnessed the financial collapse or government-aided rescue of numerous major financial institutions, including Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, AIG, Washington Mutual, Wachovia Bank, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac. In essence, “Wall Street” no longer exists. As the U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve, and government leaders have scrambled to enact legislation meant to reform our financial system and address the liquidity crisis, our economy continues to weaken and the possibility of a deep, prolonged recession has increased.
Due to these shocking events and the uncertainty surrounding the future of the global economy, financial and commodities markets across the globe have experienced sharp sell-offs this year with price declines ranging from 15% to 60%. The Russell Midcap® Index has been no exception to this trend as midcap stocks once again came under heavy selling pressure in September with most sectors posting negative results. Leading the way down were the stocks of energy, industrial materials, and commodity producers, which suffered as a result of a significant decline in commodity prices since July and fears of slowing growth in emerging markets. Ironically, these industries had been the market leaders as commodity prices escalated dramatically during the second quarter. The few bright spots in the market could be found in defensive, less economically-sensitive companies in the consumer products and healthcare sectors.
Investment Strategy
Amidst this dramatic market fall, we remain confident that our approach could produce good long-term results. After all, the panic that has cut the value of stocks almost indiscriminately has left many strong companies at historically low valuations. These are the companies we have always tried to identify. Many are today available at exceptional prices that we believe offer ample returns even if economic growth over the next few years proves tepid. Among the areas we now favor are consumer product companies and healthcare companies. These are traditional choices in difficult times, and we believe many will fare better than their current stock prices imply. In particular, we continue to believe that the long-term demographic trends across the globe (i.e. aging populations in most developed nations) and increasing wealth in emerging regions will support strong healthcare expenditures for many years to come. We have focused our healthcare investments on companies that sell medical devices and equipment, hospital supplies, and diagnostic tests/equipment. But we also find many values available in strong industrial and technology companies with superior business models and strong balance sheets. Companies with global reach, a track record of innovation, and secure financial positions are likely to prosper as weaker competitors falter. A global recession will slow their progress but not impair their underlying advantages.Finally, our approach to the financial and energy sectors is likely to prove crucial. With respect to financials, our low exposure to banks and brokers over the past year accounts for a share of the
 
  Portfolio composition is subject to change.
 
1   The Russell Midcap® Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the mid-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. The Russell MidCap® Index is a subset of the Russell 1000® Index. It includes approximately 800 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market capitalization and current index membership. The Russell MidCap® Index represents approximately 31% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 1000 companies.

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    Boston Trust Midcap Fund
Economic and Market Summary (Unaudited)(cont.)   Manager Commentary by Stephen J. Amyouny
better than market results of the Fund. While we do not claim to have foreseen the credit crisis, we did consider these industries to be too leveraged, too much the beneficiary of unsustainable yield curve strategies, and often under reserved for an inevitable economic slowdown. We plan to remain cautious toward these groups until we are confident that their capital positions are better secured and that they are well placed to prosper in what is sure to be a transformed and more highly regulated financial system. Energy sector investing faces a different challenge. Regardless of the fate of the U.S. economy, the long term outlook remains unchanged: the global demand for energy will rise as ever greater numbers of people worldwide move to urban environments or join the ranks of the middle class. Many energy companies will thus prosper, even if the recent sharp decline from speculative levels in the price of oil and gas leads to lower stock prices in the near term. We plan to retain a reasonable exposure to energy company stocks in client portfolios, focusing as usual on those with the greatest financial strength.
-s- Stephen J. Amyouny
Stephen J. Amyouny
Portfolio Manager
Boston Trust Investment Management, Inc.
 
  Portfolio composition is subject to change.

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    Boston Trust Midcap Fund
Investment Performance (Unaudited)   September 30, 2008
Fund Net Asset Value: $8.57
Gross Expense Ratio1: 1.58%
                                 
                    Annualized
    Quarter Ended   Six Months Ended   1 Year Ended   Since Inception
    9/30/08   9/30/08   9/30/08   9/24/07
Boston Trust Midcap Fund
    -8.15 %     -7.15 %     -15.30 %     -13.49 %
Russell Midcap® Index
    -12.91 %     -10.58 %     -22.36 %     -21.26 %
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-282-8782 ext. 7050.
The Boston Trust Midcap Fund is compared to the Russell Midcap® Index, an unmanaged index that measures the performance of the mid-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. The Russell MidCap® Index is a subset of the Russell 1000® Index. It includes approximately 800 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market capitalization and current index membership. The Russell MidCap® Index represents approximately 31% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 1000 companies. The performance of an index does not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of fees for these services. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
1   The above Gross Expense ratio is from the Funds prospectus dated August 1, 2008. Additional information pertaining to the Funds’ expense ratios as of September 30, 2008 can be found in the financial highlights. The performance would have been lower without the fee waivers. The total Fund Operating Expenses, based on the funds prospectus dated August 1, 2008, would be 1.58% and Net Expenses would be 1.00%.

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    Boston Trust Balanced Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments   September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
                 
Security Description   Shares     Value ($)  
Common Stocks (58.6%)
               
Consumer Discretionary (6.2%)
               
Comcast Corp., Class A
    60,000       1,177,800  
Johnson Controls, Inc.
    40,000       1,213,200  
NIKE, Inc., Class B
    35,000       2,341,500  
Nordstrom, Inc.
    10,000       288,200  
Omnicom Group, Inc.
    50,000       1,928,000  
Staples, Inc.
    35,000       787,500  
Target Corp.
    50,000       2,452,500  
The Walt Disney Co.
    18,000       552,420  
 
             
 
            10,741,120  
 
             
Consumer Products (9.4%)
               
Alberto-Culver Co.
    50,000       1,362,000  
Clorox Co.
    20,000       1,253,800  
Costco Wholesale Corp.
    40,000       2,597,200  
Diageo PLC, ADR
    30,000       2,065,800  
PepsiCo, Inc.
    50,000       3,563,500  
Procter & Gamble Co.
    60,000       4,181,400  
Sysco Corp.
    45,000       1,387,350  
 
             
 
            16,411,050  
 
             
Energy (9.1%)
               
Apache Corp.
    20,000       2,085,600  
Chevron Corp.
    40,000       3,299,200  
Exxon Mobil Corp.
    90,000       6,989,400  
Schlumberger Ltd.
    12,500       976,125  
Weatherford International Ltd.(a)
    6,000       150,840  
XTO Energy, Inc.
    50,000       2,326,000  
 
             
 
            15,827,165  
 
             
Financial Services (6.2%)
               
American Express Co.
    50,000       1,771,500  
Bank of America Corp.
    10,000       350,000  
Cincinnati Financial Corp.
    33,000       938,520  
Northern Trust Corp.
    12,500       902,500  
State Street Corp.
    30,000       1,706,400  
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
    60,000       3,222,600  
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
    5,000       640,000  
Wilmington Trust Corp.
    46,000       1,326,180  
 
             
 
            10,857,700  
 
             
Health Care (8.8%)
               
Becton, Dickinson & Co.
    35,000       2,809,100  
C.R. Bard, Inc.
    40,000       3,794,800  
DENTSPLY International, Inc.
    50,000       1,877,000  
Johnson & Johnson, Inc.
    30,000       2,078,400  
Medtronic, Inc.
    30,000       1,503,000  
Saint Jude Medical, Inc.(a)
    20,000       869,800  
Stryker Corp.
    30,000       1,869,000  
Waters Corp.(a)
    10,000       581,800  
 
             
 
            15,382,900  
 
             
Industrial Materials (3.3%)
               
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
    10,000       684,900  
AptarGroup, Inc.
    35,000       1,368,850  
Ecolab, Inc.
    20,000       970,400  
Sigma-Aldrich Corp.
    50,000       2,621,000  
 
             
 
            5,645,150  
 
             
Industrial Products & Services (8.7%)
               
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
    25,000       1,274,000  
Donaldson Co., Inc.
    75,000       3,143,250  
Emerson Electric Co.
    60,000       2,447,400  
General Electric Co.
    75,000       1,912,500  
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
    50,000       2,222,500  
Precision Castparts Corp.
    30,000       2,363,400  
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
    20,000       1,739,400  
 
             
 
            15,102,450  
 
             
 
    Shares or        
    Principal        
Security Description   Amount($)     Value ($)  
Common Stocks, continued
               
Information Technology (6.9%)
               
Cisco Systems, Inc.(a)
    100,000       2,256,000  
EMC Corp.(a)
    125,000       1,495,000  
Hewlett-Packard Co.
    30,000       1,387,200  
International Business Machines Corp.
    10,000       1,169,600  
Microsoft Corp.
    125,000       3,336,250  
Oracle Corp.(a)
    120,000       2,437,200  
 
             
 
            12,081,250  
 
             
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $68,617,939)
            102,048,785  
 
             
 
Corporate Bonds (3.0%)
               
Basic Materials (0.2%)
               
Weyerhaeuser Co., 7.25%, 7/1/13
    300,000       300,219  
 
             
Communication Services (0.3%)
               
AT&T, Inc., 5.63%, 6/15/16
    500,000       463,760  
 
             
Consumer Products (0.3%)
               
Diageo Capital PLC, 5.50%, 9/30/16
    500,000       480,479  
 
             
Financial Services (1.5%)
               
American Express Co., 7.00%, 3/19/18
    250,000       221,009  
American Express Credit Co., Series C, 5.88%, 5/2/13
    600,000       553,530  
General Electric Capital Corp., 8.30%, 9/20/09
    1,000,000       1,023,930  
John Deere Capital Corp., Series D, 5.35%, 4/3/18
    1,000,000       908,180  
 
             
 
            2,706,649  
 
             
Industrial Products & Services (0.3%)
               
Emerson Electric Co., 5.13%, 12/1/16
    300,000       286,864  
General Electric Co., 5.25%, 12/6/17
    250,000       219,141  
 
             
 
            506,005  
 
             
Information Technology (0.4%)
               
Oracle Corp., 5.75%, 4/15/18
    750,000       697,622  
 
             
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS (Cost $5,539,181)
            5,154,734  
 
             
 
Municipal Bonds (2.3%)
               
California (0.5%)
               
California State, 5.00%, 11/1/20, GO, MBIA, Callable 11/1/17 @ 100
    1,000,000       998,160  
 
             
Connecticut (0.6%)
               
Connecticut State, Series E, 5.00%, 12/15/20, GO, Callable 12/15/16 @ 100
    1,000,000       1,025,630  
 
             
Florida (0.6%)
               
Florida State Board of Education, Series D, 5.00%, 6/1/21, GO, Callable 6/1/17 @ 101
    1,000,000       1,002,210  
 
             
Massachusetts (0.6%)
               
Massachusetts State, Series C, 5.50%, 12/1/22, GO, FSA
    1,000,000       1,033,790  
 
             
TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS (Cost $4,240,244)
            4,059,790  
 
             
 
U.S. Government Agency Obligations (30.8%)
               
Federal Farm Credit Bank
               
4.75%, 12/7/09
    5,000,000       5,090,425  
6.30%, 12/20/10
    1,500,000       1,594,420  
Federal Home Loan Bank
               
4.88%, 12/14/12
    13,000,000       13,453,336  
5.00%, 10/13/11
    3,000,000       3,117,903  
5.25%, 9/11/09
    5,000,000       5,092,105  
5.25%, 6/11/10
    5,000,000       5,160,765  
See Notes to Financial Statements

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    Boston Trust Balanced Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments (cont.)   September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
                 
    Shares or        
    Principal        
Security Description   Amount($)     Value ($)  
U.S. Government Agency Obligations, continued
               
Federal Home Loan Bank, Continued
               
5.25%, 6/10/11
    3,000,000       3,132,612  
5.25%, 9/13/13
    5,000,000       5,232,030  
5.38%, 6/8/12
    5,000,000       5,258,525  
Government National Mortgage Association, 6.00%, 10/15/36
    3,094,392       3,145,288  
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Bonds, 3.50%, 1/15/11
    2,500,000       3,274,998  
 
             
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (Cost $52,631,142)
            53,552,407  
 
             
Investment Company (3.1%)
               
Victory Federal Money Market, Investor Shares, 1.60%(b)
    5,390,827       5,390,527  
 
             
TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANY (Cost $5,390,527)
            5,390,527  
 
             
 
Total Investments (Cost $136,419,033) — 97.8%
            170,206,243  
Other assets in excess of liabilities — 2.2%
            3,852,113  
 
             
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
          $ 174,058,356  
 
             
 
(a)   Represents non-income producing security.
 
(b)   Variable or Floating Rate Security. Rate disclosed is as of September 30, 2008.
 
ADR   American Depositary Receipt
 
FSA   Insured by Federal Security Assurance
 
GO   General Obligation
 
MBIA   Insured by Municipal Bond Insurance Organization
 
PLC   Public Limited Company
See Notes to Financial Statements

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Financial Statements   Boston Trust Balanced Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
         
Assets:
       
Investments, at value (cost $136,419,033)
  $ 170,206,243  
Interest and dividends receivable
    973,209  
Receivable for investments sold
    3,091,682  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    3,562  
 
     
Total Assets
    174,274,696  
 
     
 
       
Liabilities:
       
Payable for capital shares redeemed
    43,260  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities:
       
Investment adviser
    108,800  
Chief compliance officer
    3,071  
Administration
    7,280  
Custodian
    3,882  
Transfer agent
    2,099  
Other
    47,948  
 
     
Total Liabilities
    216,340  
 
     
 
       
Net Assets
  $ 174,058,356  
 
     
 
Composition of Net Assets:
       
Capital
  $ 132,647,270  
Accumulated net investment income
    2,343,134  
Accumulated net realized gains from investment transactions
    5,280,742  
Net unrealized appreciation from investments
    33,787,210  
 
     
 
       
Net Assets
  $ 174,058,356  
 
     
 
       
Shares outstanding (par value $0.001, unlimited number of shares authorized)
    6,028,935  
 
     
 
       
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price per share
  $ 28.87  
 
     
Statement of Operations
For the six months ended September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
         
Investment Income:
       
Interest
  $ 1,544,386  
Dividends
    946,537  
 
     
Total Investment Income
    2,490,923  
 
     
 
       
Expenses:
       
Investment adviser
    692,303  
Accounting
    2,145  
Administration
    184,615  
Trustee
    9,734  
Custodian
    15,374  
Transfer agency
    8,099  
Chief compliance officer
    6,681  
Other
    67,512  
 
     
Total expenses before fee reductions
    986,463  
Fees voluntarily reduced by the administrator
    (50,681 )
Fees contractually reduced by the investment adviser
    (10,542 )
 
     
Net Expenses
    925,240  
 
     
 
       
Net Investment Income
    1,565,683  
 
     
 
       
Net Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses) from Investments:
       
Net realized gains from investment transactions
    1,053,471  
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments
    (11,458,466 )
 
     
Net realized/unrealized losses from investments
    (10,404,995 )
 
     
 
       
Change in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ (8,839,312 )
 
     
See Notes to Financial Statements

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Financial Statements   Boston Trust Balanced Fund
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
                 
    For the six        
    months ended        
    September 30,     For the year ended  
    2008     March 31,  
    (Unaudited)     2008  
Investment Activities:
               
Operations:
               
Net investment income
  $ 1,565,683     $ 2,671,776  
Net realized gains/(losses) from investment transactions
    1,053,471       7,314,461  
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments
    (11,458,466 )     332,647  
 
           
Change in net assets resulting from operations
    (8,839,312 )     10,318,884  
 
           
 
               
Dividends:
               
Net investment income
          (2,580,508 )
Net realized gains from investment transactions
          (5,624,715 )
 
           
Change in net assets from shareholder dividends
          (8,205,223 )
 
           
 
               
Capital Share Transactions:
               
Proceeds from shares issued
    6,310,311       16,074,101  
Dividends reinvested
          7,856,581  
Cost of shares redeemed
    (6,726,193 )     (13,037,872 )
 
           
Change in net assets from capital share transactions
    (415,882 )     10,892,810  
 
           
 
               
Change in net assets
    (9,255,194 )     13,006,471  
 
               
Net Assets:
               
