SEC Registration Nos.
Nos. 811-03416 and 002-76510

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Post-Effective Amendment No. 72            XX

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
INVESTMENT ACT OF 1940

Amendment No. 72                         XX

The Calvert Fund

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

4550 Montgomery AvenueBethesda, Maryland 20814(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant's Telephone Number: (301) 951-4800

William M. Tartikoff
4550 Montgomery Avenue
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective

 X  Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

__ on, January 31, 2011 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.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This filing relates solely to Calvert Long-Term Income Fund.

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 under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Bethesda, and State of Maryland on the 18th day of February 2011.

THE CALVERT FUND

By:
_____________**_____________
Barbara Krumsiek
President and Trustee

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below on the 18th day of February 2011 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

Signature	Title
__________**____________ Barbara J. Krumsiek	President and Trustee (Principal Executive Officer)
__________**____________ Ronald M. Wolfsheimer	Treasurer (Principal Accounting Officer)
__________**____________ Richard L. Baird, Jr.	Trustee
__________**____________ Douglas E. Feldman	Trustee
__________**____________ John G. Guffey, Jr.	Trustee
__________**____________ M. Charito Kruvant	Trustee
__________**____________ D. Wayne Silby	Trustee

**By: /s/ Lancelot A. King
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                 Lancelot A. King

Executed by Lancelot A. King, Attorney-in-fact on behalf of those indicated, pursuant to Powers of Attorney forms, incorporated by reference to Registrant's Post-Effective Amendment No. 70, dated January 31, 2011, accession number 0000701039-11-000005.

The Calvert Fund
Post-Effective Amendment No. 72
Registration No. 002-76510
EXHIBIT INDEX

XBRL Instance Document	Ex-101.ins
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document	Ex-101.sch
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document	Ex-101.cal
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