Exhibit 99.(h)(4) FIRST AMENDMENT TO ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT FIRST AMENDMENT made as of this 10th day of December, 2003 to the ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated September 1, 2001 (the "Agreement") between THE GLENMEDE PORTFOLIOS, a business trust...

                                                               Exhibit 99.(h)(4)

                   FIRST AMENDMENT TO ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT

     FIRST AMENDMENT made as of this 10th day of December, 2003 to the
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated September 1, 2001 (the "Agreement") between THE
GLENMEDE PORTFOLIOS, a business trust organized under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the "Fund"), and INVESTORS BANK & TRUST COMPANY,
a Massachusetts trust company (the "Bank").

     WHEREAS, the Fund and Bank have entered into the Agreement;

     WHEREAS, the Fund and the Bank desire to amend the Agreement;

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Fund and the Bank agree to amend the Agreement as
follows:

     1.   DEFINITIONS. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Agreement.

     2.   TERMINATION. Section 7(a) of the Agreement is amended by deleting the
first sentence of such Section 7(a) in its entirety and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:

          "The term of this Agreement shall run through September 1, 2007 (the
          "Initial Term"), unless earlier terminated as provided herein."

     3.   ADDITIONAL FUNDS. APPENDIX A to the Agreement shall be amended by
deleting such APPENDIX A in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof APPENDIX
A as attached hereto.


     4.   MISCELLANEOUS.

     (a)  Except as amended hereby, the Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect.

     (b)  This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed in their names and on their behalf under their seals by and through
their duly authorized officers, as of the day and the year first above written.

                                            THE GLENMEDE PORTFOLIOS


                                            By:    /s/ Xxxx Xxx X. Xxxxx
                                                   --------------------------
                                            Name:  Xxxx Xxx X. Xxxxx
                                            Title: President

                                            INVESTORS BANK & TRUST COMPANY


                                            By:    /s/ Xxxxxxx  Xxxxxx
                                                   --------------------------
                                            Name:  Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
                                            Title: President

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                                   APPENDIX A


                      Portfolios of The Glenmede Portfolios

                           Muni Intermediate Portfolio
                            New Jersey Muni Portfolio

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