Beginning of period
    183,313,550       170,307,079  
 
           
End of period
  $ 174,058,356     $ 183,313,550  
 
           
 
               
Share Transactions:
               
Issued
    206,502       510,696  
Reinvested
          246,829  
Redeemed
    (225,024 )     (411,351 )
 
           
Change in shares
    (18,522 )     346,174  
 
           
 
               
Accumulated net investment income
  $ 2,343,134     $ 777,451  
 
           
See Notes to Financial Statements

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Financial Statements   Boston Trust Balanced Fund
Financial Highlights
Selected data for a share outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
                                                 
    For the six                                
    months ended     For the year     For the year     For the year     For the year     For the year  
    September 30,     ended     ended     ended     ended     ended  
    2008     March 31,     March 31,     March 31,     March 31,     March 31,  
    (Unaudited)     2008     2007     2006     2005     2004  
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 30.31     $ 29.87     $ 29.11     $ 28.77     $ 27.63     $ 23.71  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Investment Activities:
                                               
Net investment income
    0.26       0.46       0.46       0.53       0.50       0.43  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) from investment transactions
    (1.70 )     1.42       2.13       0.88       1.15       3.97  
 
                                   
Total from investment activities
    (1.44 )     1.88       2.59       1.41       1.65       4.40  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Dividends:
                                               
Net investment income
          (0.45 )     (0.43 )     (0.52 )     (0.50 )     (0.48 )
Net realized gains from investments
          (0.99 )     (1.40 )     (0.55 )     (0.01 )      
 
                                   
Total dividends
          (1.44 )     (1.83 )     (1.07 )     (0.51 )     (0.48 )
 
                                   
 
                                               
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 28.87     $ 30.31     $ 29.87     $ 29.11     $ 28.77     $ 27.63  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Total Return
    (4.75) %(a)     6.06 %     8.98 %     4.97 %     5.96 %     18.61 %
 
                                   
 
                                               
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
                                               
Net Assets at end of period (000’s)
  $ 174,058     $ 183,314     $ 170,307     $ 164,475     $ 172,218     $ 160,202  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets
    1.00 %(b)     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
    1.70 %(b)     1.46 %     1.50 %     1.76 %     1.75 %     1.69 %
Ratio of expenses (before fee reductions) to average net assets(c)
    1.07 %(b)     1.08 %     1.07 %     1.08 %     1.09 %     1.10 %
Portfolio turnover
    5.43 %(a)     33.49 %     37.24 %     29.77 %     10.38 %     30.04 %
 
(a)   Not annualized for periods less than one year.
 
(b)   Annualized for periods less than one year.
 
(c)   During the period, certain fees were reduced and total fund expenses are capped at 1.00%. If such expense caps had not been in place, the ratio would have been as indicated.
See Notes to Financial Statements

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Boston Trust Equity Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments   September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
                 
Security Description   Shares     Value ($)  
Common Stocks (89.8%)
               
Consumer Discretionary (10.4%)
               
Comcast Corp., Class A
    35,000       687,050  
Johnson Controls, Inc.
    25,000       758,250  
NIKE, Inc., Class B
    20,000       1,338,000  
Nordstrom, Inc.
    25,000       720,500  
Omnicom Group, Inc.
    20,000       771,200  
Staples, Inc.
    20,000       450,000  
Target Corp.
    25,000       1,226,250  
The Walt Disney Co.
    12,500       383,625  
 
             
 
            6,334,875  
 
             
Consumer Products (12.7%)
               
Alberto-Culver Co.
    30,000       817,200  
Clorox Co.
    10,000       626,900  
Costco Wholesale Corp.
    15,000       973,950  
Diageo PLC, ADR
    17,500       1,205,050  
PepsiCo, Inc.
    25,000       1,781,750  
Procter & Gamble Co.
    20,000       1,393,800  
Sysco Corp.
    30,000       924,900  
 
             
 
            7,723,550  
 
             
Energy (14.1%)
               
Apache Corp.
    10,000       1,042,800  
Chevron Corp.
    25,000       2,062,000  
ConocoPhillips
    10,000       732,500  
Exxon Mobil Corp.
    33,000       2,562,780  
Schlumberger Ltd.
    12,000       937,080  
Weatherford International Ltd.(a)
    2,000       50,280  
XTO Energy, Inc.
    25,000       1,163,000  
 
             
 
            8,550,440  
 
             
Financial Services (10.8%)
               
American Express Co.
    20,000       708,600  
Bank of America Corp.
    10,000       350,000  
Chubb Corp.
    12,500       686,250  
Cincinnati Financial Corp.
    18,000       511,920  
Northern Trust Corp.
    5,000       361,000  
State Street Corp.
    20,000       1,137,600  
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
    32,500       1,745,575  
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
    2,500       320,000  
Wilmington Trust Corp.
    25,000       720,750  
 
             
 
            6,541,695  
 
             
Health Care (11.6%)
               
Becton, Dickinson & Co.
    15,000       1,203,900  
C.R. Bard, Inc.
    15,000       1,423,050  
DENTSPLY International, Inc.
    30,000       1,126,200  
Johnson & Johnson, Inc.
    12,000       831,360  
Medtronic, Inc.
    15,000       751,500  
Saint Jude Medical, Inc.(a)
    10,000       434,900  
Stryker Corp.
    10,000       623,000  
Waters Corp.(a)
    5,000       290,900  
Zimmer Holdings, Inc.(a)
    5,000       322,800  
 
             
 
            7,007,610  
 
             
Industrial Materials (5.9%)
               
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
    7,500       513,675  
AptarGroup, Inc.
    25,000       977,750  
Ecolab, Inc.
    10,000       485,200  
Sigma-Aldrich Corp.
    30,000       1,572,600  
 
             
 
            3,549,225  
 
             
Industrial Products & Services (14.5%)
               
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
    20,000       1,019,200  
Donaldson Co., Inc.
    30,000       1,257,300  
Emerson Electric Co.
    35,000       1,427,650  
General Electric Co.
    50,000       1,275,000  
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
    30,000       1,333,500  
Precision Castparts Corp.
    15,000       1,181,700  
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
    15,000       1,304,550  
 
             
 
            8,798,900  
 
             
 
               
Information Technology (9.8%)
               
Accenture Ltd., Class A
    15,000       570,000  
Applied Materials, Inc.
    12,500       189,125  
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
    5,000       213,750  
Cisco Systems, Inc.(a)
    50,000       1,128,000  
EMC Corp.(a)
    70,000       837,200  
Hewlett-Packard Co.
    5,000       231,200  
Microsoft Corp.
    65,000       1,734,850  
Oracle Corp.(a)
    50,000       1,015,500  
 
             
 
            5,919,625  
 
             
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $39,107,530)
            54,425,920  
 
             
 
Investment Companies (6.9%)
               
American Performance U.S. Treasury Fund, 0.02%(b)
    1,266,021       1,266,021  
Victory Federal Money Market, Investor Shares, 1.60%(b)
    2,910,984       2,910,984  
 
             
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES (Cost $4,177,005)
            4,177,005  
 
             
 
Total Investments (Cost $43,284,535) — 96.7%
            58,602,925  
Other assets in excess of liabilities — 3.3%
            1,995,568  
 
             
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
          $ 60,598,493  
 
             
 
(a)   Represents non-income producing security.
 
(b)   Variable or Floating Rate Security. Rates disclosed are as of September 30, 2008.
 
ADR   American Depositary Receipt
 
PLC   Public Limited Company
See Notes to Financial Statements

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Financial Statements   Boston Trust Equity Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
         
Assets:
       
Investments, at value (cost $43,284,535)
  $ 58,602,925  
Interest and dividends receivable
    115,207  
Receivable for investments sold
    1,961,159  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    1,330  
 
     
Total Assets
    60,680,621  
 
     
 
       
Liabilities:
       
Payable for capital shares redeemed
    15,000  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities:
       
Investment adviser
    36,705  
Chief compliance officer
    1,482  
Administration
    2,547  
Custodian
    1,872  
Transfer agent
    2,099  
Other
    22,423  
 
     
Total Liabilities
    82,128  
 
     
 
       
Net Assets
  $ 60,598,493  
 
     
 
       
Composition of Net Assets:
       
Capital
  $ 45,531,927  
Accumulated net investment income
    342,925  
Accumulated net realized losses from investment transactions
    (594,749 )
Net unrealized appreciation from investments
    15,318,390  
 
     
 
       
Net Assets
  $ 60,598,493  
 
     
 
       
Shares outstanding (par value $0.001, unlimited number of shares authorized)
    4,965,374  
 
     
 
       
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price per share
  $ 12.20  
 
     
Statement of Operations
For the six months ended September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
         
Investment Income:
       
Dividends
  $ 549,205  
 
     
Total Investment Income
    549,205  
 
     
 
       
Expenses:
       
Investment adviser
    243,477  
Accounting
    1,559  
Administration
    64,928  
Trustee
    3,377  
Custodian
    6,278  
Transfer agency
    8,099  
Chief compliance officer
    2,333  
Other
    24,122  
 
     
Total expenses before fee reductions
    354,173  
Fees voluntarily reduced by the administrator
    (17,737 )
Fees contractually reduced by the investment adviser
    (11,102 )
 
     
Net Expenses
    325,334  
 
     
 
       
Net Investment Income
    223,871  
 
     
 
       
Net Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses) from Investments:
       
Net realized losses from investment transactions
    (571,619 )
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments
    (4,454,397 )
 
     
Net realized/unrealized losses from investments
    (5,026,016 )
 
     
 
       
Change in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ (4,802,145 )
 
     
See Notes to Financial Statements

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Financial Statements   Boston Trust Equity Fund
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
                 
    For the six        
    months ended        
    September 30,     For the year ended  
    2008     March 31,  
    (Unaudited)     2008  
Investment Activities:
               
Operations:
               
Net investment income
  $ 223,871     $ 365,451  
Net realized gains/(losses) from investment transactions
    (571,619 )     727,583  
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments
    (4,454,397 )     474,087  
 
           
Change in net assets resulting from operations
    (4,802,145 )     1,567,121  
 
           
 
               
Dividends:
               
Net investment income
          (369,648 )
Net realized gains from investment transactions
          (1,405,851 )
 
           
Change in net assets from shareholder dividends
          (1,775,499 )
 
           
 
               
Capital Share Transactions:
               
Proceeds from shares issued
    2,743,020       6,359,787  
Dividends reinvested
          1,650,276  
Cost of shares redeemed
    (2,392,051 )     (2,636,040 )
 
           
Change in net assets from capital share transactions
    350,969       5,374,023  
 
           
 
               
Change in net assets
    (4,451,176 )     5,165,645  
 
               
Net Assets:
               
Beginning of period
    65,049,669       59,884,024  
 
           
End of period
  $ 60,598,493     $ 65,049,669  
 
           
 
               
Share Transactions:
               
Issued
    206,547       464,496  
Reinvested
          113,812  
Redeemed
    (179,315 )     (187,820 )
 
           
Change in shares
    27,232       390,488  
 
           
 
               
Accumulated net investment income
  $ 342,925     $ 119,054  
 
           
See Notes to Financial Statements

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Financial Statements   Boston Trust Equity Fund
Financial Highlights
Selected data for a share outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
                                                 
    For the six                                
    months ended     For the year     For the year     For the year     For the period     For the period  
    September 30,     ended     ended     ended     ended     ended  
    2008     March 31,     March 31,     March 31,     March 31,     March 31,  
    (Unaudited)     2008     2007     2006     2005     2004(a)  
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 13.17     $ 13.17     $ 12.39     $ 11.86     $ 11.19     $ 10.00  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Investment Activities:
                                               
Net investment income
    0.05       0.08       0.09       0.09       0.10       0.03  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) from investment transactions
    (1.02 )     0.30       1.04       0.65       0.84       1.18  
 
                                   
Total from investment activities
    (0.97 )     0.38       1.13       0.74       0.94       1.21  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Dividends:
                                               
Net investment income
          (0.08 )     (0.08 )     (0.09 )     (0.09 )     (0.02 )
Net realized gains from investments
          (0.30 )     (0.27 )     (0.12 )     (0.18 )      
 
                                   
Total dividends
          (0.38 )     (0.35 )     (0.21 )     (0.27 )     (0.02 )
 
                                   
 
                                               
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 12.20     $ 13.17     $ 13.17     $ 12.39     $ 11.86     $ 11.19  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Total Return
    (7.37) %(b)     2.59 %     9.20 %     6.23 %     8.34 %     12.06 %(b)
 
                                   
 
                                               
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
                                               
Net Assets at end of period (000’s)
  $ 60,598     $ 65,050     $ 59,884     $ 48,574     $ 41,175     $ 35,386  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets
    1.00 %(c)     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %(c)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
    0.69 %(c)     0.55 %     0.71 %     0.73 %     0.84 %     0.59 %(c)
Ratio of expenses (before fee reductions) to average net assets(d)
    1.09 %(c)     1.10 %     1.11 %     1.11 %     1.14 %     1.18 %(c)
Portfolio turnover
    8.84 %(b)     23.53 %     21.48 %     20.44 %     12.05 %     2.97 %(b)
 
(a)   Commenced operations on October 1, 2003.
 
(b)   Not annualized for periods less than one year.
 
(c)   Annualized for periods for less than one year.
 
(d)   During the period, certain fees were reduced and total fund expenses are capped at 1.00%. If such expense caps had not been in place, the ratio would have been as indicated.
See Notes to Financial Statements

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Schedule of Portfolio Investments   Boston Trust Small Cap Fund
September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
                 
Security Description   Shares     Value ($)  
Common Stocks (93.9%)
               
Consumer Discretionary (12.9%)
               
Ambassadors Group, Inc.
    5,000       79,550  
Arbitron, Inc.
    15,275       682,640  
Charming Shoppes, Inc.(a)
    57,000       278,730  
Gaiam, Inc., Class A(a)
    10,050       106,530  
Gentex Corp.
    41,100       587,730  
Hibbett Sports, Inc.(a)
    7,250       145,145  
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A
    14,200       574,390  
LKQ Corp.(a)
    24,550       416,613  
Scholastic Corp.
    4,125       105,930  
Strayer Education, Inc.
    5,100       1,021,326  
Timberland Co., Class A(a)
    11,300       196,281  
 
             
 
            4,194,865  
 
             
Consumer Products (5.2%)
               
Diamond Foods, Inc.
    10,500       294,315  
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.(a)
    7,400       291,116  
Hain Celestial Group, Inc.(a)
    10,150       279,429  
Lifeway Foods, Inc.(a)
    16,000       187,200  
SunOpta, Inc.(a)
    23,000       141,680  
United Natural Foods, Inc.(a)
    13,225       330,493  
Whole Foods Market, Inc.
    9,300       186,279  
 
             
 
            1,710,512  
 
             
Energy (4.7%)
               
CARBO Ceramics, Inc.
    8,212       423,821  
CREDO Petroleum Corp.(a)
    10,750       79,228  
Dawson Geophysical Co.(a)
    5,050       235,784  
Encore Acquisition Co.(a)
    14,262       595,866  
NATCO Group, Inc., Class A(a)
    4,625       185,833  
VeraSun Energy Corp.(a)
    4,075       12,755  
 
             
 
            1,533,287  
 
             
Financial Services (14.7%)
               
Assured Guaranty Ltd.
    12,000       195,120  
Bank of Hawaii Corp.
    13,275       709,549  
Corporate Office Properties
    12,100       488,235  
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.
    5,000       236,250  
Dime Community Bancshares
    41,000       624,020  
eHealth, Inc.(a)
    20,950       335,200  
Independent Bank Corp.
    8,825       275,075  
Parkway Properties, Inc.
    18,300       692,838  
Southside Bancshares, Inc.
    6,775       170,730  
Umpqua Holdings Corp.
    15,000       220,650  
Wainwright Bank & Trust Co.
    17,495       148,708  
Wilmington Trust Corp.
    23,550       678,946  
 
             
 
            4,775,321  
 
             
Health Care (13.9%)
               
