# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000916620
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-124266
**Filing Date:** 2026-3
**Character Count:** 3088
**Document Hash:** c085cc818652ea5b33d53890d196a8f7
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-124266.hdr.sgml**: 20260325

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-124266

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497J

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260325

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260325

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260325

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** NORTHERN FUNDS
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000916620

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 391777365
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0331

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497J
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 033-73404
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26793206

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** NORTHERN FUNDS
- **STREET 2:** 50 SOUTH LASALLE STREET
- **CITY:** CHICAGO
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 60603
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 800-595-9111

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** NORTHERN FUNDS
- **STREET 2:** 50 SOUTH LASALLE STREET
- **CITY:** CHICAGO
- **STATE:** IL
- **ZIP:** 60603

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### NORTHERN TRUST US EQUITY ETF (Series ID: S000101223)

| Class ID   | Class Name                   | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000271317 | NORTHERN TRUST US EQUITY ETF | NOEQ            |

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| ![LOGO](g121081g0325201945690.jpg) | 2005 Market Street<br> Suite 2600<br> Philadelphia, PA 19103<br> T: 215.564.8000 |

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**Joel D. Corriero** 

(215) 564-8528

jcorriero@stradley.com

March 25, 2026

**<u>VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION</u>**

Filing Desk

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, DC 20549

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| Re: | **Northern Funds (the "Registrant")**  |

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Post-Effective Amendment No. 199

1933 Act Registration No. 33-73404

1940 Act Registration No. 811-08236

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "1933 Act") please accept this letter as certification that:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. The form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information dated March 20, 2026 for the Northern
Trust US Equity ETF series of the Registrant that would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 would not have differed from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 199 to the Registrant's registration statement under
the 1933 Act, on Form N-1A; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. The text of the Post-Effective Amendment No. 199 to the Registrant's registration statement was
filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission electronically via EDGAR on March 19, 2026 (Accession No. 0001193125-26-115623) with an effective date
of March 19, 2026.

If you have any questions or comments regarding this filing, please call me at the above number or, in my absence, Michael D. Mabry at (215) 564-8011.

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| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Joel D. Corriero |
| Joel D. Corriero, Esq. |

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cc: Jose Del Real, Esq.

Michael D. Mabry, Esq.

**Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP \| stradley.com** 

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