The JPM Institutional Funds
60 State Street, Suite 1300
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 557-0700
December 31, 1996
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Dear Sir or Madam:
Re: The JPM Institutional Funds (the "Registrant") (File Nos.
33-54642 and 811-7342); Prospectuses and Statement of Additional
Information dated December 27, 1996
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Registrant hereby certifies that the form of the
captioned prospectus for all series of shares of the Registrant
(collectively the "Funds") and the respective forms of the
captioned prospectuses for the Registrant's Tax Exempt Money
Market, Tax Exempt Bond, International Bond, International
Opportunities and Disciplined Equity Funds that would have been
filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 497(c) upon the
effectiveness of post-effective amendment No. 29 to the
Registrant's registration statement on Form N-1A (File No.
33-54642) (the "Amendment") would not have differed from that
contained in the Amendment, which is the most recent amendment to
such registration statement with respect to the Funds filed
electronically on December 26, 1996.
Please direct any comments or questions concerning this
certification to the undersigned at (617) 557-0700.
Very truly yours,
THE JPM INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS
By: /s/ Christopher J. Kelley
Christopher J. Kelley
Vice President and Assistant Secretary