ArthroCare Corp.(a)
    8,150       225,918  
Dionex Corp.(a)
    9,700       616,435  
Healthways, Inc.(a)
    4,400       70,972  
ICU Medical, Inc.(a)
    5,400       164,214  
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)
    14,000       767,200  
Landauer, Inc.
    12,825       933,019  
Meridian Bioscience, Inc.
    25,400       737,616  
Neogen Corp.(a)
    7,300       205,714  
Orthofix International N.V.(a)
    11,000       204,930  
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
    12,200       595,604  
 
             
 
            4,521,622  
 
             
Industrial Materials (3.1%)
               
Commercial Metals Co.
    15,100       255,039  
Minerals Technologies, Inc.
    9,625       571,340  
Rock-Tenn Co.
    4,800       191,904  
 
             
 
            1,018,283  
 
             
Industrial Products & Services (18.3%)
               
Apogee Enterprises, Inc.
    12,250       184,118  
Baldor Electric Co.
    22,400       645,344  
CLARCOR, Inc.
    16,225       615,739  
ESCO Technologies, Inc.(a)
    3,550       171,004  
Fuel-Tech, Inc.(a)
    3,550       64,220  
Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Class A(a)
    22,562       846,526  
Herman Miller, Inc.
    4,100       100,327  
Interface, Inc., Class A
    3,650       41,501  
Kadant, Inc.(a)
    6,225       141,743  
Layne Christensen Co.(a)
    4,075       144,377  
Lindsay Manufacturing Co.
    8,725       634,744  
Met-Pro Corp.
    12,699       185,278  
Middleby Corp.(a)
    3,750       203,662  
School Specialty, Inc.(a)
    2,350       73,297  
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    18,325       496,424  
Team, Inc.(a)
    10,200       368,424  
Wabtec Corp.
    14,975       767,169  
Watts Water Technologies, Inc., Class A
    10,075       275,551  
 
             
 
            5,959,448  
 
             
Information Technology (16.0%)
               
Blackbaud, Inc.
    16,300       300,735  
Coherent, Inc.(a)
    7,175       255,071  
Itron, Inc.(a)
    8,825       781,277  
J2 Global Communications, Inc.(a)
    23,300       544,055  
National Instruments Corp.
    6,400       192,320  
Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc.(a)
    21,900       489,027  
Plantronics, Inc.
    26,100       587,772  
Polycom, Inc.(a)
    21,900       506,547  
Power Integrations, Inc.(a)
    21,000       506,100  
Quality Systems, Inc.
    10,775       455,351  
Rackable Systems, Inc.(a)
    12,175       119,437  
RADVision Ltd.(a)
    26,250       157,763  
Renaissance Learning, Inc.
    20,700       268,893  
SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc.(a)
    20,375       30,359  
 
             
 
            5,194,707  
 
             
Utilities (5.1%)
               
American States Water Co.
    3,100       119,350  
New Jersey Resources Corp.
    20,200       724,978  
Ormat Technologies, Inc.
    3,300       119,889  
South Jersey Industries, Inc.
    19,300       689,010  
 
             
 
            1,653,227  
 
             
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $28,930,041)
            30,561,272  
 
             
 
               
Investment Companies (6.5%)
               
American Performance U.S. Treasury Fund, 0.02%(b)
    494,887       494,887  
Victory Federal Money Market, Investor Shares, 1.60%(b)
    1,605,028       1,605,028  
 
             
 
               
TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES (Cost $2,099,915)
            2,099,915  
 
             
 
               
Total Investments (Cost $31,029,956) — 100.4%
            32,661,187  
Liabilities in excess of other assets — (0.4)%
            (127,252 )
 
             
 
               
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
          $ 32,533,935  
 
             
 
(a)   Represents non-income producing security.
 
(b)   Variable or Floating Rate Security. Rates disclosed are as of September 30, 2008.
See Notes to Financial Statements

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Financial Statements   Boston Trust Small Cap Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
         
Assets:
       
Investments, at value (cost $31,029,956)
  $ 32,661,187  
Interest and dividends receivable
    35,948  
Receivable for capital shares issued
    12,500  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    1,653  
 
     
Total Assets
    32,711,288  
 
     
 
       
Liabilities:
       
Payable for investments purchased
    147,962  
Payable for capital shares redeemed
    3,500  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities:
       
Investment adviser
    11,068  
Chief compliance officer
    469  
Administration
    1,356  
Custodian
    2,047  
Transfer agent
    2,099  
Other
    8,852  
 
     
Total Liabilities
    177,353  
 
     
 
       
Net Assets
  $ 32,533,935  
 
     
 
       
Composition of Net Assets:
       
Capital
  $ 31,208,088  
Accumulated net investment income
    31,959  
Accumulated net realized losses from investment transactions
    (337,343 )
Net unrealized appreciation from investments
    1,631,231  
 
     
 
       
Net Assets
  $ 32,533,935  
 
     
 
       
Shares outstanding (par value $0.001, unlimited number of shares authorized)
    3,024,679  
 
     
 
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price per share
  $ 10.76  
 
     
Statement of Operations
For the six months ended September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
         
Investment Income:
       
Dividends
  $ 198,608  
 
     
Total Investment Income
    198,608  
 
     
 
       
Expenses:
       
Investment adviser
    124,696  
Accounting
    1,855  
Administration
    33,252  
Trustee
    1,600  
Custodian
    4,740  
Transfer agency
    8,099  
Chief compliance officer
    1,099  
Other
    12,628  
 
     
Total expenses before fee reductions
    187,969  
Fees voluntarily reduced by the administrator
    (9,092 )
 
     
Net Expenses
    178,877  
 
     
 
       
Net Investment Income
    19,731  
 
     
 
       
Net Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses) from Investments:
       
Net realized losses from investment transactions
    (589,514 )
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments
    (67,960 )
 
     
Net realized/unrealized losses from investments
    (657,474 )
 
     
 
       
Change in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $     (637,743 )
 
     
See Notes to Financial Statements

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Financial Statements   Boston Trust Small Cap Fund
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
                 
    For the six        
    months ended        
    September 30,     For the year ended  
    2008     March 31,  
    (Unaudited)     2008  
Investment Activities:
               
Operations:
               
Net investment income
  $ 19,731     $ 75,855  
Net realized gains/(losses) from investment transactions
    (589,514 )     1,378,034  
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments
    (67,960 )     (2,208,473 )
 
           
Change in net assets resulting from operations
    (637,743 )     (754,584 )
 
           
 
               
Dividends:
               
Net investment income
          (42,957 )
Net realized gains from investment transactions
          (1,321,469 )
 
           
Change in net assets from shareholder dividends
          (1,364,426 )
 
           
 
               
Capital Share Transactions:
               
Proceeds from shares issued
    3,792,218       11,967,031  
Dividends reinvested
          1,093,930  
Cost of shares redeemed
    (1,043,930 )     (1,197,907 )
 
           
Change in net assets from capital share transactions
    2,748,288       11,863,054  
 
           
 
               
Change in net assets
    2,110,545       9,744,044  
 
               
Net Assets:
               
Beginning of period
    30,423,390       20,679,346  
 
           
End of period
  $ 32,533,935     $ 30,423,390  
 
           
 
               
Share Transactions:
               
Issued
    329,789       1,003,636  
Reinvested
          94,223  
Redeemed
    (90,755 )     (102,989 )
 
           
Change in shares
    239,034       994,870  
 
           
 
               
Accumulated net investment income
  $ 31,959     $ 12,228  
 
           
See Notes to Financial Statements

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Financial Statements   Boston Trust Small Cap Fund
Financial Highlights
Selected data for a share outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
                                 
    For the six                    
    months ended     For the year     For the year     For the year  
    September 30,     ended     ended     ended  
    2008     March 31,     March 31,     March 31,  
    (Unaudited)     2008     2007     2006 (a)  
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 10.92     $ 11.55     $ 10.94     $ 10.00  
 
                       
 
                               
Investment Activities:
                               
Net investment income/(loss)
    0.01       0.03       (0.01 )      
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) from investment transactions
    (0.17 )     (0.14 )     0.85       0.94  
 
                       
Total from investment activities
    (0.16 )     (0.11 )     0.84       0.94  
 
                       
 
                               
Dividends:
                               
Net investment income
          (0.02 )            
Net realized gains from investments
          (0.50 )     (0.23 )      
 
                       
Total dividends
          (0.52 )     (0.23 )      
 
                       
 
                               
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 10.76     $ 10.92     $ 11.55     $ 10.94  
 
                       
 
                               
Total Return
    (1.47 )%(b)     (1.21 )%     7.75 %     9.40 %(b)
 
                       
 
                               
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
                               
Net Assets at end of period (000’s)
  $ 32,534     $ 30,423     $ 20,679     $ 10,938  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets
    1.08 %(c)     1.08 %     1.25 %     1.23 %(c)
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets
    0.12 %(c)     0.25 %     (0.13 )%     (0.02 )%(c)
Ratio of expenses (before fee reductions) to average net assets(d)
    1.13 %(c)     1.14 %     1.43 %     1.52 %(c)
Portfolio turnover
    13.13 %(b)     19.53 %     10.18 %     3.62 %(b)
 
(a)   Commenced operations on December 16, 2005.
 
(b)   Not annualized for periods less than a year.
 
(c)   Annualized for periods less than a year.
 
(d)   During the period, certain fees were reduced and total fund expenses are capped at 1.25%. If such expense caps had not been in place, the ratio would have been as indicated.
See Notes to Financial Statements

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    Boston Trust Midcap Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments   September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
                 
Security Description   Shares     Value ($)  
Common Stocks (98.4%)
               
Consumer Discretionary (7.7%)
               
Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A
    2,500       98,625  
Autoliv, Inc.
    4,650       156,937  
Coach, Inc.(a)
    3,500       87,640  
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A
    2,500       101,125  
Nordstrom, Inc.
    5,000       144,100  
Omnicom Group, Inc.
    6,500       250,640  
Ross Stores, Inc.
    4,000       147,240  
 
             
 
            986,307  
 
             
Consumer Products (11.4%)
               
Alberto-Culver Co.
    12,000       326,880  
Brown-Forman Corp., Class B
    3,400       244,154  
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
    3,250       201,792  
Clorox Co.
    2,400       150,456  
Energizer Holdings, Inc.(a)
    2,800       225,540  
Hormel Foods Corp.
    3,000       108,840  
McCormick & Co., Inc.
    5,500       211,475  
 
             
 
            1,469,137  
 
             
Energy (6.4%)
               
BJ Services Co.
    7,000       133,910  
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.
    6,000       216,840  
Murphy Oil Corp.
    3,600       230,904  
Quicksilver Resources, Inc.(a)
    4,850       95,206  
Smith International, Inc.
    2,500       146,600  
 
             
 
            823,460  
 
             
Financial Services (11.5%)
               
Cincinnati Financial Corp.
    5,130       145,897  
Commerce Bancshares, Inc.
    5,104       236,826  
Investment Technology Group, Inc.(a)
    4,500       136,935  
Northern Trust Corp.
    3,000       216,600  
SEI Investments Co.
    9,000       199,800  
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
    7,200       386,712  
Wilmington Trust Corp.
    5,500       158,565  
 
             
 
            1,481,335  
 
             
Health Care (17.9%)
               
C.R. Bard, Inc.
    3,500       332,045  
DENTSPLY International, Inc.
    8,500       319,090  
Hologic, Inc.(a)
    8,500       164,305  
IMS Health, Inc.
    5,500       104,005  
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(a)
    3,400       236,300  
PerkinElmer, Inc.
    6,500       162,305  
Saint Jude Medical, Inc.(a)
    4,500       195,705  
Smith & Nephew PLC, Spon ADR
    2,500       132,725  
Techne Corp.(a)
    2,250       162,270  
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.(a)
    4,500       257,085  
Waters Corp.(a)
    4,000       232,720  
 
             
 
            2,298,555  
 
             
Industrial Materials (8.5%)
               
Airgas, Inc.
    2,750       136,537  
AptarGroup, Inc.
    10,000       391,100  
Ecolab, Inc.
    4,000       194,080  
Sigma-Aldrich Corp.
    7,000       366,940  
 
             
 
            1,088,657  
 
             
Industrial Products & Services (17.6%)
               
AMETEK, Inc.
    3,250       132,503  
C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
    4,500       229,320  
CLARCOR, Inc.
    3,600       136,620  
Donaldson Co., Inc.
    8,000       335,280  
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
    4,500       156,780  
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.
    1,500       147,480  
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.
    2,000       128,620  
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)
    1,800       176,400  
Precision Castparts Corp.
    3,200       252,096  
Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    3,750       180,337  
Stericycle, Inc.(a)
    1,900       111,929  
Terex Corp.(a)
    2,075       63,329  
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
    2,500       217,425  
 
             
 
            2,268,119  
 
             
Information Technology (11.5%)
               
Amdocs Ltd.(a)
    6,250       171,125  
Citrix Systems, Inc.(a)
    6,500       164,190  
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A(a)
    4,000       91,320  
FactSet Research Systems, Inc.
    3,500       182,875  
Fiserv, Inc.(a)
    4,500       212,940  
Intuit, Inc.(a)
    4,500       142,245  
Juniper Networks, Inc.(a)
    5,000       105,350  
NetApp, Inc.(a)
    7,000       127,610  
Paychex, Inc.
    4,000       132,120  
Total System Services, Inc.
    4,000       65,600  
Western Digital Corp.(a)
    4,250       90,610  
 
             
 
            1,485,985  
 
             
Telecommunications (2.9%)
               
Cablevision Systems Corp., Class A
    5,400       135,864  
CenturyTel, Inc.
    3,500       128,275  
NII Holdings, Inc.(a)
    3,000       113,760  
 
             
 
            377,899  
 
             
Utilities (3.0%)
               
Energen Corp.
    3,200       144,896  
New Jersey Resources Corp.
    3,750       134,588  
Questar Corp.
    2,650       108,438  
 
             
 
            387,922  
 
             
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $10,357,547)
            12,667,376  
 
             
 
               
Investment Company (4.1%)
               
Victory Federal Money Market, Investor Shares, 1.60%(b)
    532,157       532,157  
 
             
 
               
TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANY (Cost $532,157)
            532,157  
 
             
 
               
Total Investments (Cost $10,889,704) — 102.5%
            13,199,533  
Liabilities in excess of other assets — (2.5)%
            (324,836 )
 
             
 
               
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
          $ 12,874,697  
 
             
 
(a)   Represents non-income producing security.
 
(b)   Variable or Floating Rate Security. Rate disclosed is as of September 30, 2008.
 
