As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 11, 2014

Securities Act File No. 2-10685

Investment Company Act File No. 811-214

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549.

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933     x

Pre-Effective Amendment No.     o

Post-Effective Amendment No. 143     x

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940     x

Amendment No.  x

(Check Appropriate Box or Boxes)

SENTINEL GROUP FUNDS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

National Life Drive

Montpelier, Vermont 05604

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(802) 229-7410

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Lisa Muller, Esq.	Copy to:
c/o Sentinel Asset Management, Inc.	John A. MacKinnon, Esq.
National Life Drive	Sidley Austin LLP
Montpelier, Vermont 05604	787 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

o  immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

x on April 11, 2014 pursuant to paragraph (b)

o 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

o on                          pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

o 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

o on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

o this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

Title of Securities Being Registered: Common Stock, par value $.01 per share.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act, the Registrant certifies that it meets all requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and that it has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Montpelier and State of Vermont, on the 11th day of April 2014.

SENTINEL GROUP FUNDS, INC. (Registrant)
By:	/s/ Thomas H. Brownell
Thomas H. Brownell
President & Chief Executive Officer

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Thomas H. Brownell
Thomas H. Brownell	Director, President & Chief Executive Officer	April 11, 2014
	(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ John Birch	Chief Financial Officer
John Birch	(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)	April 11, 2014
Thomas H. MacLeay*	Chair (Director)
Gary Dunton*	Director
John Pelletier*	Director
Deborah G. Miller*	Director
John Raisian*	Director
Richard H. Showalter, Jr.*	Director
Angela E. Vallot*	Director

* John Birch signs this document pursuant to the power of attorney filed with this Post Effective Amendment No. 137 to the Registration Statement filed on Form N-1A.

/s/ John Birch	April 11, 2014
John Birch

EXHIBIT INDEX

Index No.	Description of Exhibit
EX-101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase