The JPM Pierpont Funds
60 State Street, Suite 1300
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 557-0700
July 15, 1997
VIA EDGAR
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Dear Sir or Madam:
Re: The JPM Pierpont Funds (the "Registrant") (File Nos.33-54632 and
811-7340); Prospectus for The JPM Pierpont New York Total Return Bond
Fund and The JPM Pierpont Funds Statement of Additional Information
dated July 14, 1997
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant hereby certifies that the form of the captioned prospectus and
statement of additional information that would have been filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Rule 497(c) upon the effectiveness of post-effective amendment No.
35 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 filed
electronically on July 14, 1997 (Accession No. 0001016964-97- 0000120).
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/ Elizabeth A. Keeley
Elizabeth A. Keeley
Vice President and Assistant Secretary
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