ADR   American Depositary Receipt
 
PLC   Public Limited Company
See Notes to Financial Statements

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Financial Statements   Boston Trust Midcap Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
         
Assets:
       
Investments, at value (cost $10,889,704)
  $ 13,199,533  
Interest and dividend receivable
    10,617  
Receivable from adviser
    5,181  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    9,133  
 
     
Total Assets
    13,224,464  
 
     
 
       
Liabilities:
       
Payable for investments purchased
    141,915  
Payable for capital shares redeemed
    200,000  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities:
       
Chief compliance officer
    215  
Administration
    553  
Custodian
    1,186  
Transfer agent
    2,099  
Other
    3,799  
 
     
Total Liabilities
    349,767  
 
     
 
       
Net Assets
  $ 12,874,697  
 
     
 
       
Composition of Net Assets:
       
Capital
  $ 10,551,328  
Accumulated net investment income
    22,031  
Accumulated net realized losses from investment transactions
    (8,491 )
Net unrealized appreciation from investments
    2,309,829  
 
     
 
       
Net Assets
  $ 12,874,697  
 
     
 
       
Shares outstanding (par value $0.001, unlimited number of shares authorized)
    1,502,120  
 
     
 
       
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price per share
  $ 8.57  
 
     
Statement of Operations
For the period ended September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
         
Investment Income:
       
Dividends
  $ 78,280  
 
     
Total Investment Income
    78,280  
 
     
 
       
Expenses:
       
Investment adviser
    53,170  
Accounting
    1,749  
Administration
    14,179  
Trustee
    714  
Custodian
    3,024  
Transfer agency
    8,099  
Chief compliance officer
    491  
Offering cost
    10,746  
Other
    8,564  
 
     
Total expenses before fee reductions
    100,736  
Fees voluntarily reduced by the administrator
    (3,888 )
Fees contractually reduced by the investment adviser
    (25,783 )
 
     
Net Expenses
    71,065  
 
     
 
       
Net Investment Income
    7,215  
 
     
 
       
Net Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses) from Investments:
       
Net realized gains from investment transactions
    101,919  
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments
    (1,138,238 )
 
     
Net realized/unrealized losses from investments
    (1,036,319 )
 
     
 
       
Change in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ (1,029,104 )
 
     
See Notes to Financial Statements

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Financial Statements   Boston Trust Midcap Fund
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
                 
    For the six        
    months ended        
    September 30,     For the period ended  
    2008     March 31,  
    (Unaudited)     2008(a)  
Investment Activities:
               
Operations:
               
Net investment income
  $ 7,215     $ 20,960  
Net realized gains/(losses) from investment transactions
    101,919       (18,226 )
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments
    (1,138,238 )     3,448,067  
 
           
Change in net assets resulting from operations
    (1,029,104 )     3,450,801  
 
           
 
               
Dividends:
               
Net investment income
          (6,592 )
Net realized gains from investment transactions
          (92,184 )
 
           
Change in net assets from shareholder dividends
          (98,776 )
 
           
 
               
Capital Share Transactions:
               
Proceeds from shares issued
    801,606       1,612,101  
Proceeds from shares issued in connection with common trust fund conversion
          8,831,794  
Dividends reinvested
          98,604  
Cost of shares redeemed
    (331,010 )     (461,319 )
 
           
Change in net assets from capital share transactions
    470,596       10,081,180  
 
           
 
               
Change in net assets
    (558,508 )     13,433,205  
 
               
Net Assets:
               
Beginning of period
    13,433,205        
 
           
End of period
  $ 12,874,697     $ 13,433,205  
 
           
 
               
Share Transactions:
               
Issued
    82,706       162,062  
Issued in connection with common trust conversion
          1,330,441  
Reinvested
          9,677  
Redeemed
    (36,659 )     (46,107 )
 
           
Change in shares
    46,047       1,456,073  
 
           
 
               
Accumulated net investment income
  $ 22,031     $ 14,816  
 
           
 
(a)   Commenced operations on September 24, 2007.
See Notes to Financial Statements

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Financial Statements   Boston Trust Midcap Fund
Selected data for a share outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
                 
    For the six        
    months ended     For the year  
    September 30,     ended  
    2008     March 31,  
    (Unaudited)     2008(a)  
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 9.23     $ 10.00  
 
           
 
               
Investment Activities:
               
Net investment income
    (b)     0.01  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) from investment transactions
    (0.66 )     (0.71 )
 
           
Total from investment activities
    (0.66 )     (0.70 )
 
           
 
               
Dividends:
               
Net investment income
          (b)
Net realized gains from investments
          (0.07 )
 
           
Total dividends
          (0.07 )
 
           
 
               
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 8.57     $ 9.23  
 
           
 
               
Total Return
    (7.15 )%(c)     (7.05 )%(c)
 
           
 
               
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
               
Net Assets at end of period (000’s)
  $ 12,875     $ 13,433  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets
    1.00 %(d)     1.00 %(d)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
    0.10 %(d)     0.29 %(d)
Ratio of expenses (before fee reductions) to average net assets(e)
    1.27 %(d)     1.58 %(d)
Portfolio turnover
    8.39 %(c)     17.87 %(c)
 
(a)   Commenced operations on September 24, 2007.
 
(b)   Less than $0.005 per share.
 
(c)   Not annualized for periods less than one year.
 
(d)   Annualized for periods of less than one year.
 
(e)   During the period, certain fees were reduced and total fund expenses are capped at 1.00%. If such expense caps had not been in place, the ratio would have been as indicated.
See Notes to Financial Statements

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Social Research and Action Update   September 30, 2008
The Walden Social Balanced and Walden Social Equity portfolios employ a multi-faceted approach to meeting the Funds’ social objectives. Proxy voting, social research, company engagement, public policy, and community development investing are all important components of the corporate change process. The Walden Funds are active in each of these social investment strategies.
Proxy Voting
Walden’s goal is to vote proxies of portfolio companies in the best long-term interest of mutual fund investors — an important fiduciary responsibility we take very seriously. Both the social and financial mandates of the portfolios are carefully considered in voting the proxies of Walden Fund companies. As examples, Walden generally votes in favor of proposals that request increased board independence on auditing and nominating committees, as well as those that request management to develop or strengthen a human rights policy. Walden’s Comprehensive Social Proxy Voting Guidelines, along with the annual proxy voting reports for the 12 months ended June 30, 2008, are available at http://www. waldenassetmgmt.com/social/proxyvoting.html.
Social Research and Action
This environment of extraordinary financial market and economic angst, and the total transformation of the financial services industry the past month, and for many months to come, as well as its consequences for the global economy, is an historical turning point of the greatest importance. It is as well, for social investing, an amazing demonstration of the extent to which financial and environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) research and engagement are intertwined. There is remarkable congruence between the set of companies having superior relative financial performance and those having superior social responsiveness in the portfolio, especially where we get our social judgments right. Of course, these events compel us to reexamine and potentially refocus Walden’s company and public policy advocacy in the coming months. We invite you to participate in this process with us.
Company Dialogues and Shareholder Resolutions
The government rescue of banking institutions has thrust the topic of CEO pay to the forefront of discussions on the pitfalls of unbridled free markets. Walden continues to emphasize executive compensation accountability through advocacy that supports giving shareholders at all companies an advisory vote on pay packages, known popularly as “say on pay.” Of nearly 100 resolutions filed in 2008 requesting the advisory vote, average shareholder support exceeded 40 percent and 10 companies received majority votes. Walden has re-filed the advisory vote resolution for the 2009 proxy season at Goldman Sachs. At the 2008 annual meeting, as a reminder, this resolution earned 46 percent of the vote. This year, Walden has approached several additional companies regarding “say on pay,” including Walt Disney (1.56%), Hewlett Packard (1.80%) and Intel (1.43%). Walden withdrew its co-sponsorship of a “Say on Pay” resolution at Cisco Systems (2.10%) upon management’s commitment to hold substantial board and management level discussions with concerned shareholders, to participate in an industry-investor consortium addressing the advisory vote, and to expand Compensation Committee disclosure.
Walden’s strong belief that all companies must work to strengthen public disclosure of their ESG policies, practices and progress leads us to a second area of focus, sustainability reporting. We are part of a small group of investors discussing with Walt Disney the content of its planned report for 2009. We have filed resolutions requesting sustainability reports by several companies that have not responded adequately, including DENTSPLY (1.71%) (for a second year after garnering 36% shareholder support in 2008), St. Jude Medical (1.10%) and Stryker (1.37%). On this and other issues, Walden is also stepping up efforts to engage small capitalization (cap) companies, which often face less scrutiny on ESG performance. Approximately one-third of the more than two dozen companies to whom we wrote have responded to our initial inquiry.
We continue to encourage companies to adopt inclusive nondiscrimination policies, again extending our reach into the small cap universe where more improvement is needed. Three such companies — ArthroCare, E-Health, and John Wiley — have confirmed that their equal employment opportunity (EEO) policies include sexual orientation explicitly. Medtronic (2.46%), a large medical technology company, confirmed that its policy also includes gender identity and expression, a best practice standard.
Walden is leading or participating in a number of other significant actions:
   Our Recent Emphasis on monitoring in the agricultural sector led to a resolution at United Natural Foods requesting a vendor code of conduct based on International Labour Organization standards.
    After Several Recent oil equipment service company Weatherford International (1.06%) responded fairly comprehensively to the Carbon Disclosure Project, an organization that serves as a repository for corporate disclosure related to climate change on behalf of 385 global investors with assets of $57 trillion.
    Building on Our Partnership has encouraged major beverage retailers to increase recycled content in plastic bottles and container recovery initiatives, Walden is helping lead efforts to engage grocery chains on their role to promote effective container recycling programs.

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  We are leading a shareholder coalition urging ABB to respond fully to Sudan Divestment Task Force proposals that would result in the company’s removal as a divestment target for many investors with Sudan restrictions.
  Walden has joined with other social managers in asking for a meeting with ConocoPhillips (2.60%) to address the environmental and social impacts of planned oil sands development.
Advocating for Better Public Policies
Walden took advantage of several opportunities to promote smarter public policies on a variety of ESG topics this past quarter. We joined a coalition of investors, environmental organizations and other groups responding to SEC proposed rule changes on accounting for proven oil and gas reserves, to call attention to the need to address the implications of climate change and carbon-related regulations in the valuation of these assets. We also signed on to CalSTRS (the California State Teachers Retirement System) request for the SEC to require companies to include a non-binding auditor ratification vote on proxy statements. In past years, we have written companies that did not routinely allow for auditor ratification to encourage this practice that provides one avenue for shareholders to express conflict-of-interest concerns.
Led by CERES and the Investor Network on Climate Risk, which includes major state and city pension funds, Walden petitioned the U.S. Senate to extend the renewable energy and energy efficiency tax credits that would otherwise expire this year. Finally, continuing our efforts described in last quarter’s brief to end the extensive use of child and forced labor in cotton production sourced from Uzbekistan, Walden joined other investors and human rights activists in a direct appeal to Uzbek President Karimov, International Labour Organization Director General Somavia, and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Positive Company Developments
Chubb was one of two companies to pull out of Burma after a critical report authored by Burma Campaign UK documented insurance industry complicity in funding the brutal military regime in that country. Chubb responded to Burma Campaign UK with a new policy that “bars its member companies from maintaining an office in Burma, from directly writing insurance in Burma or providing insurance into Burma from outside the country.” Previously, unlike the energy and tourism sectors, the insurance industry had not been actively targeted by Burma activists.
Nike (2.26%) continues to demonstrate unusual transparency and leadership in tackling challenges related to work conditions throughout its supply chain. The company took several actions to address poor labor practices uncovered in a Malaysian factory, including transferring all workers to new housing facilities, and met with representatives of all factories in the country to review its standards and expectations. Additionally, in response to continuing pressure on the industry to address abusive working conditions, Nike partnered with other major sports brands, unions and nongovernmental organizations in a new coalition dedicated to encouraging unionization and improved wages.
Unfortunate Back-Peddling on EEO Disclosure
Walden co-authored SIRAN’s (Sustainable Investment Analyst Network) just released research report, A Renewed Call for Action: For greater disclosure of equal employment opportunity (EEO) information, follow-up to a study published three years ago that documented the disclosure rates of companies in the S&P 100. Not only was the level of disclosure disappointingly low, but there was also a distinct trend toward less disclosure among participating companies. “Companies that confirmed a policy to provide investors with comprehensive EEO-1 data, either in public reports or on request, decreased from 54% in 2005 to 36% of responding companies in 2007-8. While partial EEO data providers increased from 13% to 21%, those confirming that they do not disclose such information increased from 33% to 43% over the same period.” Only 8 companies provided full EEO information in public documents — American Express (1.01%), Citigroup, Coca-Cola, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Merck and Wal-Mart. We commend these companies for their high level of EEO accountability, in our view a necessary commitment, among others, to be seen as a leader in promoting workplace equality.
Please feel free to contact Heidi Soumerai, Meredith Benton, or Tim Smith about the social performance of holdings and our shareholder activism program, respectively. Our email addresses follow the convention of firstinitiallastname@bostontrust.com as in hsoumerai@bostontrust.com.
The equities of the companies in bold-face in the above commentary were holdings of the Walden Funds as of September 30, 2008.
Portfolio holdings and percentages are as of September 30, 2008 and are subject to change.
Boston Trust Investment Management, Inc., a subsidiary of Boston Trust & Investment Management Company (BTIM) and an affiliate of Walden Asset Management (Walden) serves as investment adviser (the Adviser) to the Walden Social Balanced Fund and receives a fee for its services. Walden, a division of BTIM, performs shareholder advocacy, proxy voting, screening services, and other social initiatives for the Adviser and is paid a fee for these services by the Adviser.
Shares of the Fund are not deposits of, obligations of, or guaranteed by Boston Trust & Investment Management Company or its affiliates, nor are they federally insured by the FDIC. Investments in the Fund involve investment risks, including the possible loss of principal. Fund distributed by Foreside Distribution Services, L.P., Columbus, Ohio.
The foregoing information and opinions are for general information only. Boston Trust Funds and Boston Trust Investment Management, Inc do not assume liability for any loss, which may result from the reliance by any person upon any such information or opinions. Such information and opinions are subject to change without notice, are for general information only, and are not intended as an offer or solicitation with respect to the purchase or sale of any security or offering individual or personalized investment advice.

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    Walden Social Balanced Fund
    Manager Commentary by Stephen Moody
Market and Performance
Review (unaudited)
  Walden Social Equity Fund
Manager Commentary by Robert Lincoln
Investment Concerns:
Equity securities (stocks) are more volatile and carry more risk than other forms of investments, including investments in high-grade fixed income securities. The net asset value per share of this Fund will fluctuate as the value of the securities in the portfolio changes. Common stocks, and funds investing in common stocks, generally provide greater return potential when compared with other types of investments. Bonds offer a relatively stable level of income, although bond prices will fluctuate providing the potential for principal gain or loss. Intermediate-term, higher-quality bonds generally offer less risk than longer-term bonds and a lower rate of return.
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. Total return figures include change in share price, reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please call us at 1.800.282.8782 ext. 7050.
Economic Summary & Outlook
Key segments of the credit markets in the United States and around the globe are obviously in crisis. The markets as we write this memorandum in early October are in a full-scale panic. As the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times have called it, a drawn out Crash. We all know how we got there, as our prior memoranda and the media’s extensive coverage attest. Suffice to note that a combination of speculative loans and investments, together with the highly leveraged capital structures of the largest financial institutions, preceded the downfall. Over the past year, the U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) and Treasury had been able to manage widespread credit problems comparatively well by reducing interest rates, providing systemic liquidity as needed and encouraging weaker firms to merge with stronger competitors. The pattern was broken about a month ago, however, when Lehman Brothers, one of the largest investment banks in the country, filed for bankruptcy. Lehman’s competitors were not willing or able to assume its extensive financial obligations. Whether for political reasons or for fear of growing moral hazard, the Fed and Treasury decided to let Lehman fail.
In hindsight, we believe a reasonable argument can be made that the Government’s Lehman decision was a mistake. As a massive fixed income trader, Lehman was a key player in the commercial paper market, the buying, and selling of short term debt instruments between money market funds and corporations. With its bankruptcy, the players’ confidence in the facilitators like Lehman and banks froze. It became almost immediately difficult to conduct any significant economic activity by those who needed capital to operate, to make payrolls, to pay for economic activity of any kind. In an effort to improve their own restricted liquidity, many banks began to reduce customer credit lines and became fearful of lending to one another. Moreover, within two weeks of Lehman’s bankruptcy four other major financial firms failed or sought better-situated merger partners. In turn, fixed income investors lost confidence in virtually every entity except the U. S. Government (and its Treasury securities), which has led to higher than normal borrowing costs for even the largest, most creditworthy borrowers. With a full understanding of the severe danger implied by the scarcity and cost of credit, Fed Chairman Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Paulson sought authority for greater and more direct government intervention through the so-called $700 billion bailout bill. While neither we nor anyone else knows for sure whether $700 billion is adequate, or ideally structured, we believe there is little question that doing nothing would have been worse for the economy. We believe our greatest concern now is the damage the crisis is inflicting on both business and consumer confidence. Indeed, even with the latest government intervention, in part, because credit remains frozen, we believe that the economy has entered a recession that could be longer and more severe than what seemed likely just a month ago.
With respect to recent investment returns, stock prices were volatile, but actually moved marginally higher through the months of July and August. Once the credit crisis began in September, not surprisingly, equity values fell suddenly to new 2008 lows. In contrast to most prior periods of sharp stock market declines over the past 25 years, this time bonds, except for their stability, failed to provide their usual countervailing price response. Part of the reason reflects the poor performance of corporate bonds, which have moved to record interest rates relative to government obligations. Even U.S. Treasury bond prices increased only marginally for the quarter. Many investors believe that one long-term consequence (or solution) to the global debt problem is higher inflation in the years ahead, and are reluctant to invest aggressively in government bonds with longer maturities at low current interest rates. We too have been reluctant to invest heavily in bonds, given those low levels, and what had seemed to be the reasonable prices of equities.
Stocks as measured by the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index1 were down 8.4% for the quarter. Bonds, as measured by the Lehman Brothers U.S. Government/Credit Index2 were down modestly (1.6%). Value and growth; mid-sized, small, and large
 
1   The S&P 500 Stock Index is unmanaged and generally representative of the U.S. stock market as a whole. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
 
2   The Lehman Brothers U.S. Government/Credit Index is unmanaged index that includes treasuries (i.e., public obligations of the U.S. Treasury that have remaining maturities of more than one year) and agencies (i.e., publicly issue debt of U.S. Government agencies, quasi-federal corporations, and corporate or foreign debt guaranteed by the U.S. Government).
Also included are publicly issued U.S. corporate and foreign debentures and secured notes that meet specified maturity, liquidity, and quality requirements.

