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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:

Parnassus Funds (811-04044) and Parnassus Income Funds (811-06673)

 

 

Parnassus Funds

Parnassus Income Funds

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

1 Market Street, Suite 1600, San Francisco, California 94105

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

Marc C. Mahon

Parnassus Funds

Parnassus Income Funds

1 Market Street, Suite 1600, San Francisco, California 94105

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (415) 778-0200

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: December 31, 2024

 

 

Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-CSR, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-CSR unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.

EXPLANATORY NOTE:

Parnassus Funds is filing this amendment to its Form N-CSR for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2025 (Accession Number 0001193125-25-026897). The purpose of this amendment is to update the information filed under Item 7(a) of this Form to only include the Financial Statements and make corresponding updates to Items 6, 8, and 11. Additional minor updates were made to the introduction to Item 1 and the exhibit list in Item 19. Other than the aforementioned revisions (and the dates included on the signature page and the certifications), this amendment does not amend, update or change any other items or disclosures found in the original Form N-CSR filing.

 

 

 


Item 1. Report to Stockholders.

Parnassus Growth Equity Fund 

Ticker - PFGEX

Class - Investor Shares 

Annual Shareholder Report - December 31, 2024

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Fund Overview

Parnassus Growth Equity Fund (the "Fund") offers a concentrated portfolio of U.S. large-cap stocks with the potential to benefit from secular trends at attractive valuations.

This annual shareholder report contains important information about the Fund for the period of January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

You can find additional information about the fund at www.parnassus.com. You can also request this information by contacting us at 800-999-3505.

What was the Fund's cost for the year?

(based on hypothetical $10,000 investment)

Class name
Cost of a $10,000 investment
Cost paid as a % of a $10,000 investment
Investor Shares
$95
0.84%

How did the fund perform?

Parnassus Growth Equity Fund (Investor Shares) returned 26.85%, (net of fees) for the year, underperforming the Russell 1000 Growth Index’s 33.36%. Stock selection in the Information Technology, Consumer Discretionary and Communication Services sectors held back relative returns. Conversely, stock selection in the Health Care sector and both stock selection and an underweight in the Consumer Staples sector buoyed relative performance.

 

We continue to maintain balanced portfolio positioning in favor of increasingly relevant, competitively advantaged businesses that are trading at attractive valuations.

Fund Performance

Value on December 31, 2024 of $10,000 invested on December 28, 2022.

 

A line chart as described in the following paragraph.
Parnassus Growth Equity Fund
S&P 500 Index
Russell 1000® Growth Index
Dec-22
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
Dec-22
$9,960
$10,151
$10,194
Mar-23
$11,507
$10,912
$11,659
Jun-23
$12,813
$11,866
$13,152
Sep-23
$12,507
$11,477
$12,741
Dec-23
$14,434
$12,819
$14,545
Mar-24
$16,298
$14,172
$16,205
Jun-24
$16,908
$14,779
$17,556
Sep-24
$17,463
$15,649
$18,116
Dec-24
$18,310
$16,026
$19,397

The chart shows the growth in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment since inception and does not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The Fund commenced operations on December 28, 2022.

The fund’s past performance is not a good predictor of how the fund will perform in the future. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. 

Key Fund Statistics

Total Net Assets
$63,702,581
# of Portfolio Holdings
42
Portfolio Turnover Rate
34.89%
Advisory Fees Paid
$85,796

Average Annual Total Returns (%)

1 Year
Since Inception
Parnassus Growth Equity Fund - Investor Shares (Incp: December 28, 2022)
26.85%
35.15%
S&P 500 Index
25.02%
26.47%
Russell 1000® Growth Index
33.36%
39.08%

What did the Fund invest in?

Parnassus Growth Equity Fund invests selectively in about 40 U.S. large-cap equity securities. The Fund pursues high quality companies with increasing relevancy, durable competitive advantages, strong management teams and sustainable business practices. It favors leading, innovative companies positioned to capitalize on secular trends.

Sector Allocation (%)*

A graphical representation of Investments made.
Value
Value
Short-Term Investments, Other Assets & Liabilities
0.9%
Real Estate
1.2%
Consumer Staples
2.0%
Materials
2.8%
Industrials
3.8%
Communication Services
8.0%
Consumer Discretionary
10.2%
Financials
11.1%
Health Care
12.8%
Information Technology
47.2%

Top Ten Holdings (%)*

Microsoft Corp.
9.0%
NVIDIA Corp.
8.9%
Alphabet Inc., Class A
6.4%
Amazon.com Inc.
4.8%
Apple Inc.
4.8%
Broadcom Inc.
4.8%
Visa Inc., Class A
4.6%
Salesforce Inc.
3.2%
Eli Lilly & Co.
2.9%
Natera Inc.
2.4%

Additional Information

Parnassus Growth Equity Fund 

Ticker - PFGEX

Class - Investor Shares 

Annual Shareholder Report - December 31, 2024

If you wish to view additional information about the Fund; including, but not limited to, financial statements or holdings, please call us or visit our website:

 

An image of a QR code that, when scanned, navigates the user to the following URL: http://www.parnassus.com/literature-and-forms/fund-information

Phone: 800-999-3505

Website: www.parnassus.com/literature-and-forms/fund-information

For purposes of categorizing securities for diversification requirements under the Investment Company Act, the Fund uses industry classifications that are more specific than those used for the chart.

 

Portfolio characteristics and holdings are subject to change periodically.

 

* The holding tables and charts above represent percentage based on Total Net Assets. 

Material Fund Changes

No material changes to the Fund in the last reporting year.

Change in or Disagreements with Accountants

There have been no changes to or disagreements with the accountants in the last reporting year.

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PFGEX2024-AR 

Parnassus Growth Equity Fund 

Ticker - PFPGX

Class - Institutional Shares 

Annual Shareholder Report - December 31, 2024

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Fund Overview

Parnassus Growth Equity Fund (the "Fund") offers a concentrated portfolio of U.S. large-cap stocks with the potential to benefit from secular trends at attractive valuations.

This annual shareholder report contains important information about the Fund for the period of January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

You can find additional information about the fund at www.parnassus.com. You can also request this information by contacting us at 800-999-3505.

What was the Fund's cost for the year?

(based on hypothetical $10,000 investment)

Class name
Cost of a $10,000 investment
Cost paid as a % of a $10,000 investment
Institutional Shares
$72
0.63%

How did the fund perform?

Parnassus Growth Equity Fund (Institutional Shares) returned 27.13%, (net of fees) for the year, underperforming the Russell 1000 Growth Index’s 33.36%. Stock selection in the Information Technology, Consumer Discretionary and Communication Services sectors held back relative returns. Conversely, stock selection in the Health Care sector and both stock selection and an underweight in the Consumer Staples sector buoyed relative performance. 

 

We continue to maintain balanced portfolio positioning in favor of increasingly relevant, competitively advantaged businesses that are trading at attractive valuations. 

Fund Performance

Value on December 31, 2024 of $10,000 invested on December 28, 2022.

 

A line chart as described in the following paragraph.
Parnassus Growth Equity Fund
S&P 500 Index
Russell 1000® Growth Index
Dec-22
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
Dec-22
$9,960
$10,151
$10,194
Mar-23
$11,513
$10,912
$11,659
Jun-23
$12,827
$11,866
$13,152
Sep-23
$12,527
$11,477
$12,741
Dec-23
$14,460
$12,819
$14,545
Mar-24
$16,341
$14,172
$16,205
Jun-24
$16,959
$14,779
$17,556
Sep-24
$17,536
$15,649
$18,116
Dec-24
$18,384
$16,026
$19,397

The chart shows the growth in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment since inception and does not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The Fund commenced operations on December 28, 2022.

The fund’s past performance is not a good predictor of how the fund will perform in the future. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. 

Key Fund Statistics

Total Net Assets
$63,702,581
# of Portfolio Holdings
42
Portfolio Turnover Rate
34.89%
Advisory Fees Paid
$85,796

Average Annual Total Returns (%)

1 Year
Since Inception
Parnassus Growth Equity Fund - Institutional Shares (Incp: December 28, 2022)
27.13%
35.42%
S&P 500 Index
25.02%
26.47%
Russell 1000® Growth Index
33.36%
39.08%

What did the Fund invest in?

Parnassus Growth Equity Fund invests selectively in about 40 U.S. large-cap equity securities. The Fund pursues high quality companies with increasing relevancy, durable competitive advantages, strong management teams and sustainable business practices. It favors leading, innovative companies positioned to capitalize on secular trends.

Sector Allocation (%)*

A graphical representation of Investments made.
Value
Value
Short-Term Investments, Other Assets & Liabilities
0.9%
Real Estate
1.2%
Consumer Staples
2.0%
Materials
2.8%
Industrials
3.8%
Communication Services
8.0%
Consumer Discretionary
10.2%
Financials
11.1%
Health Care
12.8%
Information Technology
47.2%

Top Ten Holdings (%)*

Microsoft Corp.
9.0%
NVIDIA Corp.
8.9%
Alphabet Inc., Class A
6.4%
Amazon.com Inc.
4.8%
Apple Inc.
4.8%
Broadcom Inc.
4.8%
Visa Inc., Class A
4.6%
Salesforce Inc.
3.2%
Eli Lilly & Co.
2.9%
Natera Inc.
2.4%

Additional Information

Parnassus Growth Equity Fund 

Ticker - PFPGX

Class - Institutional Shares 

Annual Shareholder Report - December 31, 2024

If you wish to view additional information about the Fund; including, but not limited to, financial statements or holdings, please call us or visit our website:

 

An image of a QR code that, when scanned, navigates the user to the following URL: http://www.parnassus.com/literature-and-forms/fund-information

Phone: 800-999-3505

Website: www.parnassus.com/literature-and-forms/fund-information

For purposes of categorizing securities for diversification requirements under the Investment Company Act, the Fund uses industry classifications that are more specific than those used for the chart.

 

Portfolio characteristics and holdings are subject to change periodically.

 

* The holding tables and charts above represent percentage based on Total Net Assets. 

Material Fund Changes

No material changes to the Fund in the last reporting year.

Change in or Disagreements with Accountants

There have been no changes to or disagreements with the accountants in the last reporting year.

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PFPGX2024-AR 

Parnassus Value Equity Fund 

Ticker - PARWX

Class - Investor Shares 

Annual Shareholder Report - December 31, 2024

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Fund Overview

Parnassus Value Equity Fund (the "Fund") offers a concentrated portfolio of U.S. large-cap stocks that are attractively priced relative to their history or peers.

This annual shareholder report contains important information about the Fund for the period of January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

You can find additional information about the fund at www.parnassus.com. You can also request this information by contacting us at 800-999-3505.

What was the Fund's cost for the year?

(based on hypothetical $10,000 investment)

Class name
Cost of a $10,000 investment
Cost paid as a % of a $10,000 investment
Investor Shares
$93
0.88%

How did the fund perform?

Parnassus Value Equity Fund (Investor Shares) returned 12.01% (net of fees), trailing the Russell 1000 Value Index’s 14.37% for the year. Stock selection in the Health Care sector notably weighed on relative performance. In contrast, strong stock selection in Real Estate boosted relative returns.

 

A continuation of the shift in investor sentiment toward more economically sensitive sectors could support a broadening of the stock market rally, especially in value stocks.

Fund Performance

Value on December 31, 2024 of $10,000 invested on December 31, 2014.

 

A line chart as described in the following paragraph.
Parnassus Value Equity Fund
S&P 500 Index
Russell 1000® Value Index
2014
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
2015
$10,325
$10,138
$9,617
2016
$12,536
$11,351
$11,285
2017
$15,019
$13,829
$12,827
2018
$12,994
$13,223
$11,767
2019
$17,319
$17,386
$14,890
2020
$22,068
$20,585
$15,306
2021
$28,936
$26,494
$19,157
2022
$24,939
$21,696
$17,713
2023
$28,355
$27,399
$19,743
2024
$31,760
$34,254
$22,580

The chart shows the growth in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment over the last 10 years and does not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

The fund’s past performance is not a good predictor of how the fund will perform in the future. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. 

Key Fund Statistics

Total Net Assets
$4,825,190,926
# of Portfolio Holdings
45
Portfolio Turnover Rate
24.08%
Advisory Fees Paid
$31,176,918

Average Annual Total Returns (%)

1 Year
5 years
10 Years
Parnassus Value Equity Fund - Investor Shares
12.01%
12.89%
12.25%
S&P 500 Index
25.02%
14.53%
13.10%
Russell 1000® Value Index
14.37%
8.68%
8.49%

What did the Fund invest in?

Parnassus Value Equity Fund invests selectively in about 40-45 U.S. large-cap equity securities trading at a discount. The Fund pursues companies with increasingly relevant products and services, durable competitive advantages, strong management teams and sustainable business practices that are likely to thrive in a healthy economy and be resilient in an economic downturn.

Sector Allocation (%)*

A graphical representation of Investments made.
Value
Value
Short-Term Investments, Other Assets & Liabilities
0.6%
Utilities
1.5%
Materials
2.6%
Consumer Staples
3.2%
Real Estate
5.7%
Communication Services
7.2%
Consumer Discretionary
8.7%
Industrials
9.9%
Information Technology
16.6%
Health Care
18.5%
Financials
25.5%

Top Ten Holdings (%)*

S&P Global Inc.
3.5%
Bank of America Corp.
3.3%
Sysco Corp.
3.2%
CBRE Group Inc., Class A
3.2%
Deere & Co.
3.1%
Verizon Communications Inc.
2.9%
Mastercard Inc., Class A
2.9%
Broadcom Inc.
2.8%
Alphabet Inc., Class A
2.8%
Cummins Inc.
2.7%

Additional Information

Parnassus Value Equity Fund 

Ticker - PARWX

Class - Investor Shares 

Annual Shareholder Report - December 31, 2024

If you wish to view additional information about the Fund; including, but not limited to, financial statements or holdings, please call us or visit our website:

 

An image of a QR code that, when scanned, navigates the user to the following URL: http://www.parnassus.com/literature-and-forms/fund-information

Phone: 800-999-3505

Website: www.parnassus.com/literature-and-forms/fund-information

For purposes of categorizing securities for diversification requirements under the Investment Company Act, the Fund uses industry classifications that are more specific than those used for the chart.

 

Portfolio characteristics and holdings are subject to change periodically.

 

* The holding tables and charts above represent percentage based on Total Net Assets. 

Material Fund Changes

No material changes to the Fund in the last reporting year.

Change in or Disagreements with Accountants

There have been no changes to or disagreements with the accountants in the last reporting year.

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PARWX2024-AR 

Parnassus Value Equity Fund 

Ticker - PFPWX

Class - Institutional Shares 

Annual Shareholder Report - December 31, 2024

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Fund Overview

Parnassus Value Equity Fund (the "Fund") offers a concentrated portfolio of U.S. large-cap stocks that are attractively priced relative to their history or peers.

This annual shareholder report contains important information about the Fund for the period of January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

You can find additional information about the fund at www.parnassus.com. You can also request this information by contacting us at 800-999-3505.

What was the Fund's cost for the year?

(based on hypothetical $10,000 investment)

Class name
Cost of a $10,000 investment
Cost paid as a % of a $10,000 investment
Institutional Shares
$69
0.65%

How did the fund perform?

Parnassus Value Equity Fund (Institutional Shares) returned 12.27% (net of fees), trailing the Russell 1000 Value Index’s 14.37% for the year. Stock selection in the Health Care sector notably weighed on relative performance. In contrast, strong stock selection in Real Estate boosted relative returns.

 

A continuation of the shift in investor sentiment toward more economically sensitive sectors could support a broadening of the stock market rally, especially in value stocks.

Fund Performance

Value on December 31, 2024 of $10,000 invested on April 30, 2015.

 

A line chart as described in the following paragraph.
Parnassus Value Equity Fund
S&P 500 Index
Russell 1000® Value Index
2015
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
2015
$9,978
$9,947
$9,597
2016
$12,141
$11,137
$11,262
2017
$14,573
$13,569
$12,801
2018
$12,642
$12,974
$11,742
2019
$16,885
$17,059
$14,859
2020
$21,565
$20,197
$15,274
2021
$28,330
$25,995
$19,117
2022
$24,476
$21,287
$17,676
2023
$27,888
$26,883
$19,703
2024
$31,309
$33,609
$22,533

The chart shows the growth in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment since inception and does not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The share class commenced operations on April 30, 2015.

The fund’s past performance is not a good predictor of how the fund will perform in the future. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. 

Key Fund Statistics

Total Net Assets
$4,825,190,926
# of Portfolio Holdings
45
Portfolio Turnover Rate
24.08%
Advisory Fees Paid
$31,176,918

Average Annual Total Returns (%)

1 Year
5 years
Since Inception
Parnassus Value Equity Fund - Institutional Shares (Incp: April 30, 2015)
12.27%
13.14%
12.53%
S&P 500 Index
25.02%
14.53%
13.36%
Russell 1000® Value Index
14.37%
8.68%
8.76%

What did the Fund invest in?

Parnassus Value Equity Fund invests selectively in about 40-45 U.S. large-cap equity securities trading at a discount. The Fund pursues companies with increasingly relevant products and services, durable competitive advantages, strong management teams and sustainable business practices that are likely to thrive in a healthy economy and be resilient in an economic downturn.

Sector Allocation (%)*

A graphical representation of Investments made.
Value
Value
Short-Term Investments, Other Assets & Liabilities
0.6%
Utilities
1.5%
Materials
2.6%
Consumer Staples
3.2%
Real Estate
5.7%
Communication Services
7.2%
Consumer Discretionary
8.7%
Industrials
9.9%
Information Technology
16.6%
Health Care
18.5%
Financials
25.5%

Top Ten Holdings (%)*

S&P Global Inc.
3.5%
Bank of America Corp.
3.3%
Sysco Corp.
3.2%
CBRE Group Inc., Class A
3.2%
Deere & Co.
3.1%
Verizon Communications Inc.
2.9%
Mastercard Inc., Class A
2.9%
Broadcom Inc.
2.8%
Alphabet Inc., Class A
2.8%
Cummins Inc.
2.7%

Additional Information

Parnassus Value Equity Fund 

Ticker - PFPWX

Class - Institutional Shares 

Annual Shareholder Report - December 31, 2024

If you wish to view additional information about the Fund; including, but not limited to, financial statements or holdings, please call us or visit our website:

 

An image of a QR code that, when scanned, navigates the user to the following URL: http://www.parnassus.com/literature-and-forms/fund-information

Phone: 800-999-3505

Website: www.parnassus.com/literature-and-forms/fund-information

For purposes of categorizing securities for diversification requirements under the Investment Company Act, the Fund uses industry classifications that are more specific than those used for the chart.

 

Portfolio characteristics and holdings are subject to change periodically.

 

* The holding tables and charts above represent percentage based on Total Net Assets. 

Material Fund Changes

No material changes to the Fund in the last reporting year.

