As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 7, 2018
File Nos. 002-60067 and 811-02781
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Pre-Effective Amendment No.			[ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No.		67	[X]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No.		68	[X]
Templeton Funds
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
300 S.E. 2nd Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-1923
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code (954)527-7500
CRAIG S. TYLE, ONE FRANKLIN PARKWAY, SAN MATEO, CA 94403-1906
(Name and Address of Agent for Service of Process)
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)
[X]	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ]	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ]	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ]	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485
[ ]	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 Fort Lauderdale and the State of Florida, on the 6^th day of June, 2018.

Templeton Funds

(Registrant)

By: /s/ LORI A. WEBER_          

Lori A. Weber

Vice President and Secretary

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

Signature	Title	Date
NORMAN J. BOERSMA*
Norman J. Boersma	President and Chief Executive Officer – Investment Management	June 6, 2018
MATTHEW T. HINKLE*
Matthew T. Hinkle	Chief Executive Officer – Finance and Administration	June 6, 2018
ROBERT G. KUBILIS*
Robert G. Kubilis	Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer	June 6, 2018
HARRIS J. ASHTON*
Harris J. Ashton	Trustee	June 6, 2018
ANN TORRE BATES*
Ann Torre Bates	Trustee	June 6, 2018
MARY C. CHOKSI*
Mary C. Choksi	Trustee	June 6, 2018
EDITH E. HOLIDAY*
Edith E. Holiday	Trustee	June 6, 2018
GREGORY E. JOHNSON*
Gregory E. Johnson	Trustee	June 6, 2018
RUPERT H. JOHNSON, JR.*
Rupert H. Johnson, Jr.	Trustee	June 6, 2018
J. MICHAEL LUTTIG*
J. Michael Luttig	Trustee	June 6, 2018
DAVID W. NIEMIEC*
David W. Niemiec	Trustee	June 6, 2018
LARRY D. THOMPSON*
Larry D. Thompson	Trustee	June 6, 2018
CONSTANTINE D. TSERETOPOULOS*
Constantine D. Tseretopoulos	Trustee	June 6, 2018
ROBERT E. WADE*
Robert E. Wade	Trustee	June 6, 2018

*By   /s/ LORI A. WEBER            

Lori A. Weber, Attorney-in-Fact

(Pursuant to Power of Attorney previously filed)

EXHIBIT INDEX

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