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    Walden Social Balanced Fund
    Manager Commentary by Stephen Moody
Market and Performance   Walden Social Equity Fund
Review (unaudited)(cont.)   Manager Commentary by Robert Lincoln
companies; all industrial sectors: pretty much any domestic U.S. index was down. However, global markets were hit harder. The Morgan Stanley (MSCI EAFE) non-U.S. global large cap Index was down 20.6% for the quarter in dollar terms. The MSCI Europe Index was down 20.8%; India (Bombay Sensex) down 4.5%; Russia (RTS) down 47.4%. Even the growth engine of the 21st Century, China (Shanghai), was down 16.2%. Emerging markets as a whole were down 27.0%. For all its faults, the dollar remains the primary global currency and the U.S. the most coherent and resilient, if somewhat painfully dislocated, economy. Europe has a common central bank and currency but is legally and fiscally still Balkanized.
Warren Buffett granted an hour-long interview to Charlie Rose of PBS on October 1, 2008. Mr. Rose asked a series of questions about the prevailing credit crisis and the economy in general and in particular sought Mr. Buffet’s view on the $700 billion bailout bill, which had just failed a first vote in the House of Representatives. During the interview, Mr. Buffett characterized the U.S. economy as a star athlete with many great years ahead. It just happened to be in cardiac arrest. Mr. Buffett expressed his view that the $700 billion package was essential to bring the athlete back to normal life, and that it did not make much sense for anyone to argue at that time whether the financial remedy should be slightly more or less, or be applied differently. There would be time to adjust the medicine later. Mr. Buffett then went on to espouse his confidence in the long-term growth and vitality of the U.S. economic system.
Whether the economy has had a cardiac arrest or merely passed out, we concur with Mr. Buffett’s belief that, however serious the current crisis may be, it is manageable and ultimately curable. As a society, we have learned much over the past 100 years about economic behavior and the critical role of government during times of crisis. Thus far, our own government, along with those in other industrialized countries, has behaved far differently today than in the 1930’s. Except in the Lehman case, the government has not allowed the private sector to fend for itself. Indeed, the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and FDIC have taken unprecedented steps to insure many types of cash deposits, provide liquidity, and sustain credit availability. The current bailout bill is designed to alleviate directly the balance sheets of many financial institutions. We believe even more direct government intervention in the financial markets is needed and are confident that it will be forthcoming. We also expect fiscal stimulus, in the form of either tax reductions or spending programs, early in the new administration, whether a Democrat or Republican is elected.
While we do not believe that a lack of continued steps by governments to support the financial system and stimulate economic growth is a big risk, in this era of misinformation and finger pointing there is also some risk of political paralysis, especially as the increasingly controversial terms and consequences of the bailout emerge. Our even greater concern, however, is about the enormous damage that the current financial crisis has already inflicted on consumer, business, and investor confidence. Recent economic reports clearly indicate that the slowdown has turned into a recession, probably in September. The major question for investors and indeed all citizens will be its depth and length. Since World War II, the deepest recession we have experienced was in the early 1980’s, when the Federal Reserve intentionally tightened credit in order to deflate an inflationary spiral. At that time, unemployment exceeded 9%, real Gross Domestic Product3 fell irregularly for over a year, and corporate profits dropped by nearly 30%. Given the severity of the current situation, a recession that severe is certainly plausible. To be more severe would require the failure of central banks and other authorities to act, or more missteps like the failure to take over Lehman, something that has not been a problem generally up to the present time.
On a technical note, one will be able to decipher the end of the crisis in liquidity, the credit crunch, when the interest rate banks loan to each other, known as Libor, the London Interbank Offered Rate4, falls several percentage points to be in line with its historic relationship with other short term interest rates.
Financial Markets and Fund Performance
Given the sharp market slide in September, the Walden Social Equity Fund produced a total return of -7.89% for the six month period under review, bringing the year to date return for 2008 to -13.09% and the twelve month return to -12.97%. Of course, such losses are always disappointing. Nonetheless, we are pleased to report that once again losses were generally less than those for the Standard & Poor’s 500 which returned -10.87% for the six months, -19.29% for 2008 year to date and -21.98% for the twelve months ended September 30, 2008. The same performance pattern has continued into early October, resulting in severe declines in the Fund value.
For the Walden Social Balanced Fund the sharp decline in performance resulted in a -6.89% total return for the six month period ended September 30, 2008. We would like to point out that even though the Walden Social Balanced Fund experienced a loss for the period it was less than the levels experienced by most balanced funds, as is also evident in the -10.56% year-to-date return. Both periods were aided by better than benchmark performance within both bond and equity segments. As noted in prior reports, a loss of any amount is never pleasant. Through these difficult times, however, it is some consolation that the Fund’s relative performance remains well above average.
 
3   The Gross Domestic Product is the measure of the market value of the goods and services produced by labor and property in the United States.
 
4   The London Inter-Bank Offer Rate (LIBOR) is the interest rate that the largest international banks charge each other for loans.

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    Walden Social Balanced Fund
    Manager Commentary by Stephen Moody
Market and Performance   Walden Social Equity Fund
Review (unaudited)(cont.)   Manager Commentary by Robert Lincoln
Where to from here? Is it best to sit tight and let the crisis pass, as have all others in the past 50 plus years? Or, as a few financial commentators have mentioned, is the current situation so different from anything we have experienced since World War II that we are about to enter another period similar to the 1930’s? As outlined in the segments that follow, the former, while not assured, appears far more likely to us.
Investment Strategy
For the Walden Social Balanced Fund our policy and practice has been to keep the Fund’s equity allocation within an approximate range of 40% to 75% of total assets. Two primary factors drive our allocation decision process: comparative equity valuations and prospective economic conditions. When both are favorable, we tend to keep stock exposure near the high end of this range, and during periods of high stock prices and weak economics, we would position portfolios toward the low end of the range. Mixes of these environments lead us to some middle ground in between these two extremes.
Over the past year, we reduced equity allocations from over 70% to below 60% at the end of September reflecting our increasing concern about a potential recession. In hindsight, a greater reduction would have been better. We did not reduce equity exposure more because equities were very reasonably valued and the alternative, very low absolute levels of interest rates on bonds and money market instruments, so unattractive, especially with the creeping risk of inflation. In particular, our view was that the recession was most likely to be comparatively mild. Most importantly, we never anticipated the type of credit crisis that has developed over the past month. It is not possible to project how much further stock prices may drop within the current panic. Much of the current selling pressure is driven by a combination of fear and the need of some investors to build short-term liquidity.
If we look beyond the current panic atmosphere, in our view aggregate stock prices have already declined sufficiently to reflect a recession similar to the early 1980’s. Moreover, stock indices will recover as quickly as they have fallen over the past month if economic trends are not as severe as currently feared. A combination of recent equity sales and the natural consequence of a sharp price drop in October have brought the Fund’s equity allocation to just below 57% of total assets. Nevertheless, the situation is quite dynamic. Unless we revise our economic view to incorporate an even worse outcome than outlined above, we are likely to retain stock exposure close to the current level in the months ahead.
As for the composition of stocks and bonds, for the third quarter of 2008, the Fund’s fixed-income and equity segments both performed better than their respective Lehman Brothers Government Credit Bond and Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Indices. Among bonds, the superior return reflected our decision to have over 90% of the investments in either U. S. Treasury or U. S. Government Agency obligations. The stocks in the Fund have fallen by several percentage points less than the drop in the S&P 500 Index in the past twelve months. Emphasis in stocks of generally higher quality companies aided comparative equity results, as did continued low exposure to the most vulnerable firms within the financial sector.
More importantly, market turmoil usually leads to extreme price changes among individual issues. Our objective will be to participate fully in the inevitable recovery in prices, whenever it may occur. For a list of the Fund’s holdings at quarter-end, please refer to the attached fact sheet.
We may add that a few other pertinent facts that have come up in conversations with clients. Thus far, the firm is doing well, though of course income is down. Thanks to the addition of accounts, assets under management were, at the end of the Third Quarter, approximately where they were at the end of last calendar year and the Second Quarter of this year. Though we are a bank, we do not make loans so we do not have a loan portfolio in jeopardy. The money market accounts we use do not reach for yield through fancy derivative securities; all are invested in Government or Agency money market instruments; and all participate in the money market Treasury Guarantee Program5.
Although the Walden Social Equity Fund has not declined as much as the market average, quarterly and year to date losses are substantial. Along with the market, declines have only deepened since the end of September. Unlike the market sell-off that followed the bursting of the late 1990s technology bubble, the 2008 version has left few, if any, market sectors unscathed. In that period, avoiding companies with fanciful valuations or misleading accounting practices usually led to far superior results. Simply avoiding technology stocks would have been enough to sidestep the bulk of the carnage. This time all ten Standard and Poor’s sectors have declined sharply, value strategies have fallen along with growth ones, and small cap and large cap stocks have seen similar declines. Two stars of the last few years have also fallen from grace: international markets have declined farther than domestic markets and energy stocks are now among the worst performers for the year.
 
5   The Treasury Guarantee Program is a temporary guarantee program which provides coverage to shareholders for amounts that they held in participating money market funds as of the close of business on September 19, 2008. The guarantee will be triggered if a participating fund’s net asset value falls below $0.995, commonly referred to as breaking the buck. The program is designed to address temporary dislocations in credit markets, and will exist for an initial three month term, after which the Secretary of the Treasury will review the need and terms for extending the program.

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    Walden Social Balanced Fund
    Manager Commentary by Stephen Moody
Market and Performance   Walden Social Equity Fund
Review (unaudited)(cont.)   Manager Commentary by Robert Lincoln
Amidst this dramatic market fall, we remain confident that our approach could produce good long-term results. After all, the panic that has cut the value of stocks almost indiscriminately has left many strong companies at historically low valuations. These are the companies we have always tried to identify. Many are today available at exceptional prices that we believe offer ample returns even if economic growth over the next few years proves tepid. Among the areas we now favor are consumer product companies and healthcare companies. These are traditional choices in difficult times, and we believe many will fare better than their current stock prices imply. However, we also find many values available in strong industrial and technology companies with superior business models and strong balance sheets. Companies with global reach, a track record of innovation and secure financial positions are likely to prosper as weaker competitors falter. A global recession will slow their progress but not impair their underlying advantages.
Finally, our approach to the financial and energy sectors is likely to prove crucial. With respect to financials, our low exposure to banks and brokers over the past two years accounts for a large share of the better than market results. While we do not claim to have foreseen the credit crisis, we did consider these industries to be too leveraged, too much the beneficiary of unsustainable yield curve strategies, and often under reserved for an inevitable economic slowdown. We plan to remain cautious toward these groups until we are confident that their capital positions are better secured and that they are well placed to prosper in what is sure to be a transformed and more highly regulated financial system. Energy sector investing faces a different challenge. Regardless of the fate of the U.S. economy, the long term outlook remains unchanged: the global demand for energy will rise as ever greater numbers of people worldwide move to urban environments or join the ranks of the middle class. Many energy companies will thus prosper, even if the recent sharp decline from speculative levels in the price of oil and gas leads to lower stock prices in the near term. We plan to retain significant exposure to energy company stocks in the Fund, focusing as usual on those with the greatest financial strength.
-s- Stephen Moody
Stephen Moody
Portfolio Manager
Boston Trust Investment Management, Inc.
-s- Robert Lincoln
Robert Lincoln
Portfolio Manager
Boston Trust Investment Management, Inc.

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    Walden Social Balanced Fund
Investment Performance (unaudited)   September 30, 2008
Fund Net Asset Value: $11.08
Gross Expense Ratio1: 1.17%
                                         
                    Annualized
    Quarter   Six Months   1 Year   5 Years   Since
    Ended   Ended   Ended   Ended   Inception
    9/30/08   9/30/08   9/30/08   9/30/08   6/20/99
Walden Social Balanced Fund
    -5.54 %     -6.89 %     -9.81 %     4.35 %     3.03 %
Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Growth Funds Average*
    -9.50 %     -10.49 %     -17.90 %     4.49 %     2.13 %
Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index**
    -8.37 %     -10.87 %     -21.98 %     5.17 %     0.15 %
Lehman Brothers Government/Credit Index
    -1.64 %     -3.13 %     2.41 %     3.34 %     5.67 %
Citigroup 90-Day U.S. Treasury Bills***
    0.43 %     0.83 %     2.55 %     3.09 %     3.29 %
Composite Index****,†
    -4.80 %     -6.51 %     -10.28 %     4.38 %     2.82 %
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-282-8782 ext. 7050.
 
*   The since inception performance data is calculated from June 17, 1999.
 
**   The since inception performance data is calculated from June 18, 1999.
 
***   The since inception performance data is calculated from June 30, 1999.
The Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Growth Funds Average is an average of managed mutual funds whose primary objective is to maintain a mix of between 60%-80% equity securities with the remainder invested in bonds, cash and cash equivalents. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index is unmanaged an generally representative of the U.S. stock market. The Lehman Brothers Government/Credit Bond Index is generally representative of the performance of U.S. Treasury, U.S. government agency, and corporate debt securities. The Citigroup 90-Day U.S. Treasury Bills are represented by the U.S. Treasury Bill Total Return Index. Treasury bills are government guaranteed and offer a fixed rate of return. Return and principal of stocks and bonds will vary with market conditions. All indices except the Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Growth Funds Average are unmanaged; they do not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of fees for these services. The Lipper Average is an equally weighted index of the largest managed mutual funds within their respective investment objectives, adjusted for the reinvestment of capital gains distributions and income dividends. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
The Fund’s performance is compared to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index, the Lehman Brothers Government/Credit Bond Index, the Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Growth Funds Average and the Citigroup 90-Day U.S. Treasury Bill Total Return Index.
   The Combined S&P 500 Index, Lehman Brothers U.S. Government/Credit Index and the Citigroup 90 Day U.S. Treasury Bill Index (the “Composite Index”) is comprised of a blend of the fifty percent of the S&P 500 Index, forty percent of the Lehman Brothers U.S. Government/Credit Index and ten percent of the Citigroup 90 Day U.S. Treasury Bill Index. The Composite Index is intended to provide a single benchmark that more accurately reflects the composition of securities held by the Boston Trust Social Balanced Fund. The individual performance of each index that comprises the Composite Index is detailed in the table above.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
1   The above Gross Expense ratio is from the Funds prospectus dated August 1, 2008. Additional information pertaining to the Funds’ expense ratios as of September 30, 2008 can be found in the financial highlights. The performance would have been lower without the fee waivers. This excludes the indirect costs of investing in Acquired Funds. Total Fund Operating Expenses, based on the funds prospectus dated August 1, 2008, would be 1.16% and Net Expenses would be 1.00%.
     
    Walden Social Equity Fund
September 30, 2008
Fund Net Asset Value: $11.55
Gross Expense Ratio2: 1.18%
                                         
                            Annualized    
    Quarter Ended   Six Months Ended   1 Year Ended   5 Years Ended   Since Inception
    9/30/08   9/30/08   9/30/08   9/30/08   6/20/99
Walden Social Equity Fund
    -7.00 %     -7.89 %     -12.97 %     5.32 %     2.71 %
Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index*
    -8.37 %     -10.87 %     -21.98 %     5.17 %     0.15 %
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The performance data quoted represents past performance and current returns may be lower or higher. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed may be worth more or less than the original cost. To obtain performance information current to the most recent month end, please call 1-800-282-8782 ext. 7050.
 
