Securities Act Registration No. 333-136185

Investment Company Act Registration No. 811-21934

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	¨
Pre-Effective Amendment No.	¨
Post-Effective Amendment No. 9	x

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	¨
Amendment No. 11	x

(Check appropriate box or boxes.)

RiverNorth Funds

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

325 N. LaSalle Street

Suite 645

Chicago, IL 60654

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (312) 832-1440

Patrick W. Galley

325 N. LaSalle Street

Suite 645

Chicago, IL 60654

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

With copy to:

JoAnn M. Strasser

Thompson Hine LLP

312 Walnut Street, 14th floor

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Approximate date of proposed public offering: As soon as practicable after the effective date of the Registration Statement.

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

x Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

On pursuant to paragraph (b)

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

¨ On [date] pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

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

¨ On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

¨ This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cincinnati, State of Ohio, on the 18th day of February, 2011.

RiverNorth Funds
By:	s/ JoAnn M. Strasser
JoAnn M. Strasser
Attorney-in-Fact

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title		Date
s/  Patrick W. Galley	President (Principal Executive Officer), & Trustee	February 18, 2011
Patrick W. Galley*
s/  Jonathan M. Mohrhardt	Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)	February 18, 2011
Jonathan M. Mohrhardt*
s/  Kevin Hinton	Trustee	February 18, 2011
Kevin Hinton*
s/  Jim G. Kelley	Trustee	February 18, 2011
Jim G. Kelley*
s/  John S. Oakes	Trustee	February 18, 2011
John S. Oakes*
		*By:	s/ JoAnn M. Strasser
			JoAnn M. Strasser Attorney-in-Fact February 18, 2011

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