Change in or Disagreements with Accountants

There have been no changes to or disagreements with the accountants in the last reporting year.

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PFPWX2024-AR 

Parnassus Mid Cap Fund 

Ticker - PARMX

Class - Investor Shares 

Annual Shareholder Report - December 31, 2024

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Fund Overview

Parnassus Mid Cap Fund (the "Fund") offers a concentrated portfolio U.S. mid-cap stocks with the potential for long-term growth and business resiliency.

This annual shareholder report contains important information about the Fund for the period of January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

You can find additional information about the fund at www.parnassus.com. You can also request this information by contacting us at 800-999-3505.

What was the Fund's cost for the year?

(based on hypothetical $10,000 investment)

Class name
Cost of a $10,000 investment
Cost paid as a % of a $10,000 investment
Investor Shares
$100
0.95%

How did the fund perform?

The Parnassus Mid Cap Fund (Investor shares) returned 9.99% (net of fees) in 2024, underperforming the Russell Midcap Index’s 15.34% return. Stock selection within Communication Services and Real Estate contributed to relative performance, while selection within Industrials and Information Technology detracted.

 

Our disciplined approach—emphasizing quality, financial strength, and attractive valuations—positions the Fund to help protect capital during downturns while capturing upside in favorable markets.

Fund Performance

Value on December 31, 2024 of $10,000 invested on December 31, 2014.

 

A line chart as described in the following paragraph.
Parnassus Mid Cap Fund
Russell 1000® Index
Russell Midcap Index
2014
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
2015
$9,913
$10,092
$9,756
2016
$11,507
$11,308
$11,102
2017
$13,324
$13,761
$13,158
2018
$12,440
$13,102
$11,966
2019
$16,016
$17,220
$15,621
2020
$18,399
$20,830
$18,292
2021
$21,416
$26,340
$22,424
2022
$16,798
$21,302
$18,541
2023
$18,927
$26,953
$21,735
2024
$20,818
$33,560
$25,070

The chart shows the growth in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment over the last 10 years and does not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

The fund’s past performance is not a good predictor of how the fund will perform in the future. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. 

Key Fund Statistics

Total Net Assets
$2,842,441,773
# of Portfolio Holdings
38
Portfolio Turnover Rate
43.55%
Advisory Fees Paid
$23,536,822

Average Annual Total Returns (%)

1 Year
5 years
10 Years
Parnassus Mid Cap Fund - Investor Shares
9.99%
5.38%
7.61%
Russell 1000® Index
24.51%
14.28%
12.87%
Russell Midcap Index
15.34%
9.92%
9.63%

What did the Fund invest in?

Parnassus Mid Cap Fund invests selectively in about 35-45 U.S. mid-cap equity securities. The Fund pursues high quality companies with increasingly relevant products and services, durable competitive advantages, strong management teams and sustainable business practices that are likely to thrive in a healthy economy and be resilient in an economic downturn.

Sector Allocation (%)*

A graphical representation of Investments made.
Value
Value
Short-Term Investments, Other Assets & Liabilities
0.8%
Utilities
1.2%
Communication Services
2.7%
Materials
3.5%
Real Estate
5.5%
Health Care
6.5%
Consumer Discretionary
11.8%
Financials
19.4%
Information Technology
23.8%
Industrials
24.8%

Top Ten Holdings (%)*

Fidelity National Information Services
4.0%
TransUnion
3.8%
CBRE Group Inc., Class A
3.7%
Fortinet Inc.
3.7%
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.
3.6%
Cboe Global Markets Inc.
3.5%
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
3.4%
Roper Technologies Inc.
3.3%
Truist Financial Corp.
3.3%
Republic Services Inc.
3.1%

Additional Information

Parnassus Mid Cap Fund 

Ticker - PARMX

Class - Investor Shares 

Annual Shareholder Report - December 31, 2024

If you wish to view additional information about the Fund; including, but not limited to, financial statements or holdings, please call us or visit our website:

 

An image of a QR code that, when scanned, navigates the user to the following URL: http://www.parnassus.com/literature-and-forms/fund-information

Phone: 800-999-3505

Website: www.parnassus.com/literature-and-forms/fund-information

For purposes of categorizing securities for diversification requirements under the Investment Company Act, the Fund uses industry classifications that are more specific than those used for the chart.

 

Portfolio characteristics and holdings are subject to change periodically.

 

* The holding tables and charts above represent percentage based on Total Net Assets. 

Material Fund Changes

No material changes to the Fund in the last reporting year.

Change in or Disagreements with Accountants

There have been no changes to or disagreements with the accountants in the last reporting year.

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Householding

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PARMX2024-AR 

Parnassus Mid Cap Fund 

Ticker - PFPMX

Class - Institutional Shares 

Annual Shareholder Report - December 31, 2024

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Fund Overview

Parnassus Mid Cap Fund (the "Fund") offers a concentrated portfolio U.S. mid-cap stocks with the potential for long-term growth and business resiliency.

This annual shareholder report contains important information about the Fund for the period of January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

You can find additional information about the fund at www.parnassus.com. You can also request this information by contacting us at 800-999-3505.

What was the Fund's cost for the year?

(based on hypothetical $10,000 investment)

Class name
Cost of a $10,000 investment
Cost paid as a % of a $10,000 investment
Institutional Shares
$79
0.75%

How did the fund perform?

The Parnassus Mid Cap Fund (Institutional shares) returned 10.21% (net of fees) in 2024, underperforming the Russell Midcap Index’s 15.34% return. Stock selection within Communication Services and Real Estate contributed to relative performance, while selection within Industrials and Information Technology detracted.

 

Our disciplined approach—emphasizing quality, financial strength, and attractive valuations—positions the Fund to help protect capital during downturns while capturing upside in favorable markets.

Fund Performance

Value on December 31, 2024 of $10,000 invested on April 30, 2015.

 

A line chart as described in the following paragraph.
Parnassus Mid Cap Fund
Russell 1000® Index
Russell Midcap Index
2015
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
2015
$9,870
$9,864
$9,471
2016
$11,477
$11,053
$10,778
2017
$13,318
$13,450
$12,774
2018
$12,467
$12,806
$11,617
2019
$16,084
$16,831
$15,165
2020
$18,523
$20,359
$17,758
2021
$21,605
$25,745
$21,769
2022
$16,979
$20,821
$18,000
2023
$19,172
$26,344
$21,100
2024
$21,131
$32,801
$24,338

The chart shows the growth in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment since inception and does not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The share class commenced operations on April 30, 2015.

The fund’s past performance is not a good predictor of how the fund will perform in the future. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. 

Key Fund Statistics

Total Net Assets
$2,842,441,773
# of Portfolio Holdings
38
Portfolio Turnover Rate
43.55%
Advisory Fees Paid
$23,536,822

Average Annual Total Returns (%)

1 Year
5 years
Since Inception
Parnassus Mid Cap Fund - Institutional Shares (Incp: April 30, 2015)
10.21%
5.61%
8.04%
Russell 1000® Index
24.51%
14.28%
13.07%
Russell Midcap Index
15.34%
9.92%
9.64%

What did the Fund invest in?

Parnassus Mid Cap Fund invests selectively in about 35-45 U.S. mid-cap equity securities. The Fund pursues high quality companies with increasingly relevant products and services, durable competitive advantages, strong management teams and sustainable business practices that are likely to thrive in a healthy economy and be resilient in an economic downturn.

Sector Allocation (%)*

A graphical representation of Investments made.
Value
Value
Short-Term Investments, Other Assets & Liabilities
0.8%
Utilities
1.2%
Communication Services
2.7%
Materials
3.5%
Real Estate
5.5%
Health Care
6.5%
Consumer Discretionary
11.8%
Financials
19.4%
Information Technology
23.8%
Industrials
24.8%

Top Ten Holdings (%)*

Fidelity National Information Services
4.0%
TransUnion
3.8%
CBRE Group Inc., Class A
3.7%
Fortinet Inc.
3.7%
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.
3.6%
Cboe Global Markets Inc.
3.5%
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
3.4%
Roper Technologies Inc.
3.3%
Truist Financial Corp.
3.3%
Republic Services Inc.
3.1%

Additional Information

Parnassus Mid Cap Fund 

Ticker - PFPMX

Class - Institutional Shares 

Annual Shareholder Report - December 31, 2024

If you wish to view additional information about the Fund; including, but not limited to, financial statements or holdings, please call us or visit our website:

 

An image of a QR code that, when scanned, navigates the user to the following URL: http://www.parnassus.com/literature-and-forms/fund-information

Phone: 800-999-3505

Website: www.parnassus.com/literature-and-forms/fund-information

For purposes of categorizing securities for diversification requirements under the Investment Company Act, the Fund uses industry classifications that are more specific than those used for the chart.

 

Portfolio characteristics and holdings are subject to change periodically.

 

* The holding tables and charts above represent percentage based on Total Net Assets. 

Material Fund Changes

No material changes to the Fund in the last reporting year.

Change in or Disagreements with Accountants

There have been no changes to or disagreements with the accountants in the last reporting year.

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Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund 

Ticker - PARNX

Class - Investor Shares 

Annual Shareholder Report - December 31, 2024

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Fund Overview

Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund (the "Fund") offers a concentrated portfolio of U.S. mid-cap, fast-growing companies with healthy balance sheets and proven financial models.

This annual shareholder report contains important information about the Fund for the period of January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

You can find additional information about the fund at www.parnassus.com. You can also request this information by contacting us at 800-999-3505.

What was the Fund's cost for the year?

(based on hypothetical $10,000 investment)

Class name
Cost of a $10,000 investment
Cost paid as a % of a $10,000 investment
Investor Shares
$84
0.80%

How did the fund perform?

The Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund (Investor shares) returned 10.55% (net of fees) in 2024, underperforming the Russell Midcap Growth Index’s 22.10% return. A lack of exposure to Consumer Staples and stock selection within Communication Services contributed while stock selection within Information Technology and Consumer Discretionary detracted.

 

Our disciplined approach—emphasizing quality, financial strength, and attractive valuations—positions the Fund to help protect capital during downturns while capturing upside in favorable markets.

Fund Performance

Value on December 31, 2024 of $10,000 invested on December 31, 2014.

 

A line chart as described in the following paragraph.
Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund
Russell 1000® Index
Russell Midcap Growth Index
2014
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
2015
$10,026
$10,092
$9,980
2016
$11,375
$11,308
$10,711
2017
$13,204
$13,761
$13,418
2018
$11,919
$13,102
$12,780
2019
$15,474
$17,220
$17,312
2020
$19,900
$20,830
$23,473
2021
$21,764
$26,340
$26,461
2022
$14,468
$21,302
$19,390
2023
$19,620
$26,953
$24,411
2024
$21,689
$33,560
$29,807

The chart shows the growth in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment over the last 10 years and does not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

The fund’s past performance is not a good predictor of how the fund will perform in the future. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. 

Key Fund Statistics

Total Net Assets
$841,960,290
# of Portfolio Holdings
37
Portfolio Turnover Rate
41.45%
Advisory Fees Paid
$5,159,334

Average Annual Total Returns (%)

1 Year
5 years
10 Years
Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund - Investor Shares
10.55%
6.99%
8.05%
Russell 1000® Index
24.51%
14.28%
12.87%
Russell Midcap Growth Index
22.10%
11.48%
11.54%

What did the Fund invest in?

Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund invests selectively in about 35-45 U.S. mid-cap growth equity securities. The Fund pursues best-in-class, high quality companies with increasingly relevant products and services, durable competitive advantages, strong management teams and sustainable business practices that are likely to thrive in a healthy economy and be resilient in a downturn. 

Sector Allocation (%)*

A graphical representation of Investments made.
Value
Value
Short-Term Investments, Other Assets & Liabilities
0.7%
Communication Services
2.9%
Materials
2.9%
Financials
8.4%
Health Care
11.7%
Consumer Discretionary
13.7%
Industrials
24.5%
Information Technology
35.2%

Top Ten Holdings (%)*

Equifax Inc.
4.4%
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.
4.0%
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.
4.0%
Trane Technologies plc
3.9%
Atlassian Corp., Class A
3.7%
Teradyne Inc.
3.6%
MercadoLibre Inc.
3.4%
Block Inc., Class A
3.2%
Workday Inc., Class A
3.2%
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.
3.1%

Additional Information

Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund 

Ticker - PARNX

Class - Investor Shares 

Annual Shareholder Report - December 31, 2024

If you wish to view additional information about the Fund; including, but not limited to, financial statements or holdings, please call us or visit our website:

 

An image of a QR code that, when scanned, navigates the user to the following URL: http://www.parnassus.com/literature-and-forms/fund-information

Phone: 800-999-3505

Website: www.parnassus.com/literature-and-forms/fund-information

For purposes of categorizing securities for diversification requirements under the Investment Company Act, the Fund uses industry classifications that are more specific than those used for the chart.

 

Portfolio characteristics and holdings are subject to change periodically.

 

* The holding tables and charts above represent percentage based on Total Net Assets. 

Material Fund Changes

No material changes to the Fund in the last reporting year.

Change in or Disagreements with Accountants

There have been no changes to or disagreements with the accountants in the last reporting year.

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Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund 

Ticker - PFPRX

Class - Institutional Shares 

Annual Shareholder Report - December 31, 2024

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Fund Overview

Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund (the "Fund") offers a concentrated portfolio of U.S. mid-cap, fast-growing companies with healthy balance sheets and proven financial models.

This annual shareholder report contains important information about the Fund for the period of January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024.

You can find additional information about the fund at www.parnassus.com. You can also request this information by contacting us at 800-999-3505.

What was the Fund's cost for the year?

(based on hypothetical $10,000 investment)

Class name
Cost of a $10,000 investment
Cost paid as a % of a $10,000 investment
Institutional Shares
$72
0.68%

How did the fund perform?

The Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund (Institutional shares) returned 10.68% (net of fees) in 2024, underperforming the Russell Midcap Growth Index’s 22.10% return. A lack of exposure to Consumer Staples and stock selection within Communication Services contributed while stock selection within Information Technology and Consumer Discretionary detracted.

 

Our disciplined approach—emphasizing quality, financial strength, and attractive valuations—positions the Fund to help protect capital during downturns while capturing upside in favorable markets.

Fund Performance

Value on December 31, 2024 of $10,000 invested on April 30, 2015.

 

A line chart as described in the following paragraph.
Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund
Russell 1000® Index
Russell Midcap Growth Index
2015
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
2015
$9,763
$9,864
$9,538
2016
$11,089
$11,053
$10,237
2017
$12,891
$13,450
$12,823
2018
$11,658
$12,806
$12,213
2019
$15,152
$16,831
$16,545
2020
$19,517
$20,359
$22,432
2021
$21,373
$25,745
$25,288
2022
$14,224
$20,821
$18,531
2023
$19,311
$26,344
$23,329
2024
$21,373
$32,801
$28,485

The chart shows the growth in value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment since inception and does not reflect the deduction of taxes a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. The share class commenced operations on April 30, 2015.

The fund’s past performance is not a good predictor of how the fund will perform in the future. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or redemption of fund shares. 

Key Fund Statistics

Total Net Assets
$841,960,290
# of Portfolio Holdings
37
Portfolio Turnover Rate
41.45%
Advisory Fees Paid
$5,159,334

Average Annual Total Returns (%)

1 Year
5 years
Since Inception
Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund - Institutional Shares (Incp: April 30, 2015)
10.68%
7.12%
8.17%
Russell 1000® Index
24.51%
14.28%
13.07%
Russell Midcap Growth Index
22.10%
11.48%
11.43%

What did the Fund invest in?

Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund invests selectively in about 35-45 U.S. mid-cap growth equity securities. The Fund pursues best-in-class, high quality companies with increasingly relevant products and services, durable competitive advantages, strong management teams and sustainable business practices that are likely to thrive in a healthy economy and be resilient in a downturn. 

Sector Allocation (%)*

A graphical representation of Investments made.
Value
Value
Short-Term Investments, Other Assets & Liabilities
0.7%
Communication Services
2.9%
Materials
2.9%
Financials
8.4%
Health Care
11.7%
Consumer Discretionary
13.7%
Industrials
24.5%
Information Technology
35.2%

Top Ten Holdings (%)*

Equifax Inc.
4.4%
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.
4.0%
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.
4.0%
Trane Technologies plc
3.9%
Atlassian Corp., Class A
3.7%
Teradyne Inc.
3.6%
MercadoLibre Inc.
3.4%
Block Inc., Class A
3.2%
Workday Inc., Class A
3.2%
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.
3.1%

Additional Information

Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund 

Ticker - PFPRX

Class - Institutional Shares 

Annual Shareholder Report - December 31, 2024

If you wish to view additional information about the Fund; including, but not limited to, financial statements or holdings, please call us or visit our website:

 

An image of a QR code that, when scanned, navigates the user to the following URL: http://www.parnassus.com/literature-and-forms/fund-information

Phone: 800-999-3505

Website: www.parnassus.com/literature-and-forms/fund-information

For purposes of categorizing securities for diversification requirements under the Investment Company Act, the Fund uses industry classifications that are more specific than those used for the chart.

 

Portfolio characteristics and holdings are subject to change periodically.

 

* The holding tables and charts above represent percentage based on Total Net Assets. 

Material Fund Changes

No material changes to the Fund in the last reporting year.

Change in or Disagreements with Accountants

There have been no changes to or disagreements with the accountants in the last reporting year.

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Householding

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics dated July 22, 2003 that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer (President) and principal financial officer (Treasurer) for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. During the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 there were no amendments to any provisions of this code of ethics.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Boards of Trustees of the Parnassus Funds and the Parnassus Income Funds determined that Kay Yun, Chair of the Boards’ Audit Committee, qualified as an “independent audit committee financial expert” as defined by Form N-CSR. The Trustees’ decision was based on Ms. Yun’s understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP); her ability to assess the general application of such principles in connection with the accounting for estimates, accruals, and reserves; her experience preparing, auditing, analyzing, or evaluating financial statements that present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by the registrants’ financial statements; an understanding of internal controls and procedures for financial reporting; and understanding of audit committee functions.

Kay Yun is a Partner and the Chief Financial Officer of Health Evolution Partners, a healthcare-focused private equity firm in San Francisco. Before this, Kay was Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of YuniNetworks, a technology start-up, through its sale in 2001. Before YuniNetworks, she was an investment banker with Goldman Sachs for almost ten years. Kay serves as the Board President at the American Conservatory Theater and co-chair of the $18 million Next ACT capital campaign. She is also the fundraising chair for The Wharton MBA class of 1990. Kay received her B.S. in Business Administration from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1985 and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1990.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

(a) Audit Fees

The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the Parnassus Funds fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2024 were $297,550 and $95,000 respectively and the Parnassus Income Funds fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and 2024 were $234,950 and $78,000 respectively.

(b) Audit-Related Fees

There were no aggregate fees billed for assurance and related services rendered by the principal accountants that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item.