*   The performance data being shown for the S&P 500 is calculated from June 18, 1999.
The Fund’s performance is compared to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index, an unmanaged index of stocks which measure the asset-weighted performance of 500 stocks of large capitalization companies. The index does not reflect the deduction of expenses associated with a mutual fund, such as investment management and fund accounting fees. The Fund’s performance reflects the deduction of fees for these services. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.
The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.
 
2   The above Gross Expense ratio is from the Funds prospectus dated August 1, 2008. Additional information pertaining to the Funds’ expense ratios as of September 30, 2008 can be found in the financial highlights. The performance would have been lower without the fee waivers. The performance would have been lower without the fee waivers. The total Fund Operating Expenses, based on the funds prospectus dated August 1, 2008, would be 1.18% and Net Expenses would be 1.00%.

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    Walden Social Balanced Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments   September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
                 
Security Description   Shares     Value ($)  
Common Stocks (61.9%)
               
Consumer Discretionary (6.5%)
               
Johnson Controls, Inc.
    9,000       272,970  
NIKE, Inc., Class B
    6,000       401,400  
Nordstrom, Inc.
    6,000       172,920  
Omnicom Group, Inc.
    11,000       424,160  
Target Corp.
    9,000       441,450  
The Walt Disney Co.
    10,000       306,900  
 
             
 
            2,019,800  
 
             
Consumer Products (9.6%)
               
Alberto-Culver Co.
    9,550       260,142  
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    6,500       489,775  
Costco Wholesale Corp.
    5,500       357,115  
General Mills, Inc.
    5,000       343,600  
PepsiCo, Inc.
    7,800       555,906  
Procter & Gamble Co.
    8,000       557,520  
Sysco Corp.
    14,000       431,620  
 
             
 
            2,995,678  
 
             
Energy (7.7%)
               
Apache Corp.
    4,000       417,120  
BG Group PLC, ADR
    3,800       343,065  
BP PLC, ADR
    11,000       551,870  
ConocoPhillips
    5,400       395,550  
Weatherford International Ltd.(a)
    12,000       301,680  
XTO Energy, Inc.
    8,500       395,420  
 
             
 
            2,404,705  
 
             
Financial Services (7.5%)
               
American Express Co.
    5,500       194,865  
Bank of America Corp.
    7,103       248,605  
Cincinnati Financial Corp.
    7,200       204,768  
Northern Trust Corp.
    5,700       411,540  
State Street Corp.
    6,300       358,344  
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
    11,000       590,810  
Wilmington Trust Corp.
    11,000       317,130  
 
             
 
            2,326,062  
 
             
Health Care (9.3%)
               
Becton, Dickinson & Co.
    4,000       321,040  
C.R. Bard, Inc.
    4,000       379,480  
DENTSPLY International, Inc.
    7,000       262,780  
Johnson & Johnson, Inc.
    8,000       554,240  
Medtronic, Inc.
    9,000       450,900  
Novartis AG, ADR
    3,500       184,940  
Rouche Holdings Ltd.
    2,000       155,630  
Stryker Corp.
    3,000       186,900  
Waters Corp.(a)
    3,500       203,630  
Zimmer Holdings, Inc.(a)
    2,950       190,452  
 
             
 
            2,889,992  
 
             
Industrial Materials (3.4%)
               
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
    3,000       205,470  
AptarGroup, Inc.
    9,000       351,990  
Sigma-Aldrich Corp.
    9,500       497,990  
 
             
 
            1,055,450  
 
             
Industrial Products & Services (7.9%)
               
3M Co.
    4,200       286,902  
ABB Ltd., Spon ADR
    12,000       232,800  
Donaldson Co., Inc.
    7,000       293,370  
Emerson Electric Co.
    13,000       530,270  
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
    7,000       243,880  
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
    10,500       466,725  
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
    4,500       391,365  
 
             
 
            2,445,312  
 
             
                 
    Shares or    
    Principal    
Security Description   Amount ($)   Value ($)
Common Stocks, Continued
               
Information Technology (9.1%)
               
Accenture Ltd., Class A
    7,000       266,000  
Cisco Systems, Inc.(a)
    20,000       451,200  
EMC Corp.(a)
    26,000       310,960  
Hewlett-Packard Co.
    10,500       485,520  
Intel Corp.
    9,000       168,570  
International Business Machines Corp.
    1,700       198,832  
Microsoft Corp.
    11,000       293,590  
Nokia Corp., ADR
    18,000       335,700  
SAP AG, ADR
    6,000       320,580  
 
               
 
            2,830,952  
 
               
Telecommunications (0.9%)
               
AT&T, Inc.
    3,000       83,760  
Time Warner Cable, Inc., Class A(a)
    7,400       179,080  
 
               
 
            262,840  
 
               
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $17,737,638)
            19,230,791  
 
               
 
               
Corporate Bonds (2.6%)
               
Financial Services (0.7%)
               
American Express Co., 7.00%, 3/19/18
    250,000       221,009  
 
               
 
               
Health Care (1.0%)
               
Abbott Laboratories, 5.60%, 5/15/11
    300,000       310,246  
 
               
 
               
Information Technology (0.6%)
               
Oracle Corp., 5.75%, 4/15/18
    200,000       186,033  
 
               
 
               
Telecommunications (0.3%)
               
AT&T, Inc., 5.50%, 2/1/18
    100,000       89,209  
 
               
 
               
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS (Cost $870,699)
            806,497  
 
               
 
               
U.S. Government Agency Obligations (33.3%)
               
Federal Farm Credit Bank
               
6.00%, 3/7/11
    500,000       529,688  
Federal Home Loan Bank
               
3.75%, 8/18/09
    500,000       502,619  
4.63%, 11/21/08
    500,000       501,009  
4.63%, 2/18/11
    500,000       513,640  
5.00%, 12/12/08
    1,000,000       1,003,742  
5.00%, 2/4/09
    500,000       503,264  
5.00%, 12/21/15
    700,000       719,419  
5.25%, 6/12/09
    1,000,000       1,014,105  
Government National Mortgage Association
               
6.00%, 7/15/34
    150,683       153,161  
6.00%, 10/15/36
    207,002       210,407  
6.50%, 2/15/32
    13,391       13,778  
6.50%, 5/15/32
    93,897       96,607  
Housing and Urban Development 7.50%, 8/1/11
    200,000       206,626  
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Bonds
               
1.88%, 7/15/15
    600,000       665,804  
2.50%, 7/15/16
    3,000,000       3,333,516  
3.00%, 7/15/12
    300,000       380,766  
 
               
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (Cost $10,452,822)
            10,348,151  
 
               
 
               
Certificates Of Deposit (0.5%)
               
1st Delta Federal Credit Union, 3.50%, 1/9/09(b)
    25,000       25,000  
Central Appalachian Peoples Federal Credit Union, 4.00%, 3/14/09(b)
    25,000       25,000  
See Notes to Financial Statements

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    Walden Social Balanced Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments (cont.)   September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
                 
    Shares or        
    Principal        
Security Description   Amount ($)     Value ($)  
Certificates Of Deposit, Continued
               
Shorebank Pacific Bank, 2.50%, 5/10/09(b)
    50,000       50,000  
Vermont Development Credit Union, 3.75%, 7/13/09(b)
    50,000       50,000  
 
             
TOTAL CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT (Cost $150,000)
            150,000  
 
             
 
               
Investment Company (1.0%)
               
Victory Federal Money Market, Investor Shares, 1.60%(c)
    311,355       311,355  
 
             
 
               
TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANY (Cost $311,355)
            311,355  
 
             
 
Total Investments (Cost $29,522,514) — 99.3%
            30,846,794  
Other assets in excess of liabilities — 0.7%
            222,674  
 
             
 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
          $ 31,069,468  
 
             
 
(a)   Represents non-income producing security.
 
(b)   Fair valued security. These securities represent 0.5% of net assets as of September 30, 2008.
 
(c)   Variable or Floating Rate Security. Rate disclosed is as of September 30, 2008.
ADR American Depositary Receipt

PLC Public Limited Company
See Notes to Financial Statements

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Financial Statements   Walden Social Balanced Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
         
Assets:
       
Investments, at value (cost $29,522,514)
  $ 30,846,794  
Interest and dividends receivable
    119,905  
Receivable for capital shares issued
    21,101  
Receivable for investments sold
    109,373  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    4,040  
 
     
Total Assets
    31,101,213  
 
     
 
       
Liabilities:
       
Accrued expenses and other liabilities:
       
Investment adviser
    16,970  
Chief compliance officer
    571  
Administration
    1,298  
Custodian
    931  
Transfer agent
    2,099  
Other
    9,876  
 
     
Total Liabilities
    31,745  
 
     
 
       
Net Assets
  $ 31,069,468  
 
     
 
       
Composition of Net Assets:
       
Capital
  $ 28,976,133  
Accumulated net investment income
    513,339  
Accumulated net realized gains from investment transactions
    255,716  
Net unrealized appreciation from investments
    1,324,280  
 
     
 
       
Net Assets
  $ 31,069,468  
 
     
 
       
Shares outstanding (par value $0.001, unlimited number of shares authorized)
    2,805,070  
 
     
 
       
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price per share
  $ 11.08  
 
     
Statement of Operations
For the six months ended September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
         
Investment Income:
       
Interest
  $ 336,299  
Dividends
    190,908  
 
     
Total Investment Income
    527,207  
 
     
 
       
Expenses:
       
Investment adviser
    123,099  
Accounting
    2,346  
Administration
    32,826  
Trustee
    1,762  
Custodian
    3,490  
Transfer agency
    8,099  
Chief compliance officer
    1,208  
Other
    16,760  
 
     
Total expenses before fee reductions
    189,590  
Fees voluntarily reduced by the administrator
    (9,007 )
Fees contractually reduced by the investment adviser
    (16,076 )
 
     
Net Expenses
    164,507  
 
     
 
       
Net Investment Income
    362,700  
 
     
 
       
Net Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses) from Investments:
       
Net realized losses from investment transactions
    (60,736 )
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments
    (2,588,638 )
 
     
Net realized/unrealized losses from investments
    (2,649,374 )
 
     
 
       
Change in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ (2,286,674 )
 
     
See Notes to Financial Statements

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Financial Statements   Walden Social Balanced Fund
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
                 
    For the six        
    months ended        
    September 30,     For the year ended  
    2008     March 31,  
    (Unaudited)     2008  
Investment Activities:
               
Operations:
               
Net investment income
  $ 362,700     $ 492,333  
Net realized gains/(losses) from investment transactions
    (60,736 )     908,914  
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments
    (2,588,638 )     122,348  
 
           
Change in net assets resulting from operations
    (2,286,674 )     1,523,595  
 
           
 
               
Dividends:
               
Net investment income
          (463,640 )
Net realized gains from investment transactions
          (1,085,395 )
 
           
Change in net assets from shareholder dividends
          (1,549,035 )
 
           
 
               
Capital Share Transactions:
               
Proceeds from shares issued
    1,449,012       4,179,191  
Dividends reinvested
          1,540,486  
Cost of shares redeemed
    (1,274,727 )     (2,156,665 )
 
           
Change in net assets from capital share transactions
    174,285       3,563,012  
 
           
 
               
Change in net assets
    (2,112,389 )     3,537,572  
 
               
Net Assets:
               
Beginning of period
    33,181,857       29,644,285  
 
           
End of period
  $ 31,069,468     $ 33,181,857  
 
           
 
               
Share Transactions:
               
Issued
    122,605       335,669  
Reinvested
          123,436  
Redeemed
    (107,055 )     (174,513 )
 
           
Change in shares
    15,550       284,592  
 
           
 
               
Accumulated net investment income
  $ 513,339     $ 150,639  
 
           
See Notes to Financial Statements

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Financial Statements   Walden Social Balanced Fund
Financial Highlights
Selected data for a share outstanding throughout the years indicated.
                                                 
    For the six                                
    months ended     For the year     For the year     For the year     For the year     For the year  
    September 30,     ended     ended     ended     ended     ended  
    2008     March 31,     March 31,     March 31,     March 31,     March 31,  
    (Unaudited)     2008     2007     2006     2005     2004  
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 11.90     $ 11.83     $ 11.58     $ 11.08     $ 10.71     $ 9.13  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Investment Activities:
                                               
Net investment income
    0.13       0.19       0.18       0.18       0.13       0.13  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) from investment transactions
    (0.95 )     0.46       0.38       0.49       0.37       1.59  
 
                                   
Total from investment activities
    (0.82 )     0.65       0.56       0.67       0.50       1.72  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Dividends:
                                               
Net investment income
          (0.17 )     (0.17 )     (0.17 )     (0.13 )     (0.14 )
Net realized gains from investments
          (0.41 )     (0.14 )                  
 
                                   
Total dividends
          (0.58 )     (0.31 )     (0.17 )     (0.13 )     (0.14 )
 
                                   
 
                                               
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 11.08     $ 11.90     $ 11.83     $ 11.58     $ 11.08     $ 10.71  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Total Return
    (6.89) %(a)     5.30 %     4.85 %     6.06 %     4.62 %     18.91 %
 
                                   
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
                                               
Net Assets at end of period (000’s)
  $ 31,069     $ 33,182     $ 29,644     $ 29,722     $ 28,121     $ 24,410  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets
    1.00 %(b)     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
    2.21 %(b)     1.52 %     1.52 %     1.49 %     1.26 %     1.38 %
Ratio of expenses (before fee reductions) to average net assets(c)
    1.16 %(b)     1.16 %     1.17 %     1.18 %     1.26 %     1.26 %
Portfolio turnover
    24.00 %(a)     38.99 %     28.57 %     41.14 %     21.15 %     26.47 %
 
(a)   Not annualized for periods less than one year.
 
(b)   Annualized for periods less than one year.
 
