Founders Asset Management LLC
2930 East Third Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80206
(303) 394-4404
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January 3, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
Document Control
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Founders Funds, Inc.
1933 Act File No. 2-17531
1940 Act File No. 811-1018
CIK No. 0000038403
Filing of Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information
Pursuant to Rule 497(j)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933 (submission type 497J),
Founders Asset Management LLC hereby certifies on behalf of Dreyfus Founders
Funds, Inc. that the definitive Prospectuses and Statement of Additional
Information, each dated December 31, 1999, for Dreyfus Founders Balanced Fund,
Dreyfus Founders Discovery Fund, Dreyfus Founders Focus Fund, Dreyfus Founders
Government Securities Fund, Dreyfus Founders Growth Fund, Dreyfus Founders
Growth and Income Fund, Dreyfus Founders International Equity Fund, Dreyfus
Founders Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Dreyfus Founders Money Market Fund, Dreyfus
Founders Passport Fund, and Dreyfus Founders Worldwide Growth Fund that would
have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) would not have differed from the
versions contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 66 to the Funds' Registration
Statement, which was filed on December 29, 1999 and became effective on December
31, 1999. We hereby further certify that the text of Post-Effective Amendment
No. 66 to the Funds' registration statement was filed electronically.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact the undersigned at 303-
394-7947.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
January 3, 2000
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Sincerely,
/s/ Kenneth R. Christoffersen
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Kenneth R. Christoffersen
Senior Vice President - Legal and General Counsel
KRC/agf
cc: Edward F. O'Keefe, Esq.
John G. Gillis, Esq.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Premier Mutual Fund Services, Inc.
