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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-4718
Van Kampen Tax Free Money Fund
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036
 
(Address of principal executive offices)      (Zip code)
Edward C. Wood III
522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036
 
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 212-762-4000
Date of fiscal year end: 6/30
Date of reporting period: 9/30/08
 
 

 

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Item 1. Schedule of Investments
Item 2. Controls and Procedures
Item 3. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EX-99.CERT

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Item 1. Schedule of Investments.
The Fund’s schedule of investments as of the close of the reporting period prepared pursuant to Rule 12-12 of Regulation S-X is as follows:
Van Kampen Tax Free Money Fund
Portfolio of Investments § September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
                                
Par               Current    
Amount       Maturity   Yield at   Amortized  
(000)   Description   Date   9/30/08   Cost  
 
 
   
Municipal Bonds 85.9%
                       
   
7 Day Floaters 64.1%
                       
$357  
American Pub Energy Agy NE Gas Supply Rev Proj, Ser A
    10/02/08       7.250 %   $ 357,000  
600  
Broward Cnty, FL Ed Fac Auth City Coll Proj (LOC: Citibank)
    10/02/08       8.000       600,000  
655  
Cary, NC Pub Impt
    10/01/08       7.910       655,000  
675  
Colorado Hlth Fac Auth Rev Catholic Hlth, Ser B-4
    10/01/08       8.000       675,000  
400  
Dekalb Private Hosp Auth Egleston Children’s Hosp, Ser A (LOC: SunTrust Bank)
    10/01/08       7.920       400,000  
500  
Delaware Vly, PA Regl Fin Auth Loc Govt Rev, Ser A (LOC: Bayerische Landesbank)
    10/01/08       7.850       500,000  
695  
Derry Twp, PA Indl & Coml Dev Auth Hotel Tax Rev Arena Proj (LOC: PNC Bank)
    10/02/08       8.250       695,000  
600  
Franklin Cnty, TN Hlth & Ed Fac Univ of the South (LOC: SunTrust Bank) (Acquired 02/03/00, Cost $600,000) (a)
    10/01/08       7.900       600,000  
900  
Gwinnett Cnty, GA Wtr & Sew Auth Rev, Ser A
    10/01/08       7.920       900,000  
420  
Illinois Hsg Dev Auth Multi-Family Rev Hsg Vlg Ctr Proj (LOC: Fifth Third Bank)
    10/03/08       8.000       420,000  
700  
Kent Hosp Fin Auth MI Rev Metro Hosp Proj Rfdg, Ser B (LOC: Standard Federal Bank)
    10/02/08       7.500       700,000  

 

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Par               Current    
Amount       Maturity   Yield at   Amortized  
(000)   Description   Date   9/30/08   Cost  
 
 
   
7 Day Floaters (continued)
                       
$750  
Maryland St Trans Auth Baltimore/Washington DC Arpt, Ser A (LOC: State Street Bank & Trust)
    10/02/08       7.500 %   $ 750,000  
800  
Massachusetts St Hlth & Ed Fac Auth Rev Partners Hlthcare Sys, Ser D-3
    10/02/08       7.810       800,000  
300  
Met Govt Nashville & Davidson Cnty, TN H&E Fac Brd Rev Vanderbilt Univ, Ser A
    10/02/08       7.750       300,000  
500  
New Hampshire Higher Ed & Hlth Fac Auth Rev Saint Pauls Sch Issue
    10/02/08       8.270       500,000  
900  
North Carolina Ed Fac Fin Agy Rev Duke Univ Proj, Ser B
    10/02/08       7.750       900,000  
690  
North Carolina Med Care Comm Hlth Sys Rev Mission Saint Josephs Rfdg
    10/02/08       7.250       690,000  
830  
North Miami, FL Ed Fac Rev Miami Ctry Day Sch Proj (LOC: Bank of America)
    10/02/08       7.270       830,000  
200  
Oak Forest, IL Rev Homewood Pool (LOC: Fifth Third Bank)
    10/03/08       8.000       200,000  
675  
Palm Beach Cnty, FL Rev Henry Morrison Flagler Proj (LOC: Northern Trust)
    10/02/08       7.540       675,000  
700  
Pennsylvania St Tpk Comm Rev, Ser A-2
    10/01/08       7.920       700,000  
615  
Portland, OR Hsg Auth Rev New Mkt West Proj (LOC: Wells Fargo Bank)
    10/02/08       8.050       615,000  

 

