# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001002537
**File Stem:** 0000894189-26-011870
**Filing Date:** 2026-4
**Character Count:** 3136
**Document Hash:** 2f31a497261f9496cffbe2d74278c212
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000894189-26-011870.hdr.sgml**: 20260403

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000894189-26-011870

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497J

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260403

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260403

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260403

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** NEEDHAM FUNDS INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001002537

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 133865553
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MD
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497J
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 033-98310
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26837949

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 250 PARK AVENUE
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10177
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 2123718300

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 250 PARK AVENUE
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10177

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Needham Growth Fund (Series ID: S000003649)

| Class ID   | Class Name          | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000010138 | Retail Class        | NEEGX           |
| C000176575 | Institutional Class | NEEIX           |

### Needham Aggressive Growth Fund (Series ID: S000003815)

| Class ID   | Class Name          | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000010644 | Retail Class        | NEAGX           |
| C000176576 | Institutional Class | NEAIX           |

### Needham Small Cap Growth Fund (Series ID: S000003816)

| Class ID   | Class Name          | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000010645 | Retail Class        | NESGX           |
| C000176577 | Institutional Class | NESIX           |

The Needham Funds, Inc.

c/o U.S. Bank Global Fund Services

615 East Michigan Street

Milwaukee, WI 53202

April 3, 2026

**VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION**

United States Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Investment Management

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**The Needham Funds, Inc. (the "Company")**

**Securities Act Registration No.: 033-98310**

**Investment Company Act Registration No.: 811-09114**

Dear Sir or Madam:

Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act"), as amended, and pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the regulations thereunder, the Company on behalf of its series, Needham Growth Fund, Needham Aggressive Growth Fund and Needham Small Cap Growth Fund, hereby certifies that the form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed under Rule 497(b) or (c) under the 1933 Act would not have differed from that contained in the recent amendment for the Company dated March 31, 2026, and filed electronically as Post-Effective Amendment No. 59 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form N-1A on March 31, 2026.

Please direct any inquiries regarding this filing to Elaine Richards at elaine.richards@usbank.com. Thank you for your assistance with respect to this matter.

Sincerely,

<u>/s/ Elaine E. Richards</u>

Elaine E. Richards

Senior Vice President

U.S. Bank Global Fund Services

as Administrator for the Company

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