(c) Tax Fees

The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning for the Parnassus Funds fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2024 were $33,955 and $15,412 respectively and the Parnassus Income Funds fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2024 were $26,365 and $7,706 respectively.

(d) All Other Fees

There were no fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for products and services by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item.

(e)(1) The Audit Committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures are as follows: The audit committee is required to pre-approve all audit services and permitted non-audit services provided by the independent accountants for the Parnassus Funds, affiliated funds, and other service affiliates. Explicit pre-approval by the Audit Committee Chair shall be required for any individual non-audit engagement to be performed by the independent accountants with estimated fees of $10,000 or less and the Audit Committee Chair shall report such approval to the full audit committee at the next regularly scheduled meeting. Explicit pre-approval by the full Audit Committee shall be required for any individual non-audit engagement to be performed by the independent accountants with estimated fees in excess of $10,000. Officers of the Funds shall furnish the audit committee at least annually with a listing of all fees paid to the independent accountants including non-audit services performed. For certain non-audit services which are no more than five percent of the total fees paid by the Trust, such fees may be exempted from the required pre-approval process specified above subject to limitations and prompt disclosure of such services are identified, and in all cases approval is required prior to completion.

(e)(2) None.

(f) Not applicable.

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the registrant’s accountant for services rendered to the registrant, and rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser forth in 4(b) and (c) of this Item of $— and $— for the Parnassus Funds fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2024, respectively and $— and $— for the Parnassus Income Funds fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2024, respectively.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

(a) The Registrant is an issuer as defined in Section 10A-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and has a separately-designated standing Audit Committee in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of such Act. All of the Board’s independent Trustees are members of the Audit Committee.

(b) Not applicable.

Item 6. Investments.

 

(a)

Included as part of the Financial Statements filed under Item 7(a) of this Form.

 

(b)

Not applicable.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Financial Highlights for Open-End Management Investment Companies.

 

(a)

The Registrant’s Financial Statements are attached herewith.

 

(b)

The Registrant’s Financial Highlights are included as part of the Financial Statements filed under Item 7(a) of this Form.


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Parnassus Funds Audited Financial Statements

December 31, 2024

Parnassus Core Equity FundSM

Investor Shares: PRBLX | Institutional Shares: PRILX

Parnassus Growth Equity FundSM

Investor Shares: PFGEX | Institutional Shares: PFPGX

Parnassus Value Equity FundSM

Investor Shares: PARWX | Institutional Shares: PFPWX

Parnassus Mid Cap FundSM

Investor Shares: PARMX | Institutional Shares: PFPMX

Parnassus Mid Cap Growth FundSM

Investor Shares: PARNX | Institutional Shares: PFPRX

Parnassus Fixed Income FundSM

Investor Shares: PRFIX | Institutional Shares: PFPLX

 

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Table of Contents

 

Portfolios of Investments  
Parnassus Core Equity Fund   4
Parnassus Growth Equity Fund   6
Parnassus Value Equity Fund   8
Parnassus Mid Cap Fund   10
Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund   12
Parnassus Fixed Income Fund   14
Financial Statements   19
Notes to Financial Statements   25
Financial Highlights   37
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   41
Additional Information   43

 

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Parnassus Core Equity Fund

Portfolio of Investments as of December 31, 2024

 

Equities   Shares     Market
Value ($)
 
Banks (2.1%)    
Bank of America Corp.     13,852,909       608,835,351  
   

 

 

 
Biotechnology (2.0%)    
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. q     1,432,284       576,780,767  
   

 

 

 
Capital Markets (5.5%)    
Intercontinental Exchange Inc.     5,737,337       854,920,586  
S&P Global Inc.     1,487,664       740,901,302  
   

 

 

 
      1,595,821,888  
   

 

 

 
Chemicals (4.1%)    
Linde plc     1,702,041       712,593,505  
The Sherwin-Williams Co.     1,399,058       475,581,786  
   

 

 

 
      1,188,175,291  
   

 

 

 
Commercial Services &
Supplies (3.4%)
   
Waste Management Inc.     4,949,293       998,717,835  
   

 

 

 
Containers & Packaging (2.3%)    
Ball Corp. W     12,375,881       682,282,320  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Financial
Services (6.1%)
   
Fiserv Inc. q     3,836,644       788,123,411  
Mastercard Inc., Class A     1,872,137       985,811,180  
   

 

 

 
      1,773,934,591  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services (1.4%)    
Verizon Communications Inc.     10,313,698       412,444,783  
   

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (3.2%)    
Realty Income Corp.     17,162,768       916,663,439  
   

 

 

 
Food & Staples Retailing (1.8%)    
Costco Wholesale Corp.     559,456       512,612,749  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (1.9%)    
Stryker Corp.     1,552,584       559,007,869  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Providers &
Services (1.9%)
   
The Cigna Group     2,028,243       560,079,022  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants &
Leisure (1.7%)
   
Marriott International Inc., Class A     1,737,566       484,676,660  
   

 

 

 
Household Durables (1.1%)    
D.R. Horton Inc.     2,179,270       304,705,531  
   

 

 

 
Household Products (1.6%)    
The Procter & Gamble Co.     2,763,159       463,243,606  
   

 

 

 
Equities     Shares      
Market
Value ($)

 
Insurance (2.1%)    
Marsh & McLennan Co., Inc.     2,815,449       598,029,522  
   

 

 

 
Interactive Media &
Services (5.0%)
   
Alphabet Inc., Class A     7,670,958       1,452,112,349  
   

 

 

 
Life Sciences Tools &
Services (3.9%)
   
Danaher Corp.     2,451,759       562,801,278  
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.     1,112,488       578,749,632  
   

 

 

 
      1,141,550,910  
   

 

 

 
Machinery (3.6%)    
Deere & Co.     2,443,418       1,035,276,207  
   

 

 

 
Multiline Retail (6.3%)    
Amazon.com Inc. q     8,400,746       1,843,039,665  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals (2.0%)    
Eli Lilly & Co.     735,953       568,155,716  
   

 

 

 
Professional Services (2.7%)    
Equifax Inc.     1,419,155       361,671,652  
Verisk Analytics Inc., Class A     1,516,962       417,816,844  
   

 

 

 
      779,488,496  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor
Equipment (11.3%)
   
Applied Materials Inc.     2,535,526       412,352,593  
Broadcom Inc.     3,714,948       861,273,544  
KLA Corp.     461,933       291,073,222  
NVIDIA Corp.     12,754,323       1,712,778,036  
   

 

 

 
      3,277,477,395  
   

 

 

 
Software (15.6%)    
Intuit Inc.     879,846       552,983,211  
Microsoft Corp.     4,475,508       1,886,426,622  
Oracle Corp.     2,288,019       381,275,486  
Salesforce Inc.     2,541,867       849,822,394  
Synopsys Inc. q     931,328       452,029,358  
Workday Inc., Class A q     1,633,830       421,577,155  
   

 

 

 
      4,544,114,226  
   

 

 

 
Specialty Retail (2.4%)    
AutoZone Inc. q     219,779       703,732,358  
   

 

 

 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (2.7%)    
Apple Inc.     3,094,973       775,043,139  
   

 

 

 
Trading Companies & Distributors (1.5%)    
Ferguson Enterprises Inc.     2,491,778       432,497,907  
   

 

 

 
Total investment in equities (99.2%)
(cost $20,673,867,104)

 

    28,788,499,592  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Parnassus Core Equity Fund

Portfolio of Investments as of December 31, 2024 (continued)

 

Short-Term Securities    Interest
Rate
     Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount ($)
     Market
Value ($)
 
Certificates of Deposit (0.0%) a

 

     
Citizens Trust Bank      1.00      01/14/2025        250,000        249,645  
Community Vision Capital & Consulting      0.25      01/31/2025        250,000        248,770  
Self-Help Federal Credit Union      4.60      02/17/2025        1,000,000        994,863  
           

 

 

 
              1,493,278  
           

 

 

 
Certificates of Deposit Account Registry Service (0.0%) a            
CDARS agreement with Beneficial State Bank,
dated 03/14/2024
Participating depository institutions:
Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company, par 143,000;
First Business Bank, par 235,500;
Freedom Financial Bank, par 235,500;
Frontier Bank, par 235,500;
Old National Bank, par 150,500;
River City Bank, par 235,500;
Signature Bank National Association, par 235,500;
Solera National Bank, par 235,500;
South Ottumwa Savings Bank, par 235,500;
The People Bank of Georgia, par 58,000;
(cost $1,984,396)
     4.18      03/13/2025        2,000,000        1,984,396  
           

 

 

 
Community Development Loans (0.0%) a            
Root Capital Inc.      1.00      02/01/2025        200,000        198,984  
           

 

 

 
Time Deposits (0.9%)            
Citibank, New York      3.68      01/02/2025        200,000,000        200,000,000  
JPMorgan Chase, New York      3.68      01/02/2025        46,665,756        46,665,756  
           

 

 

 
              246,665,756  
           

 

 

 
Total short-term securities (0.9%)
(cost $250,342,414)
              250,342,414  
           

 

 

 
Total securities (100.1%)
(cost $20,924,209,518)
              29,038,842,006  
           

 

 

 
           
Other assets and liabilities (-0.1%)               (22,417,532
Total net assets (100.0%)               29,016,424,474  
           

 

 

 

 

q This security is non-income producing.

  

W Fund ownership consists of 5% or more of the shares outstanding of the Affiliated Issuer, as defined under the Investment Securities Act of 1940.

  

a Market value adjustments have been applied to these securities to reflect potential early withdrawal. Such securities have been classified as level 3.

  

plc Public Limited Company

           

 

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Parnassus Growth Equity Fund

Portfolio of Investments as of December 31, 2024

 

Equities   Shares     Market
Value ($)
 
Biotechnology (4.6%)    
Exact Sciences Corp. q     9,751       547,909  
Natera Inc. q     9,524       1,507,649  
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. q     2,089       841,240  
   

 

 

 
      2,896,798  
   

 

 

 
Capital Markets (5.1%)    
Ares Management Corp., Class A     7,113       1,259,214  
MSCI Inc., Class A     1,345       807,013  
S&P Global Inc.     2,343       1,166,884  
   

 

 

 
      3,233,111  
   

 

 

 
Chemicals (2.8%)    
Linde plc     1,866       781,238  
The Sherwin-Williams Co.     2,998       1,019,110  
   

 

 

 
      1,800,348  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services (6.0%)    
Adyen N.V., ADR q     63,942       937,390  
Visa Inc., Class A     9,163       2,895,875  
   

 

 

 
      3,833,265  
   

 

 

 
Entertainment (1.6%)    
Netflix Inc. q     1,138       1,014,322  
   

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment
Trusts (1.2%)
   
CoStar Group Inc. q     11,061       791,857  
   

 

 

 
Food & Staples Retailing (2.0%)    
Costco Wholesale Corp.     1,359       1,245,211  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment &
Supplies (3.7%)
   
Boston Scientific Corp. q     13,697       1,223,416  
Intuitive Surgical Inc. q     2,137       1,115,429  
   

 

 

 
      2,338,845  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (4.1%)    
Airbnb Inc., Class A q     6,173       811,194  
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., Class A q     17,585       1,060,375  
DoorDash Inc., Class A q     4,385       735,584  
   

 

 

 
      2,607,153  
   

 

 

 
Interactive Media & Services (6.4%)    
Alphabet Inc., Class A     21,610       4,090,773  
   

 

 

 
IT Services (1.3%)    
Cloudflare Inc., Class A q     7,413       798,232  
   

 

 

 
Life Sciences Tools & Services (1.6%)    
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.     1,946       1,012,368  
   

 

 

 
Machinery (1.5%)    
Deere & Co.     2,312       979,594  
   

 

 

 
Equities     Shares      
Market
Value ($)

 
Multiline Retail (6.1%)    
Amazon.com Inc. q     14,004       3,072,338  
MercadoLibre Inc. q     460       782,202  
   

 

 

 
      3,854,540  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals (2.9%)    
Eli Lilly & Co.     2,408       1,858,976  
   

 

 

 
Professional Services (1.1%)    
Equifax Inc.     2,854       727,342  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (18.7%)    
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. q     7,957       961,126  
Applied Materials Inc.     5,525       898,531  
Broadcom Inc.     13,171       3,053,565  
NVIDIA Corp.     42,309       5,681,676  
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., ADR     6,585       1,300,472  
   

 

 

 
      11,895,370  
   

 

 

 
Software (22.4%)    
Adobe Inc. q     1,944       864,458  
Atlassian Corp., Class A q     3,273       796,583  
Datadog Inc., Class A q     4,791       684,586  
Intuit Inc.     1,795       1,128,157  
Microsoft Corp.     13,602       5,733,243  
Procore Technologies Inc. q     12,606       944,568  
PTC Inc. q     4,990       917,511  
Salesforce Inc.     6,140       2,052,786  
Workday Inc., Class A q     4,650       1,199,839  
   

 

 

 
      14,321,731  
   

 

 

 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (4.8%)    
Apple Inc.     12,232       3,063,137  
   

 

 

 
Trading Companies &
Distributors (1.2%)
   
Ferguson Enterprises Inc.     4,291       744,789  
   

 

 

 
Total investment in equities (99.1%)
(cost $49,646,353)

 

    63,107,762  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Parnassus Growth Equity Fund

Portfolio of Investments as of December 31, 2024 (continued)

 

Short-Term Securities    Interest
Rate
     Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount ($)
     Market
Value ($)
 
Time Deposits (0.6%)            
JPMorgan Chase, New York      3.68      01/02/2025        374,787        374,787  
           

 

 

 
Total short-term securities (0.6%)
(cost $374,787)
              374,787  
           

 

 

 
Total securities (99.7%)
(cost $50,021,140)
              63,482,549  
           

 

 

 
Other assets and liabilities (0.3%)               220,032  
           

 

 

 
Total net assets (100.0%)               63,702,581  
           

 

 

 

 

q This security is non-income producing.

           

plc Public Limited Company

           

N.V. Naamloze Vennootschap

           

ADR American Depositary Receipt

           

 

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Parnassus Value Equity Fund

Portfolio of Investments as of December 31, 2024

 

Equities   Shares     Market
Value ($)
 
Air Freight & Logistics (1.8%)    
FedEx Corp.     301,210       84,739,409  
   

 

 

 
Banks (5.8%)    
Bank of America Corp.     3,615,546       158,903,247  
Citigroup Inc.     1,725,687       121,471,108  
   

 

 

 
      280,374,355  
   

 

 

 
Biotechnology (2.2%)    
Gilead Sciences Inc.     1,151,874       106,398,601  
   

 

 

 
Capital Markets (10.4%)    
CME Group Inc., Class A     366,827       85,188,234  
S&P Global Inc.     339,991       169,325,718  
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.     1,605,471       123,348,337  
The Charles Schwab Corp.     1,694,634       125,419,862  
   

 

 

 
      503,282,151  
   

 

 

 
Containers & Packaging (2.6%)    
Ball Corp. W     2,308,169       127,249,357  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services (7.1%)    
Global Payments Inc.     1,098,035       123,045,802  
Mastercard Inc., Class A     266,875       140,528,369  
Visa Inc., Class A     250,085       79,036,863  
   

 

 

 
      342,611,034  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services (2.9%)    
Verizon Communications Inc.     3,533,571       141,307,504  
   

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment
Trusts (5.7%)
   
CBRE Group Inc., Class A q     1,156,075       151,781,087  
Simon Property Group Inc.     718,854       123,793,847  
   

 

 

 
      275,574,934  
   

 

 

 
Food & Staples Retailing (3.2%)    
Sysco Corp.     2,040,678       156,030,240  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment &
Supplies (2.8%)
   
Align Technology Inc. q     330,007       68,809,760  
Baxter International Inc.     2,229,221       65,004,084  
   

 

 

 
      133,813,844  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Providers &
Services (3.6%)
   
The Cigna Group     237,205       65,501,789  
UnitedHealth Group Inc.     211,079       106,776,423  
   

 

 

 
      172,278,212  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (1.8%)    
Airbnb Inc., Class A q     648,524       85,222,539  
   

 

 

 
Household Durables (2.5%)    
D.R. Horton Inc.     864,230       120,836,639  
   

 

 

 
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers (1.5%)    
Brookfield Renewable Corp. q,l     2,667,638       73,786,867  
   

 

 

 
Equities     Shares      
Market
Value ($)

 
Insurance (2.2%)    
The Progressive Corp.     449,242       107,642,876  
   

 

 

 
Interactive Media &
Services (2.8%)
   
Alphabet Inc., Class A     711,028       134,597,600  
   

 

 

 
Life Sciences Tools &
Services (4.8%)
   
Agilent Technologies Inc.     944,194       126,843,022  
Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.,
Class A q
    310,732       102,078,569  
   

 

 

 
      228,921,591  
   

 

 

 
Machinery (5.8%)    
Cummins Inc.     380,003       132,469,046  
Deere & Co.     348,570       147,689,109  
   

 

 

 
      280,158,155  
   

 

 

 
Media (1.5%)    
Comcast Corp., Class A     1,920,800       72,087,624  
   

 

 

 
Multiline Retail (2.3%)    
Amazon.com Inc. q     503,495       110,461,768  
   

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals (5.1%)    
AstraZeneca plc, ADR     1,178,323       77,203,723  
Novo Nordisk, ADR     593,722       51,071,966  
Pfizer Inc.     4,390,705       116,485,404  
   

 

 

 
      244,761,093  
   

 

 

 
Road & Rail (2.3%)    
Union Pacific Corp.     482,958       110,133,742  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor
Equipment (8.8%)
   
Applied Materials Inc.     371,973       60,493,969  
Broadcom Inc.     589,550       136,681,272  
Intel Corp.     2,207,479       44,259,954  
Micron Technology Inc.     1,057,266       88,979,507  
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., ADR     478,823       94,562,754  
   

 

 

 
      424,977,456  
   

 

 

 
Software (6.2%)    
Microsoft Corp.     288,746       121,706,439  
NICE Ltd., ADR q,l     517,039       87,813,904  
Oracle Corp.     537,967       89,646,821  
   

 

 

 
      299,167,164  
   

 

 

 
Specialty Retail (2.1%)    
Ross Stores Inc.     676,514       102,336,273  
   

 

 

 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (1.6%)    
Western Digital Corp. q     1,271,549       75,822,467  
   

 

 

 
Total investment in equities (99.4%)
(cost $3,783,000,450)

 

    4,794,573,495  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Parnassus Value Equity Fund

Portfolio of Investments as of December 31, 2024 (continued)

 

Short-Term Securities   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
    Principal
Amount ($)
     Market
Value ($)
 
Certificates of Deposit (0.0%) a

 

    
Community Vision Capital & Consulting     0.25     03/31/2025       250,000        246,343  
Self-Help Federal Credit Union     4.60     02/25/2025       250,000        248,501  
        

 

 

 
           494,844  
        

 

 

 
Certificates of Deposit Account Registry Service (0.0%) a

 

      
CDARS agreement with Beneficial State Bank,
dated 03/14/2024
Participating depository institutions:
First Business Bank, par 230,073;
Frontier Bank, par 34,427;
Solera National Bank, par 235,500;
(cost $496,099)
    4.18     03/13/2025       500,000        496,099  
        

 

 

 
Community Development Loans (0.0%) a         
Root Capital Inc.     1.00     02/01/2025       100,000        99,492  
        

 

 

 
Securities Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Lending         
Registered Investment Companies (0.4%)         
Invesco Aim Government & Agency Portfolio Short-Term Investments Trust, Institutional Class     4.36          18,925,463  
        

 

 

 
Time Deposits (0.6%)         
JPMorgan Chase, New York     3.68     01/02/2025       31,161,101        31,161,101  
        

 

 

 
Total short-term securities (1.0%)
(cost $51,176,999)
           51,176,999  
        

 

 

 
Total securities (100.4%)
(cost $3,834,177,449)
           4,845,750,494  
        

 

 

 
Payable upon return of securities loaned (-0.4%)            (18,925,463
        

 

 

 
Other assets and liabilities (0.0%)            (1,634,105
        

 

 

 
Total net assets (100.0%)            4,825,190,926  
        

 

 

 

 

W Fund ownership consists of 5% or more of the shares outstanding of the Affiliated Issuer, as defined under the Investment Securities Act of 1940.

