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BINGHAM DANA LLP
150 FEDERAL STREET
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02110-1726
November 3, 2000
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
Judiciary Plaza
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Citizens Funds
File Nos. 811-3626 and 2-80886
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Citizens
Funds, a Massachusetts business trust, hereby certifies that the forms of the
Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed by
Citizens Funds pursuant to Rule 497(c) upon the effectiveness of Post-Effective
Amendment Number 49 to the Funds' registration statement on Form N-1A would not
have differed from those contained in the Amendment. The Amendment, which was
filed via the EDGAR system on November 1, 2000, is the most recent amendment to
Citizens Funds' registration statement.
Please call the undersigned at (617) 951-8383 with any questions relating to
this filing.
Sincerely,
Jennifer H. Hurford