(c)   During the period, certain fees were reduced and total fund expenses are capped at 1.00%. If such expense caps had not been in place, the ratio would have been as indicated.
See Notes to Financial Statements

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Walden Social Equity Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments   September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
                 
Security Description   Shares     Value ($)  
Common Stocks (96.8%)
               
Consumer Discretionary (10.7%)
               
Johnson Controls, Inc.
    35,000       1,061,550  
NIKE, Inc., Class B
    20,000       1,338,000  
Nordstrom, Inc.
    30,000       864,600  
Omnicom Group, Inc.
    30,000       1,156,800  
Target Corp.
    22,380       1,097,739  
The Walt Disney Co.
    30,000       920,700  
 
             
 
            6,439,389  
 
             
Consumer Products (15.5%)
               
Alberto-Culver Co.
    42,000       1,144,080  
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    18,000       1,356,300  
Costco Wholesale Corp.
    20,000       1,298,600  
General Mills, Inc.
    18,000       1,236,960  
PepsiCo, Inc.
    20,000       1,425,400  
Procter & Gamble Co.
    24,000       1,672,560  
Sysco Corp.
    40,000       1,233,200  
 
             
 
            9,367,100  
 
             
Energy (9.0%)
               
Apache Corp.
    8,000       834,240  
BG Group PLC, ADR
    8,000       722,243  
BP PLC, ADR
    20,000       1,003,400  
ConocoPhillips
    21,000       1,538,250  
Weatherford International Ltd.(a)
    25,000       628,500  
XTO Energy, Inc.
    15,000       697,800  
 
             
 
            5,424,433  
 
             
Financial Services (8.7%)
               
American Express Co.
    16,800       595,224  
Cincinnati Financial Corp.
    33,000       938,520  
Northern Trust Corp.
    7,700       555,940  
State Street Corp.
    12,000       682,560  
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
    30,030       1,612,912  
Wilmington Trust Corp.
    30,000       864,900  
 
             
 
            5,250,056  
 
             
Health Care (17.4%)
               
Becton, Dickinson & Co.
    14,000       1,123,640  
C.R. Bard, Inc.
    12,000       1,138,440  
DENTSPLY International, Inc.
    27,000       1,013,580  
Johnson & Johnson, Inc.
    22,000       1,524,160  
Medtronic, Inc.
    29,000       1,452,900  
Novartis AG, ADR
    16,000       845,440  
Rouche Holdings Ltd.
    10,000       778,149  
Saint Jude Medical, Inc.(a)
    15,000       652,350  
Stryker Corp.
    13,000       809,900  
Waters Corp.(a)
    7,000       407,260  
Zimmer Holdings, Inc.(a)
    12,000       774,720  
 
             
 
            10,520,539  
 
             
Industrial Materials (5.2%)
               
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
    10,000       684,900  
AptarGroup, Inc.
    30,000       1,173,300  
Sigma-Aldrich Corp.
    25,000       1,310,500  
 
             
 
            3,168,700  
 
             
Industrial Products & Services (10.9%)
               
3M Co.
    14,000       956,340  
Donaldson Co., Inc.
    24,000       1,005,840  
Emerson Electric Co.
    32,000       1,305,280  
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
    25,000       871,000  
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
    29,000       1,289,050  
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
    13,000       1,130,610  
 
             
 
            6,558,120  
 
             
Information Technology (15.0%)
               
Accenture Ltd., Class A
    25,000       950,000  
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
    22,000       940,500  
Cisco Systems, Inc.(a)
    55,000       1,240,800  
EMC Corp.(a)
    50,000       598,000  
Hewlett-Packard Co.
    23,000       1,063,520  
Intel Corp.
    45,000       842,850  
Microsoft Corp.
    44,000       1,174,360  
Nokia Corp., ADR
    40,000       746,000  
Paychex, Inc.
    27,000       891,810  
SAP AG, ADR
    12,000       641,160  
 
             
 
            9,089,000  
 
             
Telecommunications (3.0%)
               
AT&T, Inc.
    35,000       977,200  
Time Warner Cable, Inc., Class A(a)
    35,000       847,000  
 
             
 
            1,824,200  
 
             
Utility (1.4%)
               
Questar Corp.
    20,000       818,400  
 
             
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $54,107,050)
            58,459,937  
 
             
 
               
Investment Company (1.1%)
               
Victory Federal Money Market, Investor Shares, 1.60%(b)
    684,064       684,064  
 
             
 
               
TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANY (Cost $684,064)
            684,064  
 
             
 
Total Investments (Cost $54,791,114) — 97.9%
            59,144,001  
Other assets in excess of liabilities — 2.1%
            1,236,573  
 
             
 
               
NET ASSETS — 100.0%
          $ 60,380,574  
 
             
 
(a)   Represents non-income producing security.
 
(b)   Variable or Floating Rate Security. Rate disclosed is as of September 30, 2008.
 
ADR   American Depositary Receipt
 
PLC   Public Limited Company
See Notes to Financial Statements

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Financial Statements   Walden Social Equity Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
         
Assets:
       
Investments, at value (cost $54,791,114)
  $ 59,144,001  
Interest and dividends receivable
    58,569  
Receivable for capital shares issued
    27,705  
Receivable for investments sold
    1,215,626  
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    5,901  
 
     
Total Assets
    60,451,802  
 
     
 
       
Liabilities:
       
Payable for capital shares redeemed
    10,300  
Accrued expenses and other liabilities:
       
Investment adviser
    34,375  
Chief compliance officer
    831  
Administration
    2,478  
Custodian
    890  
Transfer agent
    6,692  
Shareholder service
    674  
Other
    14,988  
 
     
Total Liabilities
    71,228  
 
     
 
       
Net Assets
  $ 60,380,574  
 
     
 
       
Composition of Net Assets:
       
Capital
  $ 55,003,870  
Accumulated net investment income
    352,961  
Accumulated net realized gains from investment transactions
    670,856  
Net unrealized appreciation from investments
    4,352,887  
 
     
 
       
Net Assets
  $ 60,380,574  
 
     
 
       
Shares outstanding (par value $0.001, unlimited number of shares authorized)
    5,228,504  
 
     
 
       
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price per share
  $ 11.55  
 
     
Statement of Operations
For the six months ended September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
         
Investment Income:
       
Dividends
  $ 539,520  
 
     
Total Investment Income
    539,520  
 
     
 
       
Expenses:
       
Investment adviser
    222,537  
Accounting
    1,512  
Administration
    59,344  
Shareholder servicing fees
    3,561  
Trustee
    2,769  
Custodian
    6,110  
Transfer agency
    18,019  
Chief compliance officer
    1,898  
Other
    23,142  
 
     
Total expenses before fee reductions
    338,892  
Fees voluntarily reduced by the administrator
    (16,164 )
Fees contractually reduced by the investment adviser
    (25,020 )
 
     
Net Expenses
    297,708  
 
     
 
       
Net Investment Income
    241,812  
 
     
 
       
Net Realized/Unrealized Gains (Losses) from Investments:
       
Net realized gains from investment transactions
    191,248  
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments
    (5,804,740 )
 
     
Net realized/unrealized losses from investments
    (5,613,492 )
 
     
 
       
Change in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
  $ (5,371,680 )
 
     
See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Financial Statements   Walden Social Equity Fund
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
                 
    For the six        
    months ended        
    September 30,     For the year ended  
    2008     March 31,  
    (Unaudited)     2008  
Investment Activities:
               
Operations:
               
Net investment income
  $ 241,812     $ 308,596  
Net realized gains/(losses) from investment transactions
    191,248       1,534,792  
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments
    (5,804,740 )     553,617  
 
           
Change in net assets resulting from operations
    (5,371,680 )     2,397,005  
 
           
 
               
Dividends:
               
Net investment income
          (297,927 )
Net realized gains from investment transactions
          (1,341,018 )
 
           
Change in net assets from shareholder dividends
          (1,638,945 )
 
           
 
               
Capital Share Transactions:
               
Proceeds from shares issued
    17,649,000       8,249,608  
Dividends reinvested
          1,599,563  
Cost of shares redeemed
    (3,800,165 )     (8,576,512 )
 
           
Change in net assets from capital share transactions
    13,848,835       1,272,659  
 
           
 
               
Change in net assets
    8,477,155       2,030,719  
 
               
Net Assets:
               
Beginning of period
    51,903,419       49,872,700  
 
           
End of period
  $ 60,380,574     $ 51,903,419  
 
           
 
               
Share Transactions:
               
Issued
    1,395,099       640,227  
Reinvested
          119,015  
Redeemed
    (307,164 )     (670,383 )
 
           
Change in shares
    1,087,935       88,859  
 
           
 
               
Accumulated net investment income
  $ 352,961     $ 111,149  
 
           
See Notes to Financial Statements

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Financial Statements   Walden Social Equity Fund
Financial Highlights
Selected data for a share outstanding throughout the periods indicated.
                                                 
    For the six                                
    months ended     For the year     For the year     For the year     For the year     For the year  
    September 30,     ended     ended     ended     ended     ended  
    2008     March 31,     March 31,     March 31,     March 31,     March 31,  
    (Unaudited)     2008     2007     2006     2005     2004  
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
  $ 12.54     $ 12.31     $ 12.09     $ 11.34     $ 10.85     $ 8.24  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Investment Activities:
                                               
Net investment income
    0.05       0.08       0.07       0.09       0.08       0.04  
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) from investment transactions
    (1.04 )     0.57       0.61       0.74       0.48       2.61  
 
                                   
Total from investment activities
    (0.99 )     0.65       0.68       0.83       0.56       2.65  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Dividends:
                                               
Net investment income
          (0.08 )     (0.08 )     (0.08 )     (0.07 )     (0.04 )
Net realized gains from investments
          (0.34 )     (0.38 )                  
 
                                   
Total dividends
          (0.42 )     (0.46 )     (0.08 )     (0.07 )     (0.04 )
 
                                   
 
                                               
Net Asset Value, End of Period
  $ 11.55     $ 12.54     $ 12.31     $ 12.09     $ 11.34     $ 10.85  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Total Return
    (7.89) %(a)     5.01 %     5.62 %     7.32 %     5.18 %     31.14 %
 
                                   
 
                                               
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
                                               
Net Assets at end of period (000’s)
  $ 60,381     $ 51,903     $ 49,873     $ 48,712     $ 45,287     $ 40,446  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets
    1.00 %(b)     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %     1.00 %
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
    0.98 %(b)     0.59 %     0.68 %     0.70 %     0.75 %     0.45 %
Ratio of expenses (before fee reductions) to average net assets(c)
    1.14 %(b)     1.18 %     1.15 %     1.12 %     1.15 %     1.16 %
Portfolio turnover
    17.65 %(a)     44.67 %     25.50 %     29.11 %     15.89 %     22.33 %
 
(a)   Not annualized for periods less than one year.
 
(b)   Annualized for periods less than one year.
 
(c)   During the period, certain fees were reduced and total fund expenses are capped at 1.00%. If such expense caps had not been in place, the ratio would have been as indicated.
See Notes to Financial Statements

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Notes to Financial Statements   September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
1.   Organization:
 
    The Coventry Group (the “Group”) was organized on January 8, 1992 as a Massachusetts business trust, and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Group contains the following Boston Trust Funds and Walden Funds (individually a “Fund,” collectively the “Funds”):
     
Fund   Short Name
Boston Trust Balanced Fund
  Balanced Fund
Boston Trust Equity Fund
  Equity Fund
Boston Trust Small Cap Fund
  Small Cap Fund
Boston Trust Midcap Fund
  Midcap Fund
Walden Social Balanced Fund
  Social Balanced Fund
Walden Social Equity Fund
  Social Equity Fund
    Financial statements for all other series of the Group are published separately.
 
    Under the Group’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Group. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Group may enter into contracts with its vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. Each Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds. However, based on experience, the Funds expect that risk of loss to be remote.
2.   Significant Accounting Policies:
 
    The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements. The policies are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”).
 
    Security Valuation:
 
    The value of each equity security is based either on the last sale price on a national securities exchange, or in the absence of recorded sales, at the closing bid prices on such exchanges, or at the quoted bid price in the over-the-counter market. Equity securities traded on the NASDAQ stock market are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. Securities or other assets for which market quotations are not readily available (e.g., an approved pricing service does not provide a price, a furnished price is in error, certain stale prices, or an event occurs that materially affects the furnished price) are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or at the direction of the Group’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”).
 
    Bonds and other fixed income securities (other than short-term obligations but including listed issues) are valued on the basis of valuations furnished by a pricing service, the use of which has been approved by the Board. In making such valuations, the pricing service utilizes both dealer-supplied valuations and electronic data processing techniques which take into account appropriate factors such as institutional-size trading in similar groups of securities, yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, and trading characteristics other than market data and without exclusive reliance upon quoted prices or exchanges or over-the-counter prices, since such valuations are believed to reflect more accurately the fair value of such securities. All debt portfolio securities with a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Under the amortized cost method, discount or premium, if any, is accreted or amortized, respectively, on a constant (straight-line) basis to the maturity of the security.
 
    The Group may use a pricing service to value certain portfolio securities where the prices provided are believed to reflect the fair market value of such securities. If market prices are not available or, in the Adviser’s opinion, market prices do not reflect fair value, or if an event occurs after the close of trading on the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded (but prior to the time the NAV is calculated) that materially affects fair value, the Adviser will value the Fund’s assets at their fair value according to policies approved by the Board.
 
    Investments in money market funds are valued at net asset value per share.
 
    New Accounting Pronouncements:
 
    In March 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“SFAS 161”). SFAS 161 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. SFAS 161 requires enhanced disclosures about each fund’s derivative and hedging activities, including how such activities are accounted for and their effect on the fund’s financial position, performance and cash flows. Management has recently begun evaluating the impact the adoption of SFAS 161 will have on each Fund’s financial statements and related disclosures.
 
    Fair Value Measurements:
 
    Effective April 1, 2008, the Funds adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS 157”). This standard establishes a single authoritative definition of fair value, sets out a framework for measuring fair value based on inputs used to value the funds’ investments, and requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 applies to fair value measurements already required or permitted by existing standards.
 
    One key component of the implementation of SFAS 157 includes the development of a three-tier fair value hierarchy. The basis of the tiers is dependent upon the various “inputs” used to determine the value of the Funds’ investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
 
    Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical assets.
 
    Level 2 — other significant inputs (including quoted prices of similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc).
 
    Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund management’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
 
    The inputs or methodology used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For example, money market securities are valued using amortized cost, in accordance with rules under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Generally, amortized cost approximates the current fair value of a security, but since the valuation is not obtained from a quoted price in an active market, such securities are reflected as Level 2.
Continued

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Notes to Financial Statements   September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
    The following is a summary categorization of each Fund’s investments based on the level of inputs utilized in determining the value of such investments as of September 30, 2008:
                                                                 
                    LEVEL 2 - Other Significant   LEVEL 3- Significant    
    LEVEL 1- Quoted Prices   Observable Inputs   Unobservable Inputs   Total
    Investments   Other Financial   Investments   Other Financial   Investments   Other Financial   Investments   Other Financial
Fund Name   in Securities($)   Investments($)*   in Securities($)   Investments($)*   in Securities($)   Investments($)*   in Securities($)   Investments($)*
 
Balanced Fund
    102,048,785             68,157,458                         170,206,243        
Equity Fund
    54,425,920             4,177,005                         58,602,925        
Small Cap Fund
    30,561,272             2,099,915                         32,661,187        
Midcap Equity Fund
    12,667,376             532,157                         13,199,533        
Social Balanced Fund
    18,732,096             11,964,699             150,000             30,846,795        
Social Equity Fund
    56,959,544             2,184,457                         59,144,001        
 
*   Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in the Schedule of Portfolio Investments, such as futures, forwards, and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of the investment.
    The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:
         
    Social Balanced Fund  
    Investments in Securities  
Balance as of 4/1/2008
  $ 200,000  
Accrued Accretion/ (Amortization)
     
Change in Unrealized Appreciation / (Depreciation)
     
Net Purchase / (Sales)
    (50,000 )
Transfers In / (Out) of Level 3
     
 
     
Balance as of 9/30/2008
  $ 150,000  
 
     
    Security Transactions and Related Income:
 
    Changes in holdings of portfolio securities shall be reflected no later than in the first calculation on the first business day following the trade date. However, for financial reporting purposes, portfolio security transactions are reported on trade date. Interest income is recognized on the accrual basis and includes, where applicable, the amortization of premium or discount. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Gains or losses realized on sales of securities are determined by comparing the identified cost of the security lot sold with the net sales proceeds.
 
    Expenses:
 
    Expenses directly attributable to a Fund are charged directly to the Fund. Expenses relating to the Group are allocated proportionately to each Fund within the Group according to the relative net assets of each Fund or on another reasonable basis.
 
    Use of Estimates:
 
    The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences could be material.
 
    Dividends to Shareholders:
 
    Dividends from net investment income, if any, are declared and paid annually by the Funds. Dividends from net realized gains, if any, are declared and distributed at least annually by the Funds.
 
    The amounts of dividends from net investment income and of distributions from net realized gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These ‘’book/tax’’ differences are either considered temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the composition of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification. To the extent dividends exceed net investment income and net realized gains for tax purposes, they are reported as distributions of capital.
 
    Federal Income Taxes:
 
    Each Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined in Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and to make distributions from net investment income and from net realized capital gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income and excise taxes.
 