  

q This security is non-income producing.

  

l This security, or partial position of this security, was on loan at December 31, 2024. The total value of the securities on loan at December 31, 2024 was $18,482,852.

  

a Market value adjustments have been applied to these securities to reflect potential early withdrawal. Such securities have been classified as level 3.

  

plc Public Limited Company

        

ADR American Depositary Receipt

        

 

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Parnassus Mid Cap Fund

Portfolio of Investments as of December 31, 2024

 

Equities   Shares     Market
Value ($)
 
Banks (3.3%)    
Truist Financial Corp.     2,141,993       92,919,656  
   

 

 

 
Capital Markets (6.9%)    
Cboe Global Markets Inc.     507,032       99,074,053  
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.     1,272,449       97,762,257  
   

 

 

 
      196,836,310  
   

 

 

 
Chemicals (1.9%)    
The Sherwin-Williams Co.     156,283       53,125,280  
   

 

 

 
Commercial Services &
Supplies (3.1%)
   
Republic Services Inc.     430,341       86,576,002  
   

 

 

 
Containers & Packaging (1.6%)    
Ball Corp. W     837,069       46,147,614  
   

 

 

 
Distributors (2.5%)    
Pool Corp.     207,874       70,872,561  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services (4.0%)    
Fidelity National Information Services     1,409,635       113,856,219  
   

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment
Trusts (5.5%)
   
CBRE Group Inc., Class A q     807,385       106,001,577  
Realty Income Corp.     938,245       50,111,665  
   

 

 

 
      156,113,242  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment &
Supplies (2.7%)
   
Hologic Inc. q     1,063,421       76,662,020  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (1.4%)    
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.     162,648       40,200,080  
   

 

 

 
Household Durables (2.3%)    
D.R. Horton Inc.     469,471       65,641,435  
   

 

 

 
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers (1.2%)    
Brookfield Renewable Corp. l     1,241,258       34,333,196  
   

 

 

 
Insurance (5.2%)    
The Allstate Corp.     446,841       86,146,476  
W R Berkley Corp.     1,060,467       62,058,529  
   

 

 

 
      148,205,005  
   

 

 

 
Life Sciences Tools &
Services (3.8%)
   
IQVIA Holdings Inc. q     334,178       65,669,319  
Repligen Corp. q     297,730       42,855,256  
   

 

 

 
      108,524,575  
   

 

 

 
Equities     Shares      
Market
Value ($)

 
Machinery (7.3%)    
Otis Worldwide Corp.     771,116       71,413,053  
Pentair plc     516,798       52,010,551  
Xylem Inc.     735,489       85,331,434  
   

 

 

 
      208,755,038  
   

 

 

 
Media (2.7%)    
The Trade Desk, Inc., Class A q     659,198       77,475,541  
   

 

 

 
Professional Services (6.6%)    
Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc.     349,510       79,020,716  
TransUnion     1,167,746       108,261,732  
   

 

 

 
      187,282,448  
   

 

 

 
Road & Rail (5.5%)    
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.     595,060       101,552,940  
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.     305,089       53,817,700  
   

 

 

 
      155,370,640  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor
Equipment (4.6%)
   
KLA Corp.     112,235       70,721,518  
Lam Research Corp.     847,483       61,213,697  
   

 

 

 
      131,935,215  
   

 

 

 
Software (16.4%)    
Atlassian Corp., Class A q     195,356       47,545,743  
Autodesk Inc. q     284,146       83,985,033  
Fortinet Inc. q     1,105,804       104,476,362  
Guidewire Software Inc. q     384,447       64,810,075  
Roper Technologies Inc.     179,137       93,124,369  
Workday Inc., Class A q     267,536       69,032,314  
   

 

 

 
      462,973,896  
   

 

 

 
Specialty Retail (5.6%)    
O’Reilly Automotive Inc. q     62,317       73,895,499  
Ross Stores Inc.     571,949       86,518,725  
   

 

 

 
      160,414,224  
   

 

 

 
Technology Hardware,
Storage & Peripherals (2.8%)
   
Western Digital Corp. q     1,339,847       79,895,077  
   

 

 

 
Trading Companies & Distributors (2.3%)    
Ferguson Enterprises Inc.     373,514       64,830,825  
   

 

 

 
Total investment in equities (99.2%)
(cost $2,223,324,251)

 

    2,818,946,099  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Parnassus Mid Cap Fund

Portfolio of Investments as of December 31, 2024 (continued)

 

Short-Term Securities    Interest
Rate
     Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount ($)
     Market
Value ($)
 
Certificates of Deposit (0.0%) a

 

     
Beneficial State Bank      4.00      03/27/2025        250,000        247,671  
Citizens Trust Bank      1.00      01/14/2025        250,000        249,645  
Self-Help Federal Credit Union      4.60      02/17/2025        250,000        248,716  
           

 

 

 
              746,032  
           

 

 

 
Securities Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Lending

 

        
Registered Investment Companies (0.3%)            
Invesco Aim Government & Agency Portfolio Short-Term Investments Trust, Institutional Class      4.36            9,686,000  
           

 

 

 
Time Deposits (0.9%)            
JPMorgan Chase, New York      3.68      01/02/2025        24,788,663        24,788,663  
           

 

 

 
Total short-term securities (1.2%)
(cost $35,220,695)
              35,220,695  
           

 

 

 
Total securities (100.4%)
(cost $2,258,544,946)
              2,854,166,794  
           

 

 

 
Payable upon return of securities loaned (-0.3%)               (9,686,000
           

 

 

 
Other assets and liabilities (-0.1%)               (2,039,021
           

 

 

 
Total net assets (100.0%)               2,842,441,773  
           

 

 

 

 

W Fund ownership consists of 5% or more of the shares outstanding of the Affiliated Issuer, as defined under the Investment Securities Act of 1940.

  

q This security is non-income producing.

  

l This security, or partial position of this security, was on loan at December 31, 2024. The total value of the securities on loan at December 31, 2024 was $9,375,380.

  

a Market value adjustments have been applied to these securities to reflect potential early withdrawal. Such securities have been classified as level 3.

  

plc Public Limited Company

  

  

 

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Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund

Portfolio of Investments as of December 31, 2024

 

Equities   Shares     Market
Value ($)
 
Building Products (3.9%)    
Trane Technologies plc     88,575       32,715,176  
   

 

 

 
Capital Markets (5.2%)    
Morningstar Inc.     70,111       23,610,580  
MSCI Inc., Class A     34,045       20,427,340  
   

 

 

 
      44,037,920  
   

 

 

 
Chemicals (2.9%)    
The Sherwin-Williams Co.     71,196       24,201,656  
   

 

 

 
Commercial Services &
Supplies (1.4%)
   
Cintas Corp.     63,373       11,578,247  
   

 

 

 
Distributors (2.7%)    
Pool Corp.     66,291       22,601,254  
   

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services (3.2%)    
Block Inc., Class A q     317,525       26,986,450  
   

 

 

 
Electrical Equipment (2.1%)    
Rockwell Automation Inc.     62,471       17,853,587  
   

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment &
Supplies (2.4%)
   
IDEXX Laboratories Inc. q     48,347       19,988,584  
   

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (3.1%)    
Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc.     107,121       26,476,026  
   

 

 

 
IT Services (1.7%)    
Cloudflare Inc., Class A q     129,094       13,900,842  
   

 

 

 
Life Sciences Tools & Services (9.3%)    
Agilent Technologies Inc.     196,258       26,365,300  
Mettler-Toledo International Inc. q     17,617       21,557,571  
Repligen Corp. q     68,502       9,860,178  
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.     62,479       20,465,621  
   

 

 

 
      78,248,670  
   

 

 

 
Media (2.9%)    
The Trade Desk Inc., Class A q     203,816       23,954,494  
   

 

 

 
Multiline Retail (3.4%)    
MercadoLibre Inc. q     16,805       28,575,894  
   

 

 

 
Professional Services (9.1%)    
Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc.     110,082       24,888,439  
Equifax Inc.     145,781       37,152,288  
Verisk Analytics Inc., Class A     54,248       14,941,527  
   

 

 

 
      76,982,254  
   

 

 

 
Equities     Shares      
Market
Value ($)

 
Road & Rail (8.0%)    
J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.     194,978       33,274,946  
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.     193,888       34,201,843  
   

 

 

 
      67,476,789  
   

 

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (8.3%)    
KLA Corp.     35,307       22,247,647  
Monolithic Power Systems Inc.     28,450       16,833,865  
Teradyne Inc.     242,068       30,481,203  
   

 

 

 
      69,562,715  
   

 

 

 
Software (22.6%)    
Atlassian Corp., Class A q     126,461       30,778,078  
Autodesk Inc. q     67,209       19,864,964  
Cadence Design Systems Inc. q     54,099       16,254,586  
Datadog Inc., Class A q     182,922       26,137,725  
Fortinet Inc. q     249,593       23,581,547  
Guidewire Software Inc. q     115,164       19,414,347  
Procore Technologies Inc. q     147,079       11,020,629  
PTC Inc. q     92,332       16,977,085  
Workday Inc., Class A q     104,573       26,982,971  
   

 

 

 
      191,011,932  
   

 

 

 
Specialty Retail (4.5%)    
O’Reilly Automotive Inc. q     16,459       19,517,082  
Ross Stores Inc.     123,305       18,652,347  
   

 

 

 
      38,169,429  
   

 

 

 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (2.6%)    
Western Digital Corp. q     368,651       21,982,659  
   

 

 

 
Total investment in equities (99.3%)
(cost $596,744,056)
      836,304,578  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund

Portfolio of Investments as of December 31, 2024 (continued)

 

Short-Term Securities    Interest
Rate
     Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount ($)
     Market
Value ($)
 
Certificates of Deposit (0.1%) a            
Beneficial State Bank      4.00      01/15/2025        250,000        249,617  
Citizens Trust Bank      1.00      01/14/2025        200,000        199,716  
           

 

 

 
              449,333  
           

 

 

 
Certificates of Deposit Account Registry Service (0.1%) a            
CDARS agreement with Beneficial State Bank,
dated 03/14/2024
Participating depository institutions:
First Business Bank, par 235,500;
Frontier Bank, par 141,898;
Solera National Bank, par 122,602;
(cost $496,099)
     4.18      03/13/2025        500,000        496,099  
           

 

 

 
Community Development Loans (0.0%) a            
Root Capital Inc.      1.00      02/01/2025        100,000        99,492  
           

 

 

 
Time Deposits (0.6%)            
JPMorgan Chase, New York      3.68      01/02/2025        5,325,069        5,325,069  
           

 

 

 

Total short-term securities (0.8%)

(cost $6,369,993)

              6,369,993  
           

 

 

 
Total securities (100.1%)
(cost $603,114,049)
              842,674,571  
           

 

 

 
Other assets and liabilities (-0.1%)               (714,281
           

 

 

 
Total net assets (100.0%)               841,960,290  
           

 

 

 

 

q This security is non-income producing.

  

a Market value adjustments have been applied to these securities to reflect potential early withdrawal. Such securities have been classified as level 3.

  

plc Public Limited Company

       

 

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Parnassus Fixed Income Fund

Portfolio of Investments as of December 31, 2024

 

Exchange-Traded Funds    Interest
Rate
     Maturity
Date
     Shares      Market
Value ($)
 
Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (4.9%)            
iShares MBS ETF            155,000        14,210,400  
           

 

 

 
Total investment in Exchange-Traded Funds (4.9%)
(cost $14,004,458)
              14,210,400  
           

 

 

 
           
Preferred Stocks                                
Capital Markets (0.6%)            
Morgan Stanley      4.25      01/15/2027        100,000        1,841,000  
           

 

 

 
Total investment in Preferred Stocks (0.6%)
(cost $2,105,029)
              1,841,000  
           

 

 

 
           
Corporate Bonds                    Principal
Amount ($)
         
Air Freight & Logistics (1.9%)            
C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.      4.20      04/15/2028        3,000,000        2,921,539  
FedEx Corp.      4.25      05/15/2030        1,500,000        1,452,934  
FedEx Corp.      4.75      11/15/2045        1,500,000        1,287,974  
           

 

 

 
              5,662,447  
           

 

 

 
Airlines (1.7%)            
Alaska Airlines 2020-1 Class B Pass Through Trust, Class B l      8.00      08/15/2025        1,886,816        1,903,797  
Southwest Airlines Co.      5.13      06/15/2027        3,000,000        3,013,634  
           

 

 

 
              4,917,431  
           

 

 

 
Auto Components (1.0%)            
APTIV plc      5.40      03/15/2049        2,500,000        2,147,407  
APTIV plc      4.15      05/01/2052        1,000,000        712,265  
           

 

 

 
              2,859,672  
           

 

 

 
Banks (1.5%)            
Bank of America Corp.      3.85      03/08/2037        1,750,000        1,550,432  
Citigroup Inc.      2.01      01/25/2026        2,750,000        2,743,873  
           

 

 

 
              4,294,305  
           

 

 

 
Building Products (0.9%)            
Masco Corp.      4.50      05/15/2047        3,260,000        2,666,332  
           

 

 

 
Capital Markets (1.0%)            
The Charles Schwab Corp.      4.00      06/01/2026        3,000,000        2,904,616  
           

 

 

 
Chemicals (1.5%)            
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.      5.00      09/26/2048        3,300,000        2,835,360  
The Sherwin-Williams Co.      4.50      06/01/2047        2,000,000        1,684,010  
           

 

 

 
              4,519,370  
           

 

 

 
Commercial Services & Supplies (1.0%)            
CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp. l      4.75      03/01/2030        3,000,000        2,739,499  
           

 

 

 
Consumer Finance (0.6%)            
Capital One Financial Corp.      2.62      11/02/2032        2,000,000        1,656,308  
           

 

 

 

 

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Parnassus Fixed Income Fund

Portfolio of Investments as of December 31, 2024 (continued)

 

Corporate Bonds    Interest
Rate
     Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount ($)
     Market
Value ($)
 
Diversified Financial Services (4.8%)            
Ares Finance Co. III LLC l      4.13      06/30/2051        2,500,000        2,395,612  
Fiserv Inc.      5.60      03/02/2033        2,500,000        2,533,608  
Global Payments Inc.      5.95      08/15/2052        3,000,000        2,912,240  
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.      3.75      10/31/2026        3,000,000        2,835,225  
Truist Financial Corp.      5.13      12/15/2027        3,500,000        3,419,906  
           

 

 

 
              14,096,591  
           

 

 

 
Diversified Telecommunication Services (0.9%)            
Verizon Communications Inc.      2.85      09/03/2041        3,750,000        2,594,729  
           

 

 

 
Electric Utilities (1.9%)            
Dominion Energy Inc.      2.25      08/15/2031        3,000,000        2,497,995  
Public Service Co. of Oklahoma      2.20      08/15/2031        3,500,000        2,895,701  
           

 

 

 
              5,393,696  
           

 

 

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (0.9%)            
Trimble Inc.      6.10      03/15/2033        2,500,000        2,596,568  
           

 

 

 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (3.1%)            
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.      2.00      05/18/2032        2,250,000        1,794,302  
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.      4.85      04/15/2049        1,500,000        1,289,426  
American Tower Corp.      3.70      10/15/2049        4,000,000        2,901,439  
SBA Communications Corp.      3.88      02/15/2027        3,000,000        2,876,025  
           

 

 

 
              8,861,192  
           

 

 

 
Food & Staples Retailing (0.9%)            
Sysco Corp.      2.40      02/15/2030        3,000,000        2,646,090  
           

 

 

 
Food Products (1.1%)            
McCormick & Co., Inc.      2.50      04/15/2030        3,500,000        3,095,244  
           

 

 

 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies (1.8%)            
Baxter International Inc.      2.54      02/01/2032        3,000,000        2,502,336  
Becton, Dickinson and Co.      4.69      12/15/2044        3,000,000        2,595,430  
           

 

 

 
              5,097,766  
           

 

 

 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (0.9%)            
Yum! Brands Inc.      4.63      01/31/2032        3,000,000        2,772,095  
           

 

 

 
Insurance (0.5%)            
The Progressive Corp.      3.20      03/26/2030        1,500,000        1,385,811  
           

 

 

 
Life Sciences Tools & Services (1.0%)            
Agilent Technologies Inc.      2.75      09/15/2029        3,250,000        2,952,179  
           

 

 

 
Machinery (2.0%)            
Pentair Finance SA      4.50      07/01/2029        3,000,000        2,916,729  
Xylem Inc.      2.25      01/30/2031        3,500,000        2,983,933  
           

 

 

 
              5,900,662  
           

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals (1.0%)            
Merck & Co., Inc.      1.90      12/10/2028        3,250,000        2,931,836  
           

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trust (1.0%)            
Prologis LP      2.88      11/15/2029        3,250,000        2,974,906  
           

 

 

 

 

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Portfolio of Investments as of December 31, 2024 (continued)

 

Corporate Bonds    Interest
Rate
     Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount ($)
     Market
Value ($)
 
Road & Rail (0.5%)            
Canadian Pacific Railway Co.      2.88      11/15/2029        1,500,000        1,368,722  
           

 

 

 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (3.0%)            
Intel Corp.      4.15      08/05/2032        3,200,000        2,912,895  
Micron Technology Inc.      2.70      04/15/2032        3,500,000        2,934,314  
Qorvo Inc. l      3.38      04/01/2031        3,250,000        2,779,568  
           

 

 

 
              8,626,777  
           

 

 

 
Software (2.9%)            
Autodesk Inc.      2.40      12/15/2031        3,500,000        2,941,269  
Oracle Corp.      6.13      07/08/2039        2,750,000        2,848,584  
Roper Technologies Inc.      2.95      09/15/2029        3,000,000        2,740,530  
           

 

 

 
              8,530,383  
           

 

 

 
Specialty Retail (2.9%)            
Lowe’s Companies, Inc.      2.80      09/15/2041        3,750,000        2,575,442  
O’Reilly Automotive Inc.      4.20      04/01/2030        3,000,000        2,883,730  
Ross Stores Inc.      4.80      04/15/2030        3,000,000        2,923,862  
           

 

 

 
              8,383,034  
           

 

 

 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (0.7%)            
VF Corp.      6.00      10/15/2033        2,000,000        1,920,177  
           

 

 

 
Transportation Infrastructure (0.9%)            
Avantor Funding Inc. l      4.63      07/15/2028        2,750,000        2,624,886  
           

 

 

 
Wireless Telecommunication Services (0.9%)            
T-Mobile USA Inc.      4.38      04/15/2040        3,000,000        2,602,401  
           

 

 

 
Total investment in Corporate Bonds (44.7%)
(cost $136,759,284)
              129,575,725  
           

 

 

 
           
Supranational Bonds                                
European Bank for Reconstruction & Development      1.50      02/13/2025        2,000,000        1,993,301  
European Investment Bank      1.63      10/09/2029        2,000,000        1,759,684  
European Investment Bank      0.75      09/23/2030        2,000,000        1,626,337  
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development      3.13      11/20/2025        4,000,000        3,953,753  
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development      4.00      01/10/2031        3,000,000        2,909,828  
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development      4.50      04/10/2031        3,000,000        2,989,304  
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development      1.63      11/03/2031        5,000,000        4,135,743  
International Finance Corp.      2.13      04/07/2026        6,000,000        5,826,512  
International Finance Corp.      4.38      01/15/2027        4,000,000        3,996,780  
           

 

 

 
Total investment in Supranational Bonds (10.1%)
(cost $30,992,879)
              29,191,242  
           

 

 

 
           
U.S. Government Agency Bonds                                
Fannie Mae Pool BY0205      5.50      05/01/2053        1,727,953        1,705,382  
Fannie Mae Pool BY4185      5.00      07/01/2053        2,315,161        2,237,110  
Fannie Mae Pool DA0007      5.50      09/01/2053        3,755,551        3,706,378  
Fannie Mae Pool DB6905      6.00      07/01/2054        2,383,981        2,396,799  
Fannie Mae Pool FS4736      6.50      05/01/2053        2,850,667        2,920,424  

 

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Parnassus Fixed Income Fund

Portfolio of Investments as of December 31, 2024 (continued)

 

U.S. Government Agency Bonds    Interest
Rate
     Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount ($)
     Market Value ($)  
Fannie Mae Pool FS6916      5.00      06/01/2053        1,887,960        1,826,211  
Fannie Mae Pool MA4379      2.50      07/01/2051        2,203,356        1,809,058  
Fannie Mae Pool MA4709      5.00      07/01/2052        1,623,181        1,569,785  
Fannie Mae Pool MA5216      6.00      12/01/2053        3,323,185        3,342,027  
Fannie Mae Pool MA5444      5.50      08/01/2054        2,418,472        2,386,804  
Fannie Mae Pool MA5550      4.00      12/01/2054        2,990,237        2,734,742  
Freddie Mac Pool SD8315      5.00      04/01/2053        2,681,288        2,593,589  
Freddie Mac Pool SD8431      5.50      05/01/2054        2,309,173        2,278,936  
Ginnie Mae II Pool MA8348      5.00      10/20/2052        2,098,955        2,043,375  
Ginnie Mae II Pool MA9665      4.00      05/20/2054        2,947,117        2,715,205  
           

 

 

 
Total investment in U.S. Government Agency Bonds (12.5%)
(cost $36,755,366)
              36,265,825  
           

 

 

 
           
U.S. Government Treasury Bonds                                
U.S. Treasury      3.88      03/31/2025        3,250,000        3,246,674  
U.S. Treasury      0.25      06/30/2025        2,000,000        1,961,738  
U.S. Treasury      2.25      11/15/2025        3,000,000        2,948,648  
U.S. Treasury      0.38      12/31/2025        2,500,000        2,407,285  
U.S. Treasury      3.63      05/15/2026        3,000,000        2,975,156  
U.S. Treasury      1.88      07/31/2026        2,000,000        1,928,203  
U.S. Treasury      4.63      10/15/2026        3,500,000        3,521,191  
U.S. Treasury      4.25      11/30/2026        3,000,000        2,999,180  
U.S. Treasury      3.75      08/15/2027        3,000,000        2,961,563  
U.S. Treasury      3.63      03/31/2028        2,500,000        2,448,242  
U.S. Treasury      4.63      09/30/2028        3,000,000        3,027,656  
U.S. Treasury      3.63      08/31/2029        3,000,000        2,904,375  
U.S. Treasury      3.75      05/31/2030        2,500,000        2,419,434  
U.S. Treasury      4.13      10/31/2031        3,000,000        2,936,250  
U.S. Treasury      4.13      11/30/2031        3,000,000        2,935,781  
U.S. Treasury      4.13      11/15/2032        2,500,000        2,438,379  
U.S. Treasury      3.50      02/15/2033        3,000,000        2,791,055  
U.S. Treasury      3.38      05/15/2033        1,500,000        1,378,594  
U.S. Treasury      4.38      05/15/2034        2,500,000        2,462,109  
U.S. Treasury      3.25      05/15/2042        4,000,000        3,257,188  
U.S. Treasury      4.00      11/15/2042        4,500,000        4,053,340  
U.S. Treasury      4.38      08/15/2043        3,500,000        3,296,699  
U.S. Treasury      4.75      11/15/2043        2,000,000        1,976,797  
U.S. Treasury      4.63      05/15/2044        3,000,000        2,911,406  
U.S. Treasury      2.00      02/15/2050        2,000,000        1,163,359  
U.S. Treasury      1.25      05/15/2050        3,500,000        1,662,500  
U.S. Treasury      4.63      05/15/2054        2,000,000        1,946,563  
           

 

 

 
Total investment in U.S. Government Treasury Bonds (24.5%)
(cost $74,135,457)

 

           70,959,365  
           

 

 

 
Total investment in long-term securities (97.3%)
(cost $294,752,473)
              282,043,557  
           

 

 

 
           
Short-Term Securities                                
Government Obligations (1.4%)            
United States Treasury Bill      4.46      03/25/2025        4,000,000        3,959,475  
           

 

 

 

 

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Parnassus Fixed Income Fund

Portfolio of Investments as of December 31, 2024 (continued)

 

Short-Term Securities    Interest
Rate
     Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount ($)
     Market Value ($)  
Time Deposits (0.7%)            
JPMorgan Chase, New York      3.68      01/02/2025        2,122,129        2,122,129  
           

 

 

 
Total short-term securities (2.1%)
(cost $6,081,604)
              6,081,604  
           

 

 

 
Total securities (99.4%)
(cost $300,834,077)
              288,125,161  
           

 

 

 
Other assets and liabilities (0.6%)               1,614,144  
           

 

 

 
Total net assets (100.0%)               289,739,305  
           

 

 

 

 

l Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration normally to qualified institutional buyers. The security has been determined to be liquid in accordance with procedures adopted by the Funds’ Board of Trustees. At December 31, 2024, the aggregate value is $12,443,362, which is 4.29% of net assets.

  

MBS Mortgage-Backed Securities

           

ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

           

plc Public Limited Company

           

LLC Limited Liability Company

           

SA Société Anonyme

           

LP Limited Partnership

           

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2024

 

     Parnassus
Core Equity
Fund
    Parnassus
Growth Equity
Fund
    Parnassus
Value Equity
Fund
 
Assets      

Investments in stocks, exchange-traded funds and bonds, at market value – Unaffiliated (cost $19,779,719,541, $49,646,353, $3,649,414,570, $2,174,314,987, $596,744,056 and $294,752,473)

  $ 28,106,217,272     $ 63,107,762     $ 4,667,324,138  

Investments in stocks, at market value – Affiliated

     

(cost of $894,147,563, $0, $133,585,880, $49,009,264, $0 and $0)

    682,282,320       -       127,249,357  

Investments in short-term securities

     

(at cost which approximates market value)

    250,342,414       374,787       51,176,999  

Cash

    447,408       778       62,425  

Receivables

     

Dividends and interest

    15,776,472       13,545       4,920,898  

Capital shares sold

    16,998,841       261,061       2,105,789  

Other assets

    285,524       37,296       68,227  

Total assets

  $ 29,072,350,251     $ 63,795,229     $ 4,852,907,833  
Liabilities      

Payable upon return of loaned securities

    -       -       18,925,463  

Capital shares redeemed

    38,521,914       23,838       5,488,371  

Fees payable to Parnassus Investments

    15,231,775       10,747       2,734,324  

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    2,172,088       58,063       568,749  

Total liabilities

  $ 55,925,777     $ 92,648     $ 27,716,907  

Net assets

  $ 29,016,424,474     $ 63,702,581     $ 4,825,190,926  
Net assets consist of      

Capital paid-in

    19,331,841,887       49,491,429       3,722,377,587  

Total Distributable Earnings

    9,684,582,587       14,211,152       1,102,813,339  

Total net assets

  $ 29,016,424,474     $ 63,702,581     $ 4,825,190,926  
Net asset value and offering per share      

Net assets investor shares

  $ 13,311,327,311     $ 22,969,985     $ 3,118,642,368  

Net assets institutional shares

  $ 15,705,097,163     $ 40,732,596     $ 1,706,548,558  

Shares outstanding investor shares

    223,443,816       893,206       59,463,278  

Shares outstanding institutional shares

    262,833,479       1,579,717       32,449,705  

Net asset values and redemption price per share

     

(Net asset value divided by shares outstanding)

     

Investor shares

  $ 59.57     $ 25.72     $ 52.45  

Institutional shares

  $ 59.75     $ 25.78     $ 52.59  

 

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Parnassus
Mid Cap
Fund
    Parnassus
Mid Cap Growth
Fund
    Parnassus
Fixed Income
Fund
 
   


$


2,772,798,485


 
  $ 836,304,578     $ 282,043,557  
   
  46,147,614              
   
  35,220,695       6,369,993       6,081,604  
  30,666       17,894       9,383  
   
  1,266,956       214,822       2,364,140  
  2,536,189       98,166       30,941  
  52,469       21,537       15,280  
$ 2,858,053,074     $ 843,026,990     $ 290,544,905  
   
  9,686,000              
  3,370,267       309,577       559,437  
  1,934,934       484,894       81,797  
  620,100       272,229       164,366  
$ 15,611,301     $ 1,066,700     $ 805,600  
$ 2,842,441,773     $ 841,960,290     $ 289,739,305  
   
  2,188,875,242       561,741,019       359,978,882  
  653,566,531       280,219,271       (70,239,577
$ 2,842,441,773     $ 841,960,290     $ 289,739,305  
   
$ 1,265,448,794     $ 647,286,328     $ 107,490,978  
$ 1,576,992,979     $ 194,673,962     $ 182,248,327  
  33,829,168       11,259,700       7,357,910  
  41,953,135       3,365,106       12,461,253  
   
   
$ 37.41     $ 57.49     $ 14.61  
$ 37.59     $ 57.85     $ 14.63  

 

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Statement of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2024

 

     Parnassus
Core Equity
Fund
    Parnassus
Growth Equity
Fund
    Parnassus
Value Equity
Fund
 
Investment income      

Dividends – Unaffiliated

  $ 321,432,870     $ 263,389     $ 91,090,941  

Dividends – Affiliated

    11,024,579       -       1,881,538  

Interest

    10,059,041       27,808       1,440,728  

Securities lending

    5,963       -       87,104  

Other income

    -       1,956       -  

Foreign withholding tax

    (3,820,201     (3,719     (1,165,833

Total investment income

  $ 338,702,252     $ 289,434     $ 93,334,478  
Expenses      

Investment advisory fees

    168,773,182       360,314       33,120,729  

Transfer agent fees

     

Investor Shares

    196,640       31,194       129,223  

Institutional Shares

    103,029       33,946       55,577  

Fund administration

    9,228,750       15,319       1,551,395  

Service provider fees

    26,824,728       23,069       6,250,470  

Reports to shareholders

    875,194       11,706       210,366  

Registration fees and expenses

    296,653       48,024       135,776  

Custody fees

    1,038,813       7,985       119,417  

Overdraft charges

    2,790       -       19,701  

Professional fees

    385,518       64,661       106,462  

Trustee fees and expenses

    954,821       1,441       161,169  

Proxy voting fees

    3,844       3,844       3,844  

Pricing service fees

    8,096       8,096       8,096  

Other expenses

    259,607       10,821       54,600  

Total expenses

  $ 208,951,665     $ 620,420     $ 41,926,825  

Fees waived and expenses reimbursed by Parnassus Investments

    (392,679     (274,518     (1,943,811

Net expenses

  $ 208,558,986     $ 345,902     $ 39,983,014  

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 130,143,266     $ (56,468   $ 53,351,464  
Realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments      

Net realized gain (loss) from securities transactions – Unaffiliated

    3,854,451,195       3,933,390       468,796,281  

Net realized (loss) from securities transactions – Affiliated

    (63,344,577     -       (440,987

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of securities – Unaffiliated

    1,115,624,309       6,878,480       54,324,463  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of securities – Affiliated

    36,584,432       -       (2,671,348

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on securities

  $ 4,943,315,359     $ 10,811,870     $ 520,008,409  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 5,073,458,625     $ 10,755,402     $ 573,359,873  

 

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Parnassus
Mid Cap
Fund
    Parnassus
Mid Cap Growth
Fund
    Parnassus
Fixed Income
Fund
 
   
$ 35,497,847     $ 3,678,514     $ 923,327  
  784,659       -       -  
  1,427,938       357,409       10,917,862  
  7,179       2,649       1,002  
  29       -       -  
  (369,661     (27,086     -  
$ 37,347,991     $ 4,011,486     $ 11,842,191  
   
  24,083,643       5,259,826       1,379,357  
   
  86,324       168,493       75,151  
  46,982       38,635       36,889  
  1,051,035       264,484       88,291  
  2,329,480       703,106       170,277  
  490,559       21,440       10,801  
  183,210       65,600       57,252  
  81,901       18,867       8,118  
  26,433       5,037       -  
  113,683       80,201       80,180  
  126,337       27,961       9,173  
  3,844       3,844       -  
  8,096       8,096       10,343  
  57,853       18,875       13,643  
$ 28,689,380     $ 6,684,465     $ 1,939,475  
  (546,821     (100,492     (617,289
$ 28,142,559     $ 6,583,973     $ 1,322,186  
$ 9,205,432     $ (2,572,487   $ 10,520,005  
   
  474,195,040       93,637,892       (4,656,123
  (57,676,762     (361,063     -  
 

(162,686,337

    (4,956,478     (344,596
 

57,146,236

 
    (49,167     -  
$ 310,978,177     $ 88,271,184     $ (5,000,719
$ 320,183,609     $ 85,698,697     $ 5,519,286  

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

December 31, 2024

 

     Parnassus Core Equity Fund     Parnassus Growth Equity Fund     Parnassus Value Equity Fund  
     Year Ended
December 31,
2024
    Year Ended
December 31,
2023
    Year Ended
December 31,
2024
    Year Ended
December 31,
2023
    Year Ended
December 31,
2024
    Year Ended
December 31,
2023
 
Investment income from operations            

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 130,143,266     $ 175,651,833     $ (56,468   $ 53,147     $ 53,351,464     $ 62,495,567  

Net realized gain (loss) from securities transactions

    3,791,106,618       1,883,613,738       3,933,390       603,573       468,355,294       73,680,697  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of securities

    1,152,208,741       3,729,624,120       6,878,480       6,623,223    

 

51,653,115

 

    471,396,606  

Increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 5,073,458,625     $ 5,788,889,691     $ 10,755,402     $ 7,279,943    

$

573,359,873

 

  $ 607,572,870  
Net Dividends and Distributions            

Investor Shares

    (1,249,928,135     (748,675,071     (1,111,785     (118,942     (244,642,673     (57,508,798

Institutional Shares

    (1,504,581,349     (885,452,302     (2,012,799     (392,106     (137,513,890     (32,490,513

Distributions to shareholders

  $ (2,754,509,484   $ (1,634,127,373   $ (3,124,584   $ (511,048   $ (382,156,563   $ (89,999,311
Capital share transactions            

Investor Shares

           

Proceeds from sale of shares

    1,185,905,654       1,429,730,222       16,920,128       7,561,832       380,278,384       568,039,536  

Reinvestment of dividends

    1,239,789,740       742,926,535       1,094,552       117,437       239,679,370       56,362,215  

Shares repurchased

    (3,105,781,656     (2,351,510,214     (5,411,110     (936,797     (898,939,078     (791,711,396

Institutional Shares

           

Proceeds from sale of shares

    2,600,890,321       2,765,300,719       12,516,237       6,109,966       328,377,689       370,760,683  

Reinvestment of dividends

    1,403,587,617       824,897,458       2,012,799       389,407       119,635,361       27,806,425  

Shares repurchased

    (4,425,251,268     (3,677,956,769     (1,596,263     (275,880     (455,424,142     (434,725,087

Increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions

    (1,100,859,592     (266,612,049     25,536,343       12,965,965       (286,392,416     (203,467,624

Increase (decrease) in net assets

  $ 1,218,089,549     $ 3,888,150,269     $ 33,167,161     $ 19,734,860     $ (95,189,106   $ 314,105,935  
Net Assets            

Beginning of year

    27,798,334,925       23,910,184,656       30,535,420       10,800,560       4,920,380,032       4,606,274,097  

End of year

  $ 29,016,424,474     $ 27,798,334,925     $ 63,702,581     $ 30,535,420     $ 4,825,190,926     $ 4,920,380,032  
Shares issued and redeemed            

Investor Shares

           

Shares sold

    19,551,553       27,589,143       695,630       403,821       7,048,138       12,182,448  

Shares issued through dividend reinvestment

    20,010,422       14,200,348       40,965       5,608       4,346,120       1,161,573  

Shares repurchased

    (50,716,521     (45,353,199     (219,336     (48,693     (16,585,105     (16,896,050

Institutional Shares

           

Shares sold

    42,889,201       53,206,007       510,879       346,058       6,033,600       7,868,346  

Shares issued through dividend reinvestment

    22,580,225       15,720,432       75,129       18,596       2,162,863       570,584  

Shares repurchased

    (71,700,023     (70,675,669     (63,742     (14,536     (8,387,342     (9,269,262

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

           

Investor Shares

    (11,154,546     (3,563,708     517,259       360,736       (5,190,847     (3,552,029

Institutional Shares

    (6,230,597     (1,749,230     522,266       350,118       (190,879     (830,332

 

