# EDGAR Filing Document

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**Filing Date:** 2026-2
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**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000799295-26-000002

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 40-17F2

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**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260227

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260226

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260227

**SUBJECT COMPANY**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** BNY Mellon Investment Funds I
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000799295

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 043106135
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 40-17F2
- **SEC ACT:** 1940 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 811-04813
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26691349

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC.
- **STREET 2:** 240 GREENWICH STREET
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10286
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 212-922-6400

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC.
- **STREET 2:** 240 GREENWICH STREET
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10286

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** DREYFUS INVESTMENT FUNDS
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20081201

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** MELLON INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS INVESTMENT TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20030707

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** STANDISH AYER & WOOD INVESTMENT TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703
**FILED BY**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** BNY Mellon Investment Funds I
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000799295
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 043106135
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 40-17F2

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC.
- **STREET 2:** 240 GREENWICH STREET
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10286
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 212-922-6400

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** C/O BNY MELLON INVESTMENT ADVISER, INC.
- **STREET 2:** 240 GREENWICH STREET
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10286

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** DREYFUS INVESTMENT FUNDS
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20081201

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** MELLON INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS INVESTMENT TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20030707

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** STANDISH AYER & WOOD INVESTMENT TRUST
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

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Independent Accountants Report

The Board of Trustees of
BNY Mellon Investment Funds I:

We have examined management of BNY Mellon Investment Funds Is
assertion, included in the accompanying Management Statement
Regarding Compliance With Certain Provisions of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, that BNY Mellon Small Cap Growth Fund, BNY
Mellon Small Cap Value Fund, BNY Mellon Small/Mid Cap Growth
Fund, and BNY Mellon International Equity Fund (collectively, the
September 30th Funds), andBNY Mellon Global Fixed Income Fund
(the December 31st Fund), (collectively with the September 30th
Funds, the Funds), each a series of BNY Mellon Investment Funds I,
complied with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of
Rule 17f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Act)
(the specified requirements) as of May 31, 2025. BNY Mellon
Investment Funds Is management is responsible for its
assertion. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
managements assertion about the Funds compliance with the
specified requirements based on our examination.

Our examination was conducted in accordance with attestation
standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants. Those standards require that we plan and perform the
examination to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
managements assertion about compliance with the specified
requirements is fairly stated, in all material respects. An examination
involves performing procedures to obtain evidence about whether
managements assertion is fairly stated, in all material respects. The
nature, timing, and extent of the procedures selected depend on our
judgment, including an assessment of the risks of material
misstatement of managements assertion, whether due to fraud or
error. We believe that the evidence we obtained is sufficient and
appropriate to provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

We are required to be independent and to meet our other ethical
responsibilities in accordance with relevant ethical requirements
relating to the engagement.

Included among our procedures were the following tests performed
as of May 31, 2025, and with respect to agreement of security
purchases and sales or maturities, for the period from February 28,
2025 (the date of the Funds last examination), through May 31,
2025:

1.	Count and inspection of all securities (if any) located in the vault of The
Bank of New York Mellon Corporation in 570 Washington Blvd, Jersey
City, NJ 07310;

2.	Confirmation with the Custodian of all securities held, hypothecated,
pledged or placed in escrow or out for transfer with brokers, pledgees,
or transfer agents, if any;

3.	Obtained the Custodian reconciliation of security positions held by
institutions in book entry form (e.g., the Federal Reserve Bank, The
Depository Trust Company and various sub-custodians) to Custodian
records and verified that reconciling items were cleared in a timely
manner;

4.	Reconciliation of the Funds securities per the books and records of the
Funds to those of the Custodian;

6.	Agreement of pending purchase and sale activity for the
Funds as of May 31, 2025, if any, to documentation of
corresponding subsequent bank statements;

7.	Agreement of five security purchases and five security sales or
maturities, since the date of the last examination, from the
books and records of each Fund to corresponding bank
statements;

8.	Confirmation of all repurchase agreements with broker(s)/bank(s)
and/or agreement of corresponding subsequent cash receipts to
bank statements and agreement of underlying collateral with the
Custodian records, if any;

9.	Review of the BNY Asset Servicing Custody and Securities Lending
Services Service Organization Control Report (SOC 1 Report) for the
period April 1, 2024 March 31, 2025 and noted no relevant findings
were reported in the areas of Asset Custody and Trade Settlement.

Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Funds
compliance with specified requirements. In our opinion, management's
assertion that the Funds complied with the requirements of subsections
(b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as of
May 31, 2025, with respect to securities reflected in the investment
accounts of the Funds are fairly stated, in all material respects.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of
management and the Board of Trustees of BNY Mellon Investment
Funds I and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not
intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these
specified parties.

New York, New York
February 26, 2026

February 26, 2026

Management Statement Regarding Compliance With
Certain Provisions of the Investment Company Act
of 1940

We, as members of management of BNY Mellon Small Cap Growth
Fund, BNY Mellon Small Cap Value Fund, BNY Mellon Small/Mid Cap
Growth Fund, and BNY Mellon International Equity Fund (collectively,
the September 30th Funds), and BNY Mellon Global Fixed Income
Fund (the December 31st Fund), (collectively with the September 30th
Funds, the Funds), each a series of BNY Mellon Investment Funds I,
are responsible for complying with the requirements of subsections (b)
and (c) of Rule 17f-2, Custody of Investments by Registered
Management Investment Companies of the Investment Company Act of
1940. We are also responsible for establishing and maintaining
effective internal controls over compliance with those requirements. We
have performed an evaluation of the Funds compliance with the
requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 as of May 31,
2025, and from February 28, 2025 (the date of the Funds last
examination) through May 31, 2025.

Based on this evaluation, we assert that the Funds were in compliance
with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 as of May 31, 2025, and from
February 28, 2025 (the date of the Funds last examination), through
May 31, 2025, with respect to securities reflected in the investment
accounts of the Funds.

BNY Mellon Investment Funds I

Jim Windels
Treasurer

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