    Effective September 30, 2007, the Funds adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented and disclosed in the financial statements. FIN 48 requires the affirmative evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Funds’ tax return to determine whether it is more-likely-than-not (i.e., greater than 50-percent) that each tax position will be sustained upon examination by a taxing authority based on the technical merits of the position. A tax position that meets the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold is measured to determine the amount of benefit to recognize in the financial statements. Differences between tax positions taken in a tax return and amounts recognized in the financial statements will generally result in an increase in a liability for taxes payable (or a reduction of a tax refund receivable), including the recognition of any related interest and penalties as an operating expense. Implementation of FIN 48 included a review of tax positions taken in tax years that remain subject to examination by tax authorities (i.e., the last 4 tax year ends and the interim tax period since then, as applicable). The adoption of FIN 48 did not impact the Funds’ net assets or result of operations.
Continued

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Notes to Financial Statements   September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
3.   Related Party Transactions:
 
    Investment Adviser:
 
    The Funds and Boston Trust Investment Management, Inc. (the “Adviser”) are parties to an Investment Advisory Agreement under which the Adviser is entitled to receive an annual fee, computed daily and paid monthly, equal to the average daily net assets of each Fund, at the following annual percentage rates before contractual waivers:
         
Fund   Fee Rate
Balanced Fund
    0.75 %
Equity Fund
    0.75 %
Small Cap Fund
    0.75 %
Midcap Fund
    0.75 %
Social Balanced Fund
    0.75 %
Social Equity Fund
    0.75 %
    Administration:
 
    Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (“Citi”) serves the Funds as administrator. Citi as the Funds administrator provides services for a fee that is computed daily and paid monthly at an annual rate of 0.15% of the average daily net assets of each Fund. Certain officers of the Group are affiliated with Citi. Such persons were paid no fees directly by the Fund for serving as officers of the Group, except the Chief Compliance Officer (the “CCO”).
 
    Under a Compliance Services Agreement between the Funds and Citi (the “CCO Agreement”), Citi makes an employee available to serve as the Funds’ CCO. Under the CCO Agreement, Citi also provides infrastructure and support in implementing the written policies and procedures comprising the Funds’ compliance program, including support services to the CCO. For the services provided under the CCO Agreement, the Funds paid Citi $13,663 for the six months ended September 30, 2008, plus certain out of pocket expenses. Citi pays the salary and other compensation earned by any such individuals as employees of Citi.
 
    Distribution:
 
    Foreside Distribution Services, L.P., (“Foreside”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Foreside Financial Group, Inc., serves as the Funds’ distribution agent. Foreside is not affiliated with Citi or Boston Trust Investment Management, Inc., the Funds’ adviser.
 
    The Group has adopted a Distribution and Shareholder Service Plan in accordance with Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act, pursuant to which each Fund is authorized to pay or reimburse the Distributor a periodic amount, calculated at an annual rate not to exceed 0.25% of the average daily net asset value of each Fund. These fees may be used by the Distributor to pay banks, including affiliates of the Adviser, broker-dealers and other institutions, or to reimburse the Distributor or its affiliates, for distribution and shareholder services in connection with the distribution of Fund shares. For the six months ended September 30, 2008, the distribution fees were voluntarily waived to limit total fund operating expenses. Any contractual and voluntary fee waivers are not subject to recoupment in subsequent fiscal periods.
 
    Custodian, Transfer Agency, and Fund Accounting
 
    Boston Trust & Investment Management Company acts as the Funds’ custodian and transfer agent. Under the custody agreement, Boston Trust & Investment Management Company receives an annual fee computed daily and paid monthly based on the average daily net assets. Boston Trust & Investment Management Company receives a fixed fee accrued daily and paid monthly for its services as the transfer agent. Citi provides fund accounting services for the Funds. For these services to the Funds, Citi receives an annual fee computed daily and paid monthly, which is accrued and included with Citi administration fees within the Funds’ Statement of Operations.
 
    Fee Reductions:
 
    The Adviser has agreed to reduce its fees payable by the Funds to the extent necessary to limit each Fund’s aggregate annual operating expenses to 1.00% (1.25% for the Boston Trust Small Cap Fund) of the average daily net assets. Any such reductions made by the Adviser in its fees or in the payment or reimbursement of expenses that are a Fund’s obligation may be subject to repayment by the Fund within three years provided the Fund receiving the reduction, payment or reimbursement is able to effect such repayment and remain in compliance with applicable limitations. Pursuant to its agreement, for the period ended September 30, 2008, the Adviser reimbursed fees in the amount of $10,542, $11,102, $0, $25,783, $16,076 and $25,020 for the Balanced Fund, Equity Fund, Small Cap Fund, Midcap Fund, Social Balanced Fund and Social Equity Fund respectively. As of September 30, 2008, the Adviser may recoup $99,618, $85,449, $25,723, $38,046, $107,613 and $142,524 from the Funds as follows:
                 
Fund   Amount   Expires
Balanced Fund
  $ 41,828       2009  
 
    19,700       2010  
 
    38,090       2011  
Equity Fund
    26,932       2009  
 
    28,636       2010  
 
    29,881       2011  
Small Cap Fund
    6,048       2009  
 
    19,675       2010  
Midcap Fund
    38,046       2011  
Social Balanced Fund
    38,056       2009  
 
    34,656       2010  
 
    34,901       2011  
Social Equity Fund
    32,149       2009  
 
    45,669       2010  
 
    64,706       2011  
    Citi has voluntarily agreed to reduce its administrative fees. For the period ended September 30, 2008, Citi voluntarily waived fees in the amount of $50,681, $17,737, $9,092, $3,888, $9,007 and $16,164 for the Balanced Fund, Equity Fund, Small Cap Fund, Midcap Fund, Social Balanced Fund and Social Equity Fund respectively. This voluntary fee waiver is not subject to recoupment in subsequent fiscal periods.
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Notes to Financial Statements   September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
4.   Purchases and Sales of Securities:
 
    Purchases of and proceeds from sales, excluding short-term securities and U.S. Government Securities, for the Funds for the period ended September 30, 2008, totaled:
                 
Fund   Purchases     Sales  
Balanced Fund
  $ 9,774,387     $ 14,226,618  
Equity Fund
    5,502,574       9,683,200  
Small Cap Fund
    6,735,654       4,101,296  
Midcap Fund
    1,991,233       1,131,916  
Social Balanced Fund
    9,999,215       7,547,137  
Social Equity Fund
    23,416,715       10,196,217  
5.   Federal Income Tax Information:
 
    At September 30, 2008, the cost, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation on securities, for federal income tax purposes, were as follows:
                                 
                            Net Unrealized
            Gross Tax Unrealized   Gross Tax Unrealized   Appreciation
    Tax Cost   Appreciation   (Depreciation)   (Depreciation)
 
Balanced Fund
  $ 136,451,894     $ 38,105,293     $ (4,350,944 )   $ 33,754,349  
Equity Fund
    43,295,556       17,715,987       (2,408,618 )     15,307,369  
Small Cap Fund
    31,029,956       4,731,129       (3,099,898 )     1,631,231  
Midcap Fund
    10,889,704       3,248,644       (938,815 )     2,309,829  
 
Social Balanced Fund
    29,522,514       2,900,751       (1,576,471 )     1,324,280  
Social Equity Fund
    54,817,282       8,451,528       (4,124,809 )     4,326,719  
 
    The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008 was as follows:
                                         
    Distributions paid from            
            Net Long Term   Total Taxable   Tax Return of   Total Distributions
    Ordinary Income   Capital Gains   Distributions   Capital   Paid1
 
Balanced Fund
  $ 2,580,508     $ 5,624,715     $ 8,205,223     $     $ 8,205,223  
Equity Fund
    392,184       1,383,315       1,775,499             1,775,499  
Small Cap Fund
    493,692       870,734       1,364,426             1,364,426  
Midcap Fund
    6,592       92,184       98,776             98,776  
 
Social Balanced Fund
    463,640       1,085,395       1,549,035             1,549,035  
Social Equity Fund
    306,240       1,332,705       1,638,945             1,638,945  
 
                                                 
                                    Unrealized    
    Undistributed   Undistributed Long-   Accumulated   Accumulated Capital   Appreciation   Total Accumulated
    Ordinary Income   Term Capital Gains   Earnings   and Other Losses   (Depreciation)2   Earnings (Deficit)
 
Balanced Fund
  $ 869,884     $ 4,167,700     $ 5,037,584     $     $ 45,212,814     $ 50,250,398  
Equity Fund
    119,054             119,054       (12,109 )     19,761,766       19,868,711  
Small Cap Fund
    12,228       252,171       264,399             1,699,191       1,963,590  
Midcap Fund
    14,816             14,816       (110,410 )     3,448,067       3,352,473  
 
Social Balanced Fund
    163,791       342,066       505,857             3,874,152       4,380,009  
Social Equity Fund
    111,149       485,655       596,804             10,151,580       10,748,384  
 
 
1   Total distributions paid may differ from the amount reported in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets because for tax purposes distributions are recognized when actually paid.
 
2   The differences between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to: tax deferral of losses on wash sales.
Under current tax law, capital losses realized after October 31 of a Fund’s fiscal year may be deferred and treated as occurring on the first business day of the following fiscal year for tax purposes. The following Funds had deferred post October capital losses, which will be treated as arising on the first business day of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009:
         
    Post-October Loss
Equity Fund
  $ 12,109  
Midcap Fund
    110,410  
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Supplementary Information (Unaudited)   September 30, 2008
Table of Shareholder Expenses:
As a shareholder of the Boston Trust Funds, you incur the following costs: ongoing costs, including management fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Boston Trust Funds and Walden Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from April 1, 2008 through September 30, 2008.
Actual Expenses
The table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Expense Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads). Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
                                 
    Beginning Account Value   Ending Account Value   Expense Paid During Period*   Expense Ratio During Period
    4/1/08   9/30/08   4/1/08 - 9/30/08   4/1/08 - 9/30/08
 
Balanced Fund
  $ 1,000.00     $ 952.50     $ 4.89       1.00 %
Equity Fund
    1,000.00       926.30       4.83       1.00 %
Small Cap Fund
    1,000.00       985.30       5.37       1.08 %
Midcap Fund
    1,000.00       928.50       4.83       1.00 %
 
Social Balanced Fund
    1,000.00       931.10       4.84       1.00 %
Social Equity Fund
    1,000.00       921.10       4.82       1.00 %
 
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Boston Trust and Walden Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that apear in the shareholder reports of other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads). Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
                                 
    Beginning Account Value   Ending Account Value   Expense Paid During Period*   Expense Ratio During Period
    4/1/08   9/30/08   4/1/08 - 9/30/08   4/1/08 - 9/30/08
 
Balanced Fund
  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,020.05     $ 5.06       1.00 %
Equity Fund
    1,000.00       1,020.05       5.06       1.00 %
Small Cap Fund
    1,000.00       1,019.65       5.47       1.08 %
Midcap Fund
    1,000.00       1,020.05       5.06       1.00 %
 
Social Balanced Fund
    1,000.00       1,020.05       5.06       1.00 %
Social Equity Fund
    1,000.00       1,020.05       5.06       1.00 %
 
 
*   Expenses are equal to the average account value times the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year.
Continued

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Supplementary Information (Unaudited)   September 30, 2008
Tabular Summary of Schedules of Investments:
The Boston Trust Funds invested, as a percentage of total portfolio investments, in the following industries as of September 30, 2008.
Boston Trust Balanced Fund
         
    Percentage of Total
Security Allocation for the Schedule of Investments   Portfolio Investments
 
U.S. Government Obligations
    31.5 %
Consumer Products
    9.6 %
Energy
    9.3 %
Health Care
    9.0 %
Industrial Products & Services
    8.9 %
Information Technology
    7.1 %
Financial Services
    6.4 %
Consumer Discretionary
    6.3 %
Industrial Materials
    3.3 %
Investment Companies
    3.2 %
Corporate Bonds
    3.0 %
Municipal Bonds
    2.4 %
 
Total
    100.0 %
 
Boston Trust Small Cap Fund
         
    Percentage of Total
Security Allocation for the Schedule of Investments   Portfolio Investments
 
Industrial Products & Sercives
    18.3 %
Information Technology
    15.9 %
Financial Services
    14.6 %
Health Care
    13.8 %
Consumer Discretionary
    12.9 %
Investment Companies
    6.4 %
Consumer Products
    5.2 %
Utilities
    5.1 %
Energy
    4.7 %
Industrial Materials
    3.1 %
 
Total
    100.0 %
 
Boston Trust Equity Fund
         
    Percentage of Total
Security Allocation for the Schedule of Investments   Portfolio Investments
 
Industrial Products & Services
    15.0 %
Energy
    14.6 %
Consumer Products
    13.2 %
Health Care
    11.9 %
Financial Services
    11.2 %
Consumer Discretionary
    10.8 %
Information Technology
    10.1 %
Investment Companies
    7.1 %
Industrial Materials
    6.1 %
 
Total
    100.0 %
 
Boston Trust Midcap Fund
         
    Percentage of Total
Security Allocation for the Schedule of Investments   Portfolio Investments
 
Health Care
    17.4 %
Industrial Products & Services
    17.2 %
Information Technology
    11.3 %
Financial Services
    11.2 %
Consumer Products
    11.1 %
Industrial Materials
    8.3 %
Consumer Discretionary
    7.5 %
Energy
    6.2 %
Investment Companies
    4.0 %
Utilities
    2.9 %
Telecommunication
    2.9 %
 
Total
    100.0 %
 
The Boston Trust (Walden) Funds invested, as a percentage of total portfolio investments, in the following industries as of September 30, 2008.
Walden Social Balanced Fund
         
    Percentage of Total
Security Allocation for the Schedule of Investments   Portfolio Investments
 
U.S. Government Obligations
    33.5 %
Consumer Products
    9.7 %
Health Care
    9.4 %
Information Technology
    9.2 %
Industrial Products & Services
    7.9 %
Energy
    7.8 %
Financial Services
    7.5 %
Consumer Discretionary
    6.6 %
Industrial Materials
    3.4 %
Corporate Bonds
    2.6 %
Investment Companies
    1.0 %
Telecommunications
    0.9 %
Certificates of Deposit
    0.5 %
 
Total
    100.0 %
 
Walden Social Equity Fund
         
    Percentage of Total
Security Allocation for the Schedule of Investments   Portfolio Investments
 
Health Care
    17.8 %
Consumer Products
    15.8 %
Information Technology
    15.4 %
Industrial Products & Services
    11.1 %
Consumer Discretionary
    10.9 %
Energy
    9.2 %
Financial Services
    8.9 %
Industrial Materials
    5.3 %
Telecommunications
    3.1 %
Utilities
    1.4 %
Investment Companies
    1.1 %
 
Total
    100.0 %
 
Other Information:
A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds’ use to determine how to vote proxies related to portfolio securities is available (I) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-282-8782 ext. 7050, (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “Commission”) web-site at http://www.sec.gov.
Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-282-8782 ext. 7050, (ii) on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
The Funds file complete schedules of portfolio holdings for each Fund with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Form N-Q is available on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Funds’ Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. and information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 800-SEC-0330; and the Funds make the information on Form N-Q available upon request without charge.

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Investment Adviser
Boston Trust Investment Management,
Inc. One Beacon Street Boston, MA
02108
Custodian and Transfer Agent
Boston Trust & Investment Management
Company One Beacon Street Boston, MA 02108
Administrator
Citi Fund Services Ohio,
Inc. 3435 Stelzer Road
Columbus, OH 43219
Distributor
Foreside Distribution
Services, L.P. 100 Summer
Street Boston, MA 02110
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Cohen Fund Audit Services,
Ltd. 800 Westpoint Parkway,
Suite 1100 Westlake, Ohio
44145
Legal Counsel
Thompson Hine LLP
10 West Broad Street, Suite
700 Columbus, OH 43215
This report is intended for the shareholders of the Fund and may not be used as sales literature unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.
Past performance results shown should not be considered a representation of future performance. Share price and returns will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Statements and other information herein are dated and subject to change.


 

Item 2. Code of Ethics.
Not applicable — only for annual reports.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Not applicable — only for annual reports.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Not applicable — only for annual reports.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments.
(a)Not applicable.
(b)Not applicable.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
Not applicable.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Not applicable.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
(a)The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that these disclosure controls and procedures are adequately designed and are operating effectively to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.
(b)There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. Exhibits.
(a)(1)
Not applicable.
(a)(2) Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) are attached hereto.
(a)(3) Not applicable.
(b) Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) are furnished herewith.

 


 

SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
(Registrant) Coventry Group
       
By (Signature and Title)   /s/ John Danko  
    John Danko, President  
Date November 26, 2008
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
       
By (Signature and Title)   /s/ John Danko  
    John Danko, President  
Date November 26, 2008
       
By (Signature and Title)   /s/ Robert W. Silva  
    Robert W. Silva, Treasurer  
Date November 26, 2008