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Parnassus Mid Cap Fund     Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund     Parnassus Fixed Income Fund  
Year Ended
December 31,
2024
    Year Ended
December 31,
2023
    Year Ended
December 31,
2024
    Year Ended
December 31,
2023
    Year Ended
December 31,
2024
    Year Ended
December 31,
2023
 
         
$ 9,205,432     $ 24,250,221     $ (2,572,487   $ (2,017,466   $ 10,520,005     $ 9,133,639  

 

416,518,278

 

    98,054,588       93,276,829       33,041,887       (4,656,123     (17,069,548

 

(105,540,101

    515,546,777       (5,005,645     192,813,842       (344,596     25,853,643  

$

320,183,609

 

  $ 637,851,586     $ 85,698,697     $ 223,838,263     $ 5,519,286     $ 17,917,734  
         
  (119,700,643     (35,431,185     (45,276,787     (17,988,852     (4,156,404     (4,001,945
  (152,885,979     (96,571,449     (13,512,059     (4,910,790     (6,694,408     (4,970,263
$ (272,586,622   $ (132,002,634   $ (58,788,846   $ (22,899,642   $ (10,850,812   $ (8,972,208
         
         
  112,382,786       165,924,493       27,067,157       27,028,916       12,412,965       19,600,024  
  117,978,275       34,261,123       44,272,513       17,626,660       4,012,637       3,865,642  
  (458,248,133     (843,213,613     (90,484,658     (70,413,362     (25,685,727     (40,475,030
         
  230,699,125       885,175,226       21,005,542       16,472,593       47,256,969       43,570,687  
  132,926,972       88,763,680       12,595,641       4,589,891       6,175,669       4,607,953  
  (2,739,694,715     (1,515,164,518     (27,685,781     (26,449,136     (29,518,206     (38,123,601

 

(2,603,955,690

    (1,184,253,609     (13,229,586     (31,144,438     14,654,307       (6,954,325
$ (2,556,358,703   $ (678,404,657   $ 13,680,265     $ 169,794,183     $ 9,322,781     $ 1,991,201  
         
  5,398,800,476       6,077,205,133       828,280,025       658,485,842       280,416,524       278,425,323  
$ 2,842,441,773     $ 5,398,800,476     $ 841,960,290     $ 828,280,025     $ 289,739,305     $ 280,416,524  
         
         
  2,833,761       4,788,590       457,586       548,287       842,301       1,350,182  

 

2,960,505

 

    992,424       715,573       352,181       272,889       267,847  
  (11,620,763     (24,399,581     (1,525,494     (1,450,794     (1,749,871     (2,819,587
         
  5,867,469       25,476,890       351,648       327,727       3,201,130       3,024,457  

 

3,320,012

 

    2,546,029       202,307       91,287       419,425       319,129  
  (72,036,254     (43,818,164     (467,419     (542,010     (2,002,750     (2,638,092
         
  (5,826,497     (18,618,567     (352,335     (550,326     (634,681     (1,201,558
  (62,848,773     (15,795,245     86,536       (122,996     1,617,805       705,494  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

1. Organization

The Parnassus Funds are comprised of two Trusts, the Parnassus Funds trust and the Parnassus Income Funds trust (collectively the “Trusts”), organized as Massachusetts business trusts registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as diversified, open-end management investment companies. The Parnassus Funds are comprised of six separate funds (each a “Fund” and, collectively, the “Funds”). The Parnassus Funds trust includes the Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund, which commenced operations on December 27, 1984, the Parnassus Value Equity Fund and the Parnassus Mid Cap Fund, both of which commenced operations on April 29, 2005, and the Parnassus Growth Equity Fund which commenced operation on December 28, 2022. The Parnassus Income Funds trust includes the Parnassus Core Equity Fund and the Parnassus Fixed Income Fund, both of which commenced operations on August 31, 1992, as well as the Parnassus ETFs which are presented in separate financial statements. Each Fund has distinct investment objectives and investment strategies. In general, each of the Funds seeks capital appreciation.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Each Fund operates as a separate investment company that applies the accounting and reporting guidance issued in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946, Financial Services—Investment Companies issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). The presentation of the financial statements is made using specialized accounting principles applicable to investment companies.

Short-Term Securities

Short-term securities represent investments of excess cash and consist of time deposits, community development loans, certificates of deposit and money market funds.

Security Transactions and Related Investment Income and Expenses

Securities transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (trade date). Realized gains and losses on securities transactions are determined on the basis of first-in-first-out for both financial statement and federal income tax purposes. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are amortized over the lives of the respective securities using the constant yield method,

which approximates the interest method. Expenses are recorded on an accrual basis.

Class Allocations

Income, fees and expenses (other than class-specific fees and expenses) and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated daily among the various share classes based on their relative net assets. Class-specific fees and expenses, such as broker service fees, and administrative and shareholder service fees, are charged directly to the respective share class.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders

Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date to shareholders of record on the record date. The Parnassus Core Equity Fund pays income dividends quarterly and capital-gain dividends annually. The Parnassus Fixed Income Fund pays income dividends monthly and capital-gain dividends annually. The other Funds pay income and capital-gain dividends annually.

3. Securities Valuations

Methods and Inputs

The Funds’ investments in financial instruments are carried at fair value daily. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. When market quotations are not readily available the Funds’ Valuation Designee (as defined below) determines the fair value pursuant to duly adopted fair value methodologies. In compliance with Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act, the Board of Trustees of each Trust (collectively, the “Board”) has designated the Funds’ investment manager, Parnassus Investments, LLC (“Parnassus Investments” or the “Adviser”), as its valuation designee (the “Valuation Designee”), meaning the Adviser has day-to-day responsibility for fair valuation of the Funds’ portfolio investments, subject to the Board’s oversight.

Equity securities and exchange-traded funds that are listed or traded on a national securities exchange are stated at market value, based on recorded closing sales on the exchange or at the NASDAQ’s National Market official closing price. In the absence of a recorded sale, and for over-the-counter securities, equity securities are stated at the mean between the last recorded bid and asked prices. Investments in registered investment

 

 

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companies that are not listed or traded on a national securities exchange are valued at their net asset value.

Fixed-income securities with an active market are valued at the “bid” price where such quotes are readily available from brokers and dealers and are representative of the actual market for such securities. Other fixed-income securities experiencing a less active market are valued as determined by the pricing services selected by the Valuation Designee, based on methods which include consideration of trading in securities of comparable yield, quality, coupon, maturity and type, as well as indications as to values from dealers and other market data without exclusive reliance upon quoted prices or over-the-counter prices, since such valuations are believed to reflect more accurately the value of such securities. Mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are valued as determined by the pricing services selected by the Valuation Designee, based on methods which include standard inputs and cashflows, prepayment information, default rates, delinquency and loss assumptions, collateral characteristics, credit enhancements and specific deal information.

As noted above, investments where market quotations are not readily available are priced at their fair value, in accordance with fair value methodologies established by the Valuation Designee. These investments include certificates of deposit and community development loans. These investments carry interest rates ranging from 0.05% to 4.60% with maturities of one year or less. In determining fair value, the Valuation Designee may consider a variety of information including, but not limited to, the following: price based upon a multiple of earnings or sales, fundamental analytical data and an evaluation of market conditions. A valuation adjustment is applied to certificates of deposit, community development loans and other community development investments as an estimate of potential penalties for early withdrawal.

The Funds follow ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure issued by the FASB, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Funds’ portfolio investments. These inputs are summarized in three levels, Level 1—unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments, Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments) and Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including a Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

Securities Lending

The Parnassus Funds have entered into an agreement with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., (the “Agreement”), to provide securities lending services to the Funds. Under this program, the proceeds (cash collateral) received from borrowers are used to invest in money market funds.

Under the Agreement, the borrowers pay the Funds negotiated lenders’ fees and the Funds receive cash or other collateral in an amount equal to at least 102% of the market value of the loaned securities. The borrower of securities is at all times required to post collateral to the portfolio in an amount equal to 100% of the market value of the securities loaned based on the previous day’s market value of the securities loaned, marked-to-market daily. Any collateral shortfalls are adjusted the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligations to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, the portfolio could experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned.

The Agreement provides the right in the event of default for the non-defaulting party to liquidate the collateral and calculate a net exposure to the defaulting party or request additional collateral. In the event that a borrower defaults, the Funds, as lender, would offset the market value of the collateral received against the market value of the securities loaned. When the value of the collateral is greater than that of the market value of the securities loaned, the lender is left with a net amount payable to the defaulting party. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of a counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Under the Agreement, the borrower can resell or re-pledge the loaned securities, and the Funds can reinvest applicable collateral, or, upon an event of default, resell or re-pledge the collateral.

The Funds retained beneficial ownership and all economic benefits in the securities they have loaned and continue to receive interest paid by the securities and payments equivalent to dividends, and to participate in any changes in their market value, but do not have the proxy voting rights with respect to loaned securities. The portfolio managers of the Funds have the responsibility to request that the securities lending agent call back securities which are out on loan to vote

 

 

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on material matters and it is the Funds’ policy that the portfolio managers vote on all material matters. However, the ability to timely recall shares for proxy voting purposes typically is not entirely within the control of the portfolio managers, the Funds or their securities lending agent. Under certain circumstances, the recall of shares in time for such shares to be voted may not be possible due to applicable proxy voting record dates and administrative considerations.

Income generated from securities lending is presented in the Statement of Operations. Cash collateral received

by the Funds is reflected as an asset in the Portfolio of Investments (securities purchased with cash collateral from securities lending). The related liability (payable upon return of securities loaned) is presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

As of December 31, 2024, the following tables are a summary of the Funds’ securities lending agreements by counterparty, which are subject to offset under the Agreement:

 

 

  Parnassus Value Equity Fund

 

      Counterparty    Securities Loaned at Value      Cash Collateral
Received1
    Net
Amount
       
  Barclays Capital Inc.      4,879,099        (4,879,099     -    
  BNP Paribas Securities Corp.      7,751,025        (7,751,025     -    
  Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC      5,614,000        (5,614,000     -    
  National Financial Services LLC      238,728        (238,728     -    
 

Total

     18,482,852        (18,482,852     -    
  Parnassus Mid Cap Fund

 

      Counterparty    Securities Loaned at Value      Cash Collateral
Received1
    Net
Amount
       
  BofA Securities Inc.      9,375,380        (9,375,380     -    
 

Total

     9,375,380        (9,375,380     -    

1 Collateral values of $18,925,463 and $9,686,000 have been received in connection with securities lending agreements for Parnassus Value Equity Fund and Parnassus Mid Cap Fund, respectively. Collateral received in excess of the value of the securities loaned from the individual counterparty is shown for financial reporting purposes in the Funds’ financial statements.

 

As of December 31, 2024, the contractual maturity date is overnight and continuous for the gross obligation of the equity securities on loan in the Parnassus Value Equity Fund of $18,925,463 and in the Parnassus Mid Cap Fund of $9,686,000.

Community Development Investment Programs

The Parnassus Funds may each invest up to 2% of their assets in community investments and community-development loan funds. Each of the Funds may invest in obligations issued by community loan funds at below-market interest rates if the projects financed have a positive social impact, as determined by the Adviser. Generally, there is no secondary market on loan funds and thus loan funds are considered illiquid.

As part of our community development investment program, the Parnassus Core Equity Fund, Parnassus Value Equity Fund and Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund have entered into an agreement for fund investments through the Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service (“CDARS”) network. The CDARS network allows members to place funds in time deposits with depository institutions whose accounts are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”). Provisions stipulate that participating institutions are FDIC insured; however, in the event of default or bankruptcy by any party to the agreement, the proceeds of the investment may be delayed or subject to legal proceedings and are subject to FDIC limits. While certain investments of the Funds may be bank deposits and may be covered by FDIC insurance, the Funds are themselves not covered by FDIC insurance.

 

 

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Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

4. Risk Factors

Investing in the Parnassus Funds may involve certain risks including, but not limited to those identified below. Please refer to the Funds’ current prospectus and statement of additional information for more information on the risks associated with investing in the Funds.

Market Conditions

The prices of, and the income generated by, the common stocks and other securities held by the Funds may decline in response to certain events taking place around the world, including those directly involving the companies whose securities are owned by the Funds; conditions affecting the general economy; overall market changes; local, regional or global political, social or economic instability; and public health emergencies (such as the spread of infectious disease); and currency, interest rate and commodity price fluctuations. Additionally, the values of, and the income generated by, most debt securities held by the Funds may be affected by changing interest rates and by changes in the effective maturities and credit ratings of these debt securities. The Adviser attempts to reduce these risks through diversification of each portfolio and ongoing credit analysis as well as by monitoring economic and legislative developments, but there can be no assurance that it will be successful at doing so. Investments in securities issued by entities based outside the U.S. may also be affected by currency controls; different accounting, auditing, financial reporting, and legal standards and practices; expropriation; changes in tax policy; greater market volatility; different securities market structures and higher transaction costs.

Investing Outside the U.S.

Securities of issuers domiciled outside the U.S., or with significant operations outside the U.S., may lose value because of political, social, economic or market developments or instability in the countries or regions

in which the issuer operates. These securities may also lose value due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates against the U.S. dollar and/or currencies of other countries. Securities markets in certain countries may be more volatile and/or less liquid than those in the U.S. Investment outside the U.S. may also be subject to different settlement and accounting practices and different regulatory, legal and reporting standards, and may be more difficult to value, than those in the U.S. The risks of investing outside the U.S. may be heightened in connection with investments in emerging and developing countries.

Contractual Obligations

Under the Trusts’ organizational documents, the officers and Trustees may be indemnified against certain liabilities and expenses arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trusts. Additionally, the Trusts have a variety of indemnification obligations under contracts with service providers. The Trusts’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trusts that have not yet occurred.

5. Taxation and Distributions

Federal Income Taxes

The Funds intend to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all taxable income and capital gains to shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. Income distributions and capital-gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

The Funds follow ASC 740, Income Taxes, relating to uncertainty in income taxes and disclosures. ASC 740 establishes a minimum threshold for income tax benefits to be recognized in the financial statements. These tax benefits must meet a “more likely than not” threshold, which means that based on technical merits, they have a more than 50% likelihood of being sustained upon examination by the tax authority. Tax benefits meeting this threshold are measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement with the tax authority. As of and during the year ended December 31, 2024, the Funds did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the

 

 

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Statement of Operations. During the year, the Funds did not incur interest or penalties. As of December 31, 2024, the Funds had no tax examinations or audits in progress.

Tax Matters and Distributions

As of December 31, 2024, the cost of investments in securities and net unrealized appreciation/depreciation for income tax purposes were as follows:

 

 

           Parnassus Core
Equity Fund
    Parnassus Growth
Equity Fund
    Parnassus Value
Equity Fund
    Parnassus
Mid Cap Fund
    Parnassus
Mid Cap
Growth Fund
    Parnassus
Fixed Income Fund
       
  Cost of investment   $ 20,938,635,897     $ 50,036,146     $ 3,842,978,843     $ 2,264,037,116     $ 603,545,773     $ 301,512,299    
  Gross unrealized appreciation   $ 8,525,610,036     $ 14,101,141     $ 1,187,111,019     $ 666,571,234     $ 245,579,126     $ 2,183,078    
  Gross unrealized depreciation   $ (425,403,927   $ (654,738   $ (184,339,368   $ (76,441,556   $ (6,450,328   $ (15,570,216  
  Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)   $ 8,100,206,109     $ 13,446,403     $ 1,002,771,651     $ 590,129,678     $ 239,128,798     $ (13,387,138  
  Distributable earnings – ordinary income   $ 2,311,315     $     $ 2,469,087     $ 861,767     $     $ (108,925  
  Distributable earnings – long-term capital gains   $ 1,567,638,784     $ 749,743     $ 88,771,231     $ 57,082,917     $ 40,658,750     $ (57,421,735  
  Undistributed earnings – ordinary income   $     $ 140,070     $ 2,543,067     $ 50,095,572     $     $ 47,243    
  Undistributed earnings – long-term capital gains   $ 1,584,376,478     $ 624,679     $ 97,498,645     $ 13,341,282     $ 41,090,474     $    

 

            Parnassus Core
Equity Fund
     Parnassus Growth
Equity Fund
     Parnassus Value
Equity Fund
       
      Distributions paid from:    2024      2023      2024      2023      2024      2023        
  Ordinary Income    $ 141,221,060      $ 184,140,171      $ 584,753      $ 511,048      $ 71,781,455      $ 62,002,368    
  Long-term capital gains    $ 2,613,288,424      $ 1,449,987,202      $ 2,539,831      $      $ 310,375,108      $ 27,996,943    
 

Total distributions

   $ 2,754,509,484      $ 1,634,127,373      $ 3,124,584      $ 511,048      $ 382,156,563      $ 89,999,311    

 

            Parnassus Mid
Cap Fund
     Parnassus Mid
Cap Growth Fund
     Parnassus Fixed
Income Fund
       
      Distributions paid from:    2024      2023      2024      2023      2024      2023        
  Ordinary Income    $ 139,846,151      $ 26,996,519      $      $      $ 10,850,812      $ 8,972,208    
  Long-term capital gains    $ 132,740,471      $ 105,006,115      $ 58,788,846      $ 22,899,642      $      $    
 

Total distributions

   $ 272,586,622      $ 132,002,634      $ 58,788,846      $ 22,899,642      $ 10,850,812      $ 8,972,208    

 

Net unrealized gain/loss differ for financial statement and income tax purposes primarily due to differing treatments of wash sales and return of capital distributions from real estate investment trusts (“REITS”). Reclassifications as shown in the following table have been made in each Fund’s capital accounts to report

these balances on a tax basis, excluding certain temporary differences, as of December 31, 2024. Additional permanent book to tax adjustments may be required in subsequent reporting periods. These reclassifications, which have no impact on the net asset value of the Funds, primarily relate to the utilization of

 

 

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earnings and profits distributed to shareholders on redemption of shares, net operating losses, and certain differences in the computation of distributable income and capital gains under Federal tax rules versus GAAP.

For tax purposes, net realized capital losses may be carried over to offset future capital gains, if any. Funds are permitted to carry forward capital losses for an

indefinite period, and such losses will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses.

As of December 31, 2024, Parnassus Fixed Income Fund had a net short-term capital loss carry forward of $11,307,891 and a net long-term capital loss carry forward of $45,591,791 .

