The Pierpont Funds
60 State Street, Suite 1300
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 557-0700
September 30, 1996
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Dear Sir or Madam:
Re: The Pierpont Funds (the "Registrant") (File Nos. 33-54632 and
811-7340); Prospectuses and Statement of Additional Information dated
September 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 statement of
additional information for all series of shares of the Registrant
(collectively the "Funds") and the respective forms of the captioned
prospectuses for the Registrant's Diversified, Equity and Capital Appreciation
Funds that would have been filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Rule 497(c) upon the effectiveness of post-effective amendment No. 26 to the
Registrant's registration statement on Form N-1A (File No. 33-54632) (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 September 27, 1996.
Please direct any comments or questions concerning this certification to the
undersigned at (617) 557-0700.
Very truly yours,
THE PIERPONT FUNDS
By: /s/ Christopher J. Kelley
Christopher J. Kelley
Vice President and Secretary