THE PILLAR FUNDS
STATEMENT OF CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO RULE 497(j)
The Pillar Funds (the "Trust") hereby certifies that the form of prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed under
Paragraph (c) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, would
not have differed from those contained in Post-Effective No. 18 to the Trust's
Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 33-44712 and 811-6509) which was
filed electronically on September 1, 1998 (Accession No. 0000950115-98-001499).
The Pillar Funds
Dated: September 2, 1998 /s/ Mark E. Nagle
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Mark E. Nagle
President and Chief Executive Officer