 

 

      Fund    Increase/Decrease
in Total
Distributable
Earnings
    Increase/Decrease in
Aggregate Capital
Paid-In
         
  Parnassus Core Equity Fund    $ (213,141,688   $ 213,141,688           
  Parnassus Growth Equity Fund      (171,432     171,432           
  Parnassus Value Equity Fund      (52,043,868     52,043,868           
  Parnassus Mid Cap Fund      (152,070,659     152,070,659           
  Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund      (1,638,438     1,638,438     

6. Fair Value Measurements

The following table summarizes the Funds’ financial assets as of December 31, 2024, that are valued at fair value on a recurring basis:

 

  Parnassus Core Equity Fund

 

 
      Investment Securities    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total        
 

Equities:

             
 

Communication Services

   $ 1,864,557,132      $           -      $ -      $ 1,864,557,132    
 

Consumer Discretionary

     3,336,154,214        -        -        3,336,154,214    
 

Consumer Staples

     975,856,355        -        -        975,856,355    
 

Financials

     4,576,621,352        -        -        4,576,621,352    
 

Health Care

     3,405,574,284        -        -        3,405,574,284    
 

Industrials

     3,245,980,445        -        -        3,245,980,445    
 

Information Technology

     8,596,634,760        -        -        8,596,634,760    
 

Materials

     1,870,457,611        -        -        1,870,457,611    
 

Real Estate

     916,663,439        -        -        916,663,439    
 

Short-Term Investments

     246,665,756        -        3,676,658        250,342,414    
 

Total

   $ 29,035,165,348      $ -      $ 3,676,658      $ 29,038,842,006    

 

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  Parnassus Growth Equity Fund

 

 
      Investment Securities    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total        
 

Equities:

             
 

Communication Services

   $ 5,105,095      $           -      $ -      $ 5,105,095    
 

Consumer Discretionary

     6,461,693        -        -        6,461,693    
 

Consumer Staples

     1,245,211        -        -        1,245,211    
 

Financials

     7,066,376        -        -        7,066,376    
 

Health Care

     8,106,987        -        -        8,106,987    
 

Industrials

     2,451,725        -        -        2,451,725    
 

Information Technology

     30,078,470        -        -        30,078,470    
 

Materials

     1,800,348        -        -        1,800,348    
 

Real Estate

     791,857        -        -        791,857    
 

Short-Term Investments

     374,787        -        -        374,787    
 

Total

   $ 63,482,549      $ -      $ -      $ 63,482,549    
  Parnassus Value Equity Fund

 

 
      Investment Securities    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total        
 

Equities:

             
 

Communication Services

   $ 347,992,728      $           -      $ -      $ 347,992,728    
 

Consumer Discretionary

     418,857,219        -        -        418,857,219    
 

Consumer Staples

     156,030,240        -        -        156,030,240    
 

Financials

     1,233,910,416        -        -        1,233,910,416    
 

Health Care

     886,173,341        -        -        886,173,341    
 

Industrials

     475,031,306        -        -        475,031,306    
 

Information Technology

     799,967,087        -        -        799,967,087    
 

Materials

     127,249,357        -        -        127,249,357    
 

Real Estate

     275,574,934        -        -        275,574,934    
 

Utilities

     73,786,867        -        -        73,786,867    
 

Short-Term Investments

     50,086,564        -        1,090,435        51,176,999    
 

Total

   $ 4,844,660,059      $ -      $ 1,090,435      $ 4,845,750,494    
  Parnassus Mid Cap Fund

 

 
      Investment Securities    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total        
 

Equities:

             
 

Communication Services

   $ 77,475,541      $           -      $ -      $ 77,475,541    
 

Consumer Discretionary

     337,128,300        -        -        337,128,300    
 

Financials

     551,817,190        -        -        551,817,190    
 

Health Care

     185,186,595        -        -        185,186,595    
 

Industrials

     702,814,953        -        -        702,814,953    
 

Information Technology

     674,804,188        -        -        674,804,188    
 

Materials

     99,272,894        -        -        99,272,894    
 

Real Estate

     156,113,242        -        -        156,113,242    
 

Utilities

     34,333,196        -        -        34,333,196    
 

Short-Term Investments

     34,474,663        -        746,032        35,220,695    
 

Total

   $ 2,853,420,762      $ -      $ 746,032      $ 2,854,166,794    

 

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  Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund

 

 
      Investment Securities    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total        
 

Equities:

             
 

Communication Services

   $ 23,954,494      $           -      $ -      $ 23,954,494    
 

Consumer Discretionary

     115,822,603        -        -        115,822,603    
 

Financials

     71,024,370        -        -        71,024,370    
 

Health Care

     98,237,254        -        -        98,237,254    
 

Industrials

     206,606,053        -        -        206,606,053    
 

Information Technology

     296,458,148        -        -        296,458,148    
 

Materials

     24,201,656        -        -        24,201,656    
 

Short-Term Investments

     5,325,069        -        1,044,924        6,369,993    
 

Total

   $ 841,629,647      $ -      $ 1,044,924      $ 842,674,571    
  Parnassus Fixed Income Fund

 

 
      Investment Securities    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total        
 

Exchange-Traded Funds

   $ 14,210,400      $ -      $           -      $ 14,210,400    
 

Preferred Stock

     1,841,000        -        -        1,841,000    
 

Corporate Bonds

     -        129,575,725        -        129,575,725    
 

Supranational Bonds

     -        29,191,242        -        29,191,242    
 

U.S. Government Agency Bonds

     -        36,265,825        -        36,265,825    
 

U.S. Government Treasury Bonds

     -        70,959,365        -        70,959,365    
 

Short-Term Investments

     2,122,129        3,959,475        -        6,081,604    
 

Total

   $ 18,173,529      $ 269,951,632      $ -      $ 288,125,161    

The following table reconciles the valuation of the Funds’ Level 3 investment securities and related transactions as of December 31, 2024:

 

          Parnassus Core
Equity Fund
    Parnassus Value
Equity Fund
    Parnassus
Mid Cap Fund
    Parnassus Mid Cap
Growth Fund
    Parnassus
Fixed Income
Fund
       
          Certificates of
Deposit
    Certificates of
Deposit
    Certificates of
Deposit
    Certificates of
Deposit
    Certificates of
Deposit
       
           Community
Development Loans
    Community
Development Loans
           Community
Development Loans
              
  Balance as of December 31, 2023   $ 5,481,990     $ 1,332,661     $ 1,287,700     $ 1,336,632     $ 484,290    
  Discounts/premiums amortization     44,668       7,774       8,332       8,292       15,710    
  Purchases     3,700,000       1,100,000       750,000       1,050,000       -    
  Sales     (5,550,000     (1,350,000     (1,300,000     (1,350,000     (500,000  
  Balance as of December 31, 2024   $ 3,676,658     $ 1,090,435     $ 746,032     $ 1,044,924     $ -    

 

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The following table provides quantitative information about the Funds’ Level 3 fair value measurements:

 

           Fair Value at
December 31, 2024
    Valuation
Technique
  Unobservable Input   Range
(Weighted Average)
     
  Parnassus Core Equity Fund

 

       
  Certificates of Deposit   $ 3,477,674     Liquidity Discount   Discount for Lack of Marketability   4%  
  Community Development Loans   $ 198,984     Liquidity Discount   Discount for Lack of Marketability and Probability of Default   6%  
  Parnassus Value Equity Fund

 

       
  Certificates of Deposit   $ 990,943     Liquidity Discount   Discount for Lack of Marketability   4%  
  Community Development Loans   $ 99,492     Liquidity Discount   Discount for Lack of Marketability and Probability of Default   6%  
  Parnassus Mid Cap Fund

 

       
  Certificates of Deposit   $ 746,032     Liquidity Discount   Discount for Lack of Marketability   4%  
  Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund

 

       
  Certificates of Deposit   $ 945,432     Liquidity Discount   Discount for Lack of Marketability   4%  
  Community Development Loans   $ 99,492     Liquidity Discount   Discount for Lack of Marketability and Probability of Default   6%  

 

The significant unobservable inputs used in fair value measurement of the Fund’s Certificates of Deposits are a discount for lack of marketability. The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Fund’s Community Development Loans are a discount for lack of marketability and a discount for the probability of default. Significant increases in any of these inputs in isolation would result in a lower fair value measurement. Generally, a change in the assumption used for probability of default should be accompanied by a directionally-similar change in the assumption used for the lack of marketability.

The Valuation Designee has adopted fair value pricing methodologies to fair value each Fund’s securities

when market prices are not “readily available” or are unreliable. Determination of a fair value by the Valuation Designee may include significant unobservable inputs and therefore such financial instruments would be reflected within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. Fair value determinations are made in good faith in accordance with the duly adopted fair value pricing methodologies. The Valuation Designee provides quarterly and annual reports to the Board in connection with the Board’s obligation to oversee the Valuation Designee.

7. Capital Stock

Capital stock consists of an unlimited number of authorized shares of capital stock with no par value.

 

 

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8. Purchases and Sales of Securities

Purchases and proceeds from sales of securities, excluding short-term securities, for the year ended December 31, 2024 were as follows:

 

      Fund    Affiliated
Purchases
     Unaffiliated
Purchases
     Affiliated
Sales
     Unaffiliated
Sales
       
  Parnassus Core Equity Fund    $ 107,064,330      $ 9,930,863,946      $ 107,929,564      $ 13,605,267,898    
  Parnassus Growth Equity Fund      -        39,262,491        -        16,850,817    
  Parnassus Value Equity Fund      299,421        1,194,337,069        13,289,648        1,814,269,781    
  Parnassus Mid Cap Fund      -        1,479,120,529        118,212,546        4,177,710,258    
  Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund      -        349,443,586        7,970,434        416,128,531    
  Parnassus Fixed Income Fund      -        104,406,858        -        78,446,349    

 

The above includes purchases and sales of U.S. Government securities in the amount of $65,829,262 and $17,518,137, respectively, within the Parnassus Fixed Income Fund.

9. Investment Advisory Agreement and Transactions with Affiliates

Under terms of an agreement which provides for furnishing investment management and advice to a Fund, the Adviser is entitled to receive fees, payable monthly, based on such Fund’s average daily net assets for the month, at the following annual rates:

Parnassus Growth Equity Fund: 0.75% of the first $30,000,000, 0.70% of the next $70,000,000, 0.65% of the next $400,000,000, 0.60% of the next $9,500,000,000 and 0.55% of the amount above $10,000,000,000. For the year ended December 31, 2024, Parnassus Investments has contractually agreed to limit total operating expenses to 0.84% of the net assets of the Parnassus Growth Equity Fund – Investor Shares and to 0.63% of net assets for the Parnassus Growth Equity Fund – Institutional Shares.

Parnassus Value Equity Fund: 0.85% of the first $100,000,000, 0.80% of the next $100,000,000, 0.75% of the next $300,000,000 and 0.65% of the amount above $500,000,000. For the year ended December 31, 2024, Parnassus Investments has contractually agreed to limit total operating expenses to 0.88% of net assets for the Parnassus Value Equity Fund – Investor Shares and to 0.65% of net assets for the Parnassus Value Equity Fund – Institutional Shares.

Parnassus Mid Cap Fund: 0.85% of the first $100,000,000, 0.80% of the next $100,000,000, 0.75%

of the next $300,000,000 and 0.70% of the amount above $500,000,000. For the year ended December 31, 2024, Parnassus Investments has contractually agreed to limit total operating expenses to 0.96% of the net assets of the Parnassus Mid Cap Fund – Investor Shares and to 0.75% of net assets for the Parnassus Mid Cap Fund – Institutional Shares.

Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund: 0.70% of the first $100,000,000, 0.65% of the next $100,000,000 and 0.60% of the amount above $200,000,000. For the year ended December 31, 2024, Parnassus Investments has contractually agreed to limit total operating expenses to 0.80% of the net assets of the Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund – Investor Shares and to 0.68% of the net assets of the Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund – Institutional Shares.

Parnassus Core Equity Fund: 0.75% of the first $30,000,000, 0.70% of the next $70,000,000, 0.65% of the next $400,000,000, 0.60% of the next $9,500,000,000 and 0.55% of the amount above $10,000,000,000. For the year ended December 31, 2024, Parnassus Investments has contractually agreed to limit total operating expenses to 0.82% of net assets of the Parnassus Core Equity Fund – Investor Shares and to 0.61% of net assets for the Parnassus Core Equity Fund – Institutional Shares.

Parnassus Fixed Income Fund: 0.50% of the first $200,000,000, 0.45% of the next $200,000,000 and 0.40% of the amount above $400,000,000. For the year ended December 31, 2024, Parnassus Investments has contractually agreed to limit total operating expenses to 0.58% of net assets for the Parnassus Fixed Income Fund – Investor Shares and to 0.39% of net assets for

 

 

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the Parnassus Fixed Income Fund – Institutional Shares. Parnassus Investments has contractually agreed to waive 0.10% of its management fee for each class.

The Adviser also serves as the fund accounting and fund administration agent for the Funds. The fund administration fee reflects annual rates based on net assets for all funds managed by Parnassus Investments, including the Funds, and was allocated based on respective Fund net assets at the following annual rates: 0.08% of the first $500,000,000, 0.07% of the next $500,000,000 and 0.03% of the amount above $1,000,000,000. The fund administration services fee was 0.03% of average net assets under this agreement for the year ended December 31, 2024.

The Adviser has appointed Brown Brothers Harriman as a sub administrator to the Funds. Brown Brothers Harriman provides day-to-day operational services to each Fund including, but not limited to fund accounting services. The fees payable to Brown Brothers Harriman for sub

administrative services are paid by the Adviser and not the Funds. Custodian fees are paid by the Funds.

The Funds have a shareholder services agreement with Ultimus Financial Solutions under which the Funds compensate Ultimus Financial Solutions for providing transfer agent services to each of the Funds’ share classes. These services include recordkeeping, shareholder communications and transaction processing.

10. Holdings of 5% Voting Securities of Portfolio Companies

The 1940 Act defines “affiliated companies” to include investments in portfolio companies in which a fund and/or funds under common control own 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities. Additionally, under the 1940 Act, an investment is presumed to be a “controlled affiliate” of a fund when a fund owns, either directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the affiliated company’s outstanding shares or has the power to exercise control over management or policies of such company.

 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2024, investments in “affiliated companies” were as follows:

 

           Value at
Beginning of
Year
    Purchases     Sales     Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Net Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value at End
of Year
    Number of
Shares
Held at
End of Year
    Investment
Income
       
  Parnassus Core Equity Fund

 

             
 

Non-Controlled Affiliates

 

              Dividends    
        Ball Corp.   $ 709,907,699     $ 107,064,330     $ 107,929,564     $ (63,344,577   $ 36,584,432     $ 682,282,320       12,375,881     $ 11,024,579          
 

Total Affiliates

  $ 709,907,699     $ 107,064,330     $ 107,929,564     $ (63,344,577   $ 36,584,432     $ 682,282,320       12,375,881     $ 11,024,579    
  Parnassus Value Equity Fund

 

             
 

Non-Controlled Affiliates

 

              Dividends    
        Ball Corp.   $ 143,351,919     $ 299,421     $ 13,289,648     $ (440,987   $ (2,671,348   $ 127,249,357       2,308,169     $ 1,881,538          
 

Total Affiliates

  $ 143,351,919     $ 299,421     $ 13,289,648     $ (440,987   $ (2,671,348   $ 127,249,357       2,308,169     $ 1,881,538    
  Parnassus Mid Cap Fund

 

             
 

Non-Controlled Affiliates

 

              Dividends    
        Ball Corp.   $ 164,890,686     $ -     $ 118,212,546     $ (57,676,762   $ 57,146,236     $ 46,147,614       837,069     $ 784,659          
 

Total Affiliates

  $ 164,890,686     $ -     $ 118,212,546     $ (57,676,762   $ 57,146,236     $ 46,147,614       837,069     $ 784,659    
  Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund

 

           
 

Non-Controlled Affiliates

 

              Dividends    
        Ball Corp.   $ 8,380,664     $        -     $ 7,970,434     $ (361,063   $ (49,167   $        -       -     $        -          
 

Total Affiliates

  $ 8,380,664     $ -     $ 7,970,434     $ (361,063   $ (49,167   $ -       -     $ -    

 

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11. Segment Reporting

During the year, the Funds adopted FASB Accounting Standards Update 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280) - Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures (“ASU 2023-07”). ASU 2023-07 is intended to improve disclosures around reportable segments and to enhance disclosure requirements about significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to a public entity’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”). An operating segment is defined as a component of a public entity that engages in business activities from which it may recognize revenues and incur expense, has operating results that are regularly reviewed by the CODM, and for which discrete financial information is available. Adoption of ASU 2023-07 had no impact on the Funds’ financial position or their results of operations.

Topic 280 requires a public entity to disclose the title and position of the CODM and an explanation of how the CODM uses the reported measure(s) of segment profit or loss in assessing segment performance and deciding how to allocate resources. The Funds’

President and Chief Executive Officer acts as the Funds’ CODM. The Funds operate as a single reportable segment, which reflects how the CODM monitors and manages the operating results of each Fund. The CODM manages the allocation of resources in accordance with each Fund’s investment objective and strategies as set forth in its prospectus and evaluates total returns of the Funds versus their comparative benchmarks. The financial information used by the CODM to assess the segment’s performance and to allocate resources, including total return, expense ratios, changes in net assets from operations and portfolio composition, is consistent with that presented within each Funds’ financial statements and financial highlights.

12. Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment to or additional disclosure in the financial statements.

 

 

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Selected data for each share of capital stock outstanding, total return and ratios/supplement data for the year ended December 31, 2024 and each of the five years ended December 31 are as follows:

 

For a Share
Outstanding
for the Year
Ended
  Net Asset
Value
Beginning
of Year
    Net Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
    Net Realized and
Unrealized
Gain (Loss) on
Securities(a)
    Total from
Investment
Operations(a)
    Dividends
from Net
Investment
Income
    Distributions
from Net
Realized
Gains on
Securities
    Total
Dividends and
Distributions
 
Parnassus Core Equity Fund – Investor Shares

 

2024

    $55.11       $0.20       $10.22       $10.42       $(0.23     $(5.73     $(5.96

2023

    46.92       0.29       11.21       11.50       (0.31     (3.00     (3.31

2022

    63.41       0.23       (11.97     (11.74     (0.23     (4.52     (4.75

2021

    53.65       0.23       14.46       14.69       (0.53     (4.40     (4.93

2020

    47.03       0.33       9.44       9.77       (0.31     (2.84     (3.15
Parnassus Core Equity Fund – Institutional Shares

 

2024

    55.26       0.32       10.25       10.57       (0.35     (5.73     (6.08

2023

    47.03       0.40       11.25       11.65       (0.42     (3.00     (3.42

2022

    63.55       0.34       (12.00     (11.66     (0.34     (4.52     (4.86

2021

    53.75       0.36       14.49       14.85       (0.65     (4.40     (5.05

2020

    47.10       0.44       9.46       9.90       (0.41     (2.84     (3.25
Parnassus Growth Equity Fund – Investor Shares

 

2024

    21.30       (0.06     5.82       5.76       -       (1.34     (1.34

2023

    14.95       0.02       6.68       6.70       (0.35     -       (0.35

For the period ended
December 31, 2022(d)

    15.00       - (g)      (0.05     (0.05     -       -       -  
Parnassus Growth Equity Fund – Institutional Shares

 

2024

    21.30       (0.01     5.83       5.82       -       (1.34     (1.34

2023

    14.95       0.05       6.68       6.73       (0.38     -       (0.38

For the period ended
December 31, 2022(d)

    15.00       - (g)      (0.05     (0.05     -       -       -  
Parnassus Value Equity Fund – Investor Shares

 

2024

    50.54       0.54       5.70       6.24       (0.56     (3.77     (4.33

2023

    45.27       0.59       5.57       6.16       (0.60     (0.29     (0.89

2022

    54.03       0.53       (7.99     (7.46     (0.54     (0.76     (1.30

2021

    48.31       0.69       14.08       14.77       (0.97     (8.08     (9.05

2020

    38.18       0.28       10.19       10.47       (0.34     -       (0.34
Parnassus Value Equity Fund – Institutional Shares

 

2024

    50.64       0.66       5.72       6.38       (0.66     (3.77     (4.43

2023

    45.36       0.70       5.58       6.28       (0.71     (0.29     (1.00

2022

    54.10       0.64       (8.00     (7.36     (0.62     (0.76     (1.38

2021

    48.36       0.80       14.11       14.91       (1.09     (8.08     (9.17

2020

    38.19       0.36       10.22       10.58       (0.41     -       (0.41
Parnassus Mid Cap Fund – Investor Shares

 

2024

    37.25       0.07       3.80       3.87       (0.08     (3.63     (3.71

2023

    33.88       0.10       4.13       4.23       (0.14     (0.72     (0.86

2022

    45.20       0.03       (9.78     (9.75     -       (1.57     (1.57

2021

    40.78       (0.04     6.66       6.62       (0.01     (2.19     (2.20

2020

    35.63       0.12       5.18       5.30       (0.08     (0.07     (0.15

 

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Net Asset
Value
End of
Year
    Total
Overall
Return
    Net Assets
End of
Year
(000s)
    Ratio of
Gross
Expenses to
Average
Net Assets
    Ratio of Net Expenses
to Average Net Assets
(Net of Waiver and
Expense
Offset Arrangements)(b)(c)
    Ratio of
Net Investment
Income (Loss)
to Average Net
Assets
    Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
 
  $59.57       18.52     $13,311,327       0.81     0.81     0.33     34.20
  55.11       24.93       12,929,826       0.82       0.82       0.56       29.01  
  46.92       (18.61     11,173,977       0.85       0.82       0.42       39.63  
  63.41       27.55       15,405,636       0.82       0.82       0.38       25.82  
  53.65       21.19       11,906,386       0.84       0.84       0.69       37.15  
  59.75       18.75       15,705,097       0.61       0.61       0.53       34.20  
  55.26       25.21       14,868,509       0.62       0.61       0.77       29.01  
  47.03       (18.45     12,736,208       0.62       0.61       0.64       39.63  
  63.55       27.81       16,869,763       0.61       0.61       0.60       25.82  
  53.75       21.47       11,320,933       0.62       0.62       0.91       37.15  
  25.72       26.85       22,970       1.40       0.84       (0.25     34.89  
  21.30       44.82       8,006       2.89       0.84       0.10       34.94  

 

14.95

 

    (0.33 )(e)      227       7.83 (f)      0.84 (f)      3.52 (f)      -  
  25.78       27.13       40,733       1.18       0.63       (0.04     34.89  
  21.30       45.09       22,529       1.86       0.63       0.30       34.94  

 

14.95

 

    (0.33 )(e)      10,573       2.30 (f)      0.63 (f)      3.11 (f)      -  
  52.45       12.01       3,118,642       0.91       0.88       0.99       24.08  
  50.54       13.70       3,267,439       0.93       0.88       1.26       30.19  
  45.27       (13.81     3,008,001       0.92       0.88       1.11       32.36  
  54.03       31.12       3,768,904       0.90       0.90       1.20       37.22  
  48.31       27.42       2,238,344       0.94       0.94       0.75       52.77  
  52.59       12.27       1,706,549       0.71       0.65       1.22       24.08  
  50.64       13.94       1,652,941       0.72       0.65       1.49       30.19  
  45.36       (13.61     1,518,273       0.72       0.65       1.35       32.36  
  54.10       31.37       1,654,506       0.71       0.71       1.39       37.22  
  48.36       27.72       1,025,590       0.73       0.71       0.96       52.77  
  37.41       9.99       1,265,449       0.95       0.95       0.17       43.55  
  37.25       12.67       1,477,106       0.98       0.96       0.28       42.45  
  33.88       (21.56     1,974,198       0.97       0.96       0.09       47.52  
  45.20       16.39       3,155,696       0.96       0.96       (0.08     34.76  
  40.78       14.88       2,749,355       0.98       0.98       0.34       41.00  

 

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For a Share
Outstanding
for the Year
Ended
  Net Asset
Value
Beginning
of Year
    Net Investment
Income
(Loss)(a)
    Net Realized and
Unrealized
Gain (Loss) on
Securities(a)
    Total from
Investment
Operations(a)
    Dividends
from Net
Investment
Income
    Distributions
from Net
Realized
Gains on
Securities
    Total
Dividends and
Distributions
 
Parnassus Mid Cap Fund – Institutional Shares

 

2024

    $37.42       $0.14       $3.83       $3.97       $(0.17     $(3.63     $(3.80

2023

    34.02       0.17       4.16       4.33       (0.21     (0.72     (0.93

2022

    45.39       0.11       (9.83     (9.72     (0.08     (1.57     (1.65

2021

    40.87       0.05       6.69       6.74       (0.03     (2.19     (2.22

2020

    35.68       0.20       5.20       5.40       (0.14     (0.07     (0.21
Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund – Investor Shares

 

2024

    55.57       (0.19     6.35       6.16       -       (4.24     (4.24

2023

    42.28       (0.15     15.03       14.88       -       (1.59     (1.59

2022

    64.36       (0.17     (21.39     (21.56     -       (0.52     (0.52

2021

    61.44       (0.34     6.16       5.82       (0.94     (1.96     (2.90

2020

    50.47       (0.02     14.19       14.17       (0.06     (3.14     (3.20
Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund – Institutional Shares

 

2024

    55.83       (0.12     6.38       6.26       -       (4.24     (4.24

2023

    42.42       (0.09     15.09       15.00       -       (1.59     (1.59

2022

    64.50       (0.11     (21.45     (21.56     -       (0.52     (0.52

2021

    61.49       (0.26     6.17       5.91       (0.94     (1.96     (2.90

2020

    50.43       0.05       14.21       14.26       (0.06     (3.14     (3.20
Parnassus Fixed Income Fund – Investor Shares

 

2024

    14.88       0.53       (0.25     0.28       (0.55     -       (0.55

2023

    14.40       0.47       0.47       0.94       (0.46     -       (0.46

2022

    17.22       0.37       (2.82     (2.45     (0.37     -       (0.37

2021

    18.01       0.29       (0.66     (0.37     (0.29     (0.13     (0.42

2020

    17.05       0.29       1.05       1.34       (0.28     (0.10     (0.38
Parnassus Fixed Income Fund – Institutional Shares

 

2024

    14.89       0.56       (0.25     0.31       (0.57     -       (0.57

2023

    14.40       0.50       0.48       0.98       (0.49     -       (0.49

2022

    17.22       0.40       (2.81     (2.41     (0.40     (0.01     (0.41

2021

    18.01       0.33       (0.67     (0.34     (0.32     (0.13     (0.45

2020

    17.04       0.33       1.06       1.39       (0.32     (0.10     (0.42

 

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Net Asset
Value
End of
Year
    Total
Overall
Return
    Net Assets
End of
Year
(000s)
    Ratio of
Gross
Expenses to
Average
Net Assets
    Ratio of Net Expenses
to Average Net Assets
(Net of Waiver and
Expense
Offset Arrangements)(b)(c)
    Ratio of
Net Investment
Income (Loss)
to Average Net
Assets
    Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
 
  $37.59       10.21     $1,576,993       0.78     0.75     0.34     43.55
  37.42       12.92       3,921,694       0.76       0.75       0.49       42.45  
  34.02       (21.41     4,103,007       0.76       0.75       0.30       47.52  
  45.39       16.63       5,518,086       0.75       0.75       0.13       34.76  
  40.87       15.16       4,211,267       0.76       0.75       0.58       41.00  
  57.49       10.55       647,286       0.81       0.80       (0.33     41.45  
  55.57       35.60       645,243       0.81       0.80       (0.30     47.49  
  42.28       (33.52     514,193       0.80       0.80       (0.36     58.11  
  64.36       9.37       880,724       0.80       0.80       (0.52     28.73  
  61.44       28.61       860,120       0.83       0.83       (0.05     82.46  
  57.85       10.68       194,674       0.70       0.68       (0.21     41.45  
  55.83       35.77       183,037       0.71       0.68       (0.18     47.49  
  42.42       (33.45     144,292       0.70       0.68       (0.24     58.11  
  64.50       9.50       237,137       0.68       0.68       (0.40     28.73  
  61.49       28.81       218,962       0.68       0.68       0.09       82.46  
  14.61       1.92       107,491       0.80       0.58       3.59       28.44  
  14.88       6.71       118,945       0.81       0.58       3.24       48.72  
  14.40       (14.29     132,391       0.82       0.68       2.42       58.67  
  17.22       (2.09     230,471       0.76       0.68       1.64       31.29  
  18.01       7.91       233,496       0.74       0.68       1.61       37.77  
  14.63       2.13       182,248       0.60       0.39       3.77       28.44  
  14.89       6.95       161,471       0.61       0.39       3.44       48.72  
  14.40       (14.10     146,034       0.59       0.45       2.66       58.67  
  17.22       (1.90     233,649       0.56       0.45       1.88       31.29  
  18.01       8.19       163,671       0.55       0.45       1.81       37.77  

(a) Income (loss) from operations per share is based on average daily shares outstanding.

(b) Parnassus Investments has contractually limited expenses to an annualized rate of 0.82% for the Parnassus Core Equity Fund – Investor Shares, 0.84% for the Parnassus Growth Equity Fund – Investor Shares, 0.88% for the Parnassus Value Equity Fund – Investor Shares, 0.96% for the Parnassus Mid Cap Fund – Investor Shares, 0.80% for the Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund – Investor Shares and 0.58% for the Parnassus Fixed Income Fund – Investor Shares.

(c) Parnassus Investments has contractually limited expenses to an annualized rate of 0.61% for the Parnassus Core Equity Fund – Institutional Shares, 0.63% for the Parnassus Growth Equity Fund – Institutional Shares, 0.65% for the Parnassus Value Equity Fund – Institutional Shares, 0.75% for the Parnassus Mid Cap Fund – Institutional Shares, 0.68% for the Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund – Institutional Shares and 0.39% for the Parnassus Fixed Income Fund – Institutional Shares.

(d) The Parnassus Growth Equity Fund commenced operations on December 28, 2022, and the period shown is from December 28, 2022 through December 31, 2022.

(e) Total Return is not annualized for periods less than one year.

(f) Annualized.

(g) Amount less than $0.01.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Trustees of Parnassus Income Funds and Parnassus Funds and Shareholders of Parnassus Core Equity Fund, Parnassus Growth Equity Fund, Parnassus Value Equity Fund, Parnassus Mid Cap Fund, Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund and Parnassus Fixed Income Fund

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the portfolios of investments, of Parnassus Core Equity Fund and Parnassus Fixed Income Fund (two of the funds constituting Parnassus Income Funds) and Parnassus Growth Equity Fund, Parnassus Value Equity Fund,

Parnassus Mid Cap Fund and Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund (constituting Parnassus Funds) (hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of December 31, 2024, the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets for each of the periods indicated in the table below, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of December 31, 2024, the results of each of their operations, the changes in each of their net assets, and each of the financial highlights for the periods indicated in the table below, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

 

Fund   Statement of Operations   Statement of Changes in Net Assets   Financial Highlights
Parnassus Core Equity Fund   For the year ended December 31, 2024   For each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2024   For each of the four years in the period ended December 31, 2024
Parnassus Growth Equity Fund   For the year ended December 31, 2024   For each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2024   For each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2024 and the period December 28, 2022 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2022
Parnassus Value Equity Fund   For the year ended December 31, 2024   For each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2024   For each of the four years in the period ended December 31, 2024
Parnassus Mid Cap Fund   For the year ended December 31, 2024   For each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2024   For each of the four years in the period ended December 31, 2024
Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund   For the year ended December 31, 2024   For each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2024   For each of the four years in the period ended December 31, 2024
Parnassus Fixed Income Fund   For the year ended December 31, 2024   For each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2024   For each of the four years in the period ended December 31, 2024

 

The financial statements of Parnassus Core Equity Fund, Parnassus Value Equity Fund, Parnassus Mid Cap Fund, Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund and Parnassus Fixed Income Fund as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the financial highlights for each of the periods ended on or prior to December 31, 2020 (not presented herein, other than the financial highlights) were audited by other auditors whose report dated January 28, 2021 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements and financial highlights.

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

 

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We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2024 by correspondence with the custodians. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Francisco, CA

February 11, 2025

We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in Parnassus Income Funds and Parnassus Funds since 2021.

 

 

 

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Additional Information (unaudited)

 

Proxy Disclosures

Parnassus proxy voting policies and procedures are available, without charge, on our website (www.parnassus.com), on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov) and by calling us at (800) 999-3505. The Funds file a proxy voting record with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the 12 months ended June 30. The most recent report is available by calling Parnassus or it may be obtained from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website or the Parnassus website.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedule

The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds’

Form N-PORT reports are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. The Funds publish their entire portfolio holdings information as of the end of each month and quarter on the Parnassus Funds’ website (www.parnassus.com). This information is available to anyone who visits the website and is updated on or about ten business days following the end of each month. Holdings information will remain on the website until updated for the subsequent time period.

Federal Income Tax Information

For the year ended December 31, 2024, the following percentages of ordinary income distributed by the Funds that qualify for the individual qualified dividend income deduction (QDI) and the corporate dividends received deduction (DRD) are as follows:

 

 

Fund    QDI        DRD  

Parnassus Core Equity Fund

     100.00        100.00

Parnassus Growth Equity Fund

     43.08        43.08

Parnassus Value Equity Fund

     100.00        100.00

Parnassus Mid Cap Fund

     100.00        100.00

Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund

     0.00        0.00

Parnassus Fixed Income Fund

     8.51        0.98

 

Tax information unaudited

We are required to advise you of the federal tax status of certain distributions received by shareholders

during the fiscal year. The fund hereby designates the following amounts for the fund’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2024:

 

 

     Parnassus Core
Equity Fund
  Parnassus Growth
Equity Fund
  Parnassus Value
Equity Fund
  Parnassus Mid
Cap Fund
  Parnassus Mid Cap
Growth Fund

Long-term capital gains

  $2,826,430,112   $2,711,263   $362,418,976   $284,811,130   $60,427,284

 

Individual shareholders should refer to their Form 1099 or other tax information, which was mailed in January 2025, to determine the calendar year amounts to be included on their 2024 tax returns. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors.

 

 

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Earnings growth is not representative of the fund’s future performance.

Mutual fund investing involves risk, and loss of principal is possible. The Fund’s share price may change daily based on the value of its security holdings. Stock markets can be volatile, and stock values fluctuate in response to the asset levels of individual companies and in response to general U.S. and international market and economic conditions. In addition to large cap companies, the Fund may invest in small and/or mid cap companies, which can be more volatile than large cap firms. Security holdings in the fund can vary significantly from broad market indexes.

Parnassus Fixed Income Fund: Bond prices are inversely related to interest rates. As interest rates drop, bond prices will increase, and as interest rates go up, the price of bonds will decrease. A security’s value may also be affected by the possibility that issuers of debt obligations will not pay the Fund interest or principal, or that their credit rating may be downgraded by a ratings agency. In addition, up to 20% of the Fund’s total net assets may be invested in convertible securities, which may not have an investment-grade rating. This would make them riskier than securities with an investment-grade rating.

Parnassus Growth Equity Fund and Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Fund: The adviser may be wrong in its assessment of a company’s potential for growth, and the growth stocks the fund holds may not grow as the advisor anticipates. In addition, there are periods when investing in growth stocks falls out of favor with investors and these stocks may underperform.

Parnassus Mid Cap and Parnassus Mid Cap Growth Funds: The Fund invests in small and/or mid cap growth companies, which are generally riskier than larger companies, and the Fund’s share price may be more volatile than funds that invest in larger companies.

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE GUIDELINES: The Fund evaluates ESG factors as part of the investment decision-making process, considering a range of impacts they may have on future revenues, expenses, assets, liabilities and overall risk. The Fund also utilizes active ownership to encourage more sustainable business policies and practices and greater ESG transparency. Active ownership strategies include proxy voting, dialogue with company management and sponsorship of shareholder resolutions, and public policy advocacy. There is no guarantee that the ESG strategy will be successful.

Performance data quoted represent past performance and are no guarantee of future returns. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted, and current performance information to the most recent month end is available on the Parnassus website (www.parnassus.com). Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original principal cost.

Before investing, an investor should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Fund and should carefully read the prospectus or summary prospectus, which contain this and other information. The prospectus or summary prospectus can be obtained on the Parnassus website or by calling (800) 999-3505.


Investment Adviser

Parnassus Investments, LLC

1 Market Street, Suite 1600

San Francisco, CA 94105

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

405 Howard Street, Suite 600

San Francisco, CA 94105

Legal Counsel

Ropes & Gray LLP

3 Embarcadero Center

San Francisco, CA 94111

Distributor

Parnassus Funds Distributor, LLC

Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100

Portland, ME 04101

 

 

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Item 8. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants for Open-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 9. Proxy Disclosures for Open-End Management Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 10. Remuneration Paid to Directors, Officers, and Others of Open-End Management Companies.

This information is included in materials filed under Item 7 of this form.

Item 11. Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of Investment Advisory Contract.

Not applicable.

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.

Not applicable.

Item 16. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)

The registrant’s certifying officers have reasonably designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure material information relating to the registrant is made known to them by others, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared. The registrant’s certifying officers have determined that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report.

 

(b)

There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting, or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls, that occurred during the registrant’s fiscal half-year, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

Item 17. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 18. Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation.

Not applicable.

Item 19. Exhibits.

 

(a)(1)   Code of Ethics.
(a)(2)  

Not applicable.

(a)(3)   Certification for each principal executive and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2 under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) - Filed as an attachment to this filing.
(a)(4)   Not applicable.
(a)(5)   There has been no change to the Registrant’s independent public accountant during the reporting period
(b)   Certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)), Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13a-14(b) or 240.15d-14(b)), and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350). A certification furnished pursuant to this paragraph will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78r), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference – Filed as an attachment to this filing.

 


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.

 

(Registrant)

Parnassus Funds and Parnassus Income Funds

By:   (Signature and Title)

/s/ Benjamin E. Allen

Benjamin E. Allen
Title:   President and Principal Executive Officer
Date:   March 7, 2025

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:   (Signature and Title)

/s/ Benjamin E. Allen

Benjamin E. Allen
Title:   