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Par               Current    
Amount       Maturity   Yield at   Amortized  
(000)   Description   Date   9/30/08   Cost  
 
 
   
7 Day Floaters (continued)
                       
$600  
Private Colleges & Univ Auth GA Rev Emory Univ, Ser B
    10/02/08       7.900 %   $ 600,000  
500  
Private Colleges & Univ Auth GA Rev Emory Univ, Ser B-2
    10/01/08       7.840       500,000  
500  
Utah Cnty, UT Hosp Rev IHC Hlth Svc Inc, Ser B
    10/02/08       7.980       500,000  
600  
Washington St Hsg Fin Comm Multi-Family Mtg Rev (LOC: Harris Trust & Savings Bank)
    10/07/08       5.650       600,000  
   
 
                     
   
Total 7 Day Floaters 64.1%
                    15,662,000  
   
 
                     
   
 
                       
   
Daily Variable Rate Securities 21.8%
                       
415  
Colorado Hlth Fac Auth Rev The Visiting Nurse Corp (LOC: Wells Fargo Bank)
    10/01/08       5.500       415,000  
800  
Dade Cnty, FL Indl Dev Auth Exempt Fac Rev FL Pwr & Lt Co Rfdg
    10/01/08       4.350       800,000  
500  
Harris Cnty, TX Hlth Fac Dev Corp Rev Methodist Hosp Sys, Ser A-1
    10/01/08       4.250       500,000  
300  
Irvine, CA Impt Bd Act of 1915 Ltd Oblig Assmt 04-20, Ser B (LOC: KBC Bank NV)
    10/01/08       4.250       300,000  
800  
Long Island Pwr Auth NY Elec Sys Rev, Ser 2B (LOC: Bayerische Landesbank)
    10/01/08       5.000       800,000  
500  
New York City Fiscal 2008, Subser J-8 (LOC: Landesbank Baden- Wurttem)
    10/01/08       4.250       500,000  
500  
New York City Transitional Fin Auth, Subser 2F
    10/01/08       4.150       500,000  

 

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Par               Current    
Amount       Maturity   Yield at   Amortized  
(000)   Description   Date   9/30/08   Cost  
 
 
   
Daily Variable Rate Securities (continued)
                       
$800  
Southeast AL Gas Dist Rev Supply Proj, Ser A
    10/01/08       4.500 %   $ 800,000  
700  
Vermont Ed & Hlth Bldg Fin Agy Rev Gifford Med Ctr Proj, Ser A (LOC: Keybank)
    10/01/08       7.050       700,000  
   
 
                     
   
 
                       
   
Total Daily Variable Rate Securities 21.8%
                    5,315,000  
   
 
                     
   
 
                       
Total Investments 85.9% (b) (c)                     20,977,000  
   
 
                       
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities 14.1%                     3,432,056  
   
 
                     
   
 
                       
Net Assets 100.0%                   $ 24,409,056  
   
 
                     
Percentages are calculated as a percentage of net assets.
 
(a)   Security is restricted and may be resold only in transactions exempt from registration which are normally those transactions with qualified institutional buyers. Restricted securities comprise 2.5% of net assets.
 
(b)   Securities include a put feature allowing the Fund to periodically put the security back to the issuer at amortized cost on specified dates. The yield shown represents the current yield earned by the Fund based on the most recent reset date. The maturity date shown represents the next put date.
 
(c)   At September 30, 2008, cost is identical for both book and federal income tax purposes.
LOC - Letter of Credit

 

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Item 2. Controls and Procedures.
(a) The Fund’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Fund’s disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Fund in this Form N-Q was recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, based upon such officers’ evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report.
(b) There were no changes in the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 3. Exhibits.
(a) A certification for the Principal Executive Officer of the registrant is attached hereto as part of EX-99.cert.
(b) A certification for the Principal Financial Officer of the registrant is attached hereto as part of EX-99.cert.

 

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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) Van Kampen Tax Free Money Fund
         
By:
  /s/ Edward C. Wood III    
Name:
 
 
Edward C. Wood III 		   
Title:
  Principal Executive Officer    
Date:
  November 18, 2008    
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
         
By:
  /s/ Edward C. Wood III    
Name:
 
 
Edward C. Wood III 		   
Title:
  Principal Executive Officer    
Date:
  November 18, 2008    
 
       
By:
  /s/ Stuart N. Schuldt    
Name:
 
 
Stuart N. Schuldt 		   
Title:
  Principal Financial Officer    
Date:
  November 18, 2008    

 

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