Exhibit 99.(g)(3) FIRST AMENDMENT TO CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT FIRST AMENDMENT made as of this 10th day of December, 2003 to the CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT, dated September 1, 2001 (the "Agreement") between THE GLENMEDE PORTFOLIOS, a business trust organized under...

                                                               Exhibit 99.(g)(3)

                     FIRST AMENDMENT TO CUSTODIAN AGREEMENT

     FIRST AMENDMENT made as of this 10th day of December, 2003 to the CUSTODIAN
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, Section 19 of the Agreement provides that the Agreement may be
amended or modified only by a written agreement executed by both parties to 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 16.1 of the Agreement is amended by deleting the
first sentence of such Section 16.1 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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