UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT
OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file
number 811-03462
Meeder Funds Trust
6125 Memorial Drive
Dublin, OH 43017
Bruce McKibben
c/o Meeder Funds Trust
6125 Memorial Drive
Dublin, OH 43017
Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code: 800-325-3539
Date of fiscal year end: December
31, 2024
Date of reporting period: June
30, 2024
Item 1. Report to Stockholders.
Item 2. Code of Ethics.
The registrant has adopted a code
of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer,
principal financial officer, comptroller or principal accounting officer, and
any person who performs a similar function. There were no amendments made to,
or waivers granted from, the code of ethics during the fiscal year.
Item 3. Audit Committee
Financial Expert.
The Board of Trustees of the Trust has determined that Jeffrey R. Provence is an audit committee financial expert, as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR. Mr. Provence is independent for purposes of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.
Item 4. Principal Accountant
Fees and Services.
(a) – (d) Aggregate fees billed to the registrant for the
last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the registrant’s
principal accountant were as follows:
2024 2023
Audit Fees
$120,000 $120,000
Audit-Related Fees
0 0
Tax Fees
44,000 38,000
All Other Fees
1,500 1,500
Audit fees include amounts related to the audit of the
registrant’s annual financial statements and services normally provided by the
accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings. Audit-related
fees include amounts reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the
registrant’s financial statements, including, but not limited to, mileage,
lodging, and meals. Tax fees include amounts related to tax compliance, tax
planning, and tax advice, including the review and preparation of the Funds’
income tax returns, the review and preparation of the Funds’ excise tax
returns, the review of supporting schedules and documentation provided by
management, the review and recalculation of the Funds’ estimated distribution
calculations, and the review of wash sales for reasonableness. All other fees
include amounts related to the registrant’s annual filing of Form N1A.
(e)(1) A purpose of the Audit Committee is to approve the
engagement of the registrant’s independent auditors (i) to render audit and
non-audit services for the registrant in accordance with Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i) of
Regulation S-X, subject to the waiver provisions set forth in Rule
2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X, and (ii) to render non-audit services for
the registrant’s investment advisors (other than a sub-advisor whose role is
primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted or overseen by another
investment advisor) and any other entity controlling by, or under common
control with the investment advisor that provides ongoing services to the
registrant, in each case under (ii) if the engagement relates directly to the
operations and financial reporting of the registrant, in accordance with Rule
2-01(c)(7)(ii) of Regulation S-X, subject to waiver provisions set forth in
Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) of Regulation S-X.
(e)(2) 0% of services included in (b) – (d) above were
approved pursuant to Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.
(f) Not applicable.
(g) The aggregate fees billed
for the most recent fiscal year and the preceding fiscal year by the
registrant’s principal accountant for non-audit services rendered to the
registrant, its investment advisor, and any entity controlling, controlled by,
or under common control with the investment advisor that provides ongoing
services to the registrant were $26,500 and $92,175, respectively.
(h) The registrant’s audit committee of the board of directors
has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered
to the registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose
role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by
another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or
under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services
to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii)
of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal
accountant’s independence.
(i) Not applicable.
(j) Not applicable.
Items 5. Audit Committee of
Listed Registrants.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Investments.
(a) The schedule of investments
is included as part of the report to stockholders filed under Item 7 of this
Form.
(b) Not applicable.
Item 7. Financial Statements and
Financial Highlights for Open-End Management Investment Companies.
Item 8. Changes in and
Disagreements with Accountants for Open-End Management Investment Companies.
None.
Item 9. Proxy Disclosures for
Open-End Management Investment Companies.
A special meeting of the shareholders of the Institutional
Prime Money Market Fund was held on December 7, 2023, to approve a change to
the fundamental investment policy of the fund regarding investment
concentration. The change was approved by a vote of 23,855,046.855 shares in
favor of the proposal, 150,537.088 shares against the proposal, 37,582.344
abstentions, and 0 broker non-votes.
Item 10. Remuneration Paid to
Directors, Officers, and Others of Open-End Management Investment Companies.
The remuneration paid to
directors, officers and others is included as part of the report to
stockholders filed under Item 7 of this Form.
Item 11. Statement Regarding
Basis for Approval of Investment Advisory Contract.
None.
Item 12. Disclosure of Proxy
Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 13. Portfolio Managers of
Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 14. Purchases of Equity
Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated
Purchasers.
Not applicable.
Item 15. Submission of Matters
to a Vote of Security Holders.
During the reporting period,
there were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may
recommend nominees to the registrant’s board.
Item 16. Controls and
Procedures.
(a) The registrant’s principal
executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the
registrant's disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of the filing
date of this report and have concluded that these disclosure controls and
procedures are adequately designed and are operating effectively to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by the registrant in this Form N-CSR
was recorded, processed, summarized, and reported timely.
(b) There were no changes in the
registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule
30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the
period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably
likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting.
Item 17. Disclosure of
Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 18. Recovery of Erroneously
Awarded Compensation.
(a) Not applicable.
(b) Not applicable.
Item 19. Exhibits.
(a)(1) Code of Ethics filed
herewith as EX-99.CODE ETH.
(a)(2) Not applicable.
(a)(3) A separate certification
for each principal executive and principal financial officer of the registrant
as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act(17 CFR270.30a-2(a)). Filed herewith
as EX-99.CERT.
(a)(4) Not applicable.
(a)(5) Not applicable.
(b) Certifications of principal
executive officer and principal financial officer, under Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and 18 U.S.C. ss.1350. Filed herewith as EX-99.906
CERT.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Meeder Funds
By: /s/ Bruce E. McKibben
Bruce E.
McKibben, Principal Financial Officer
Date: August 29, 2024
Pursuant to the requirements of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940,
this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the
registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: /s/ Bruce E. McKibben
Bruce E. McKibben,
Principal Financial Officer
Date: August 29, 2024
By: /s/ Robert S. Meeder,
Jr.
Robert S. Meeder,
Jr., Principal Executive Officer
Date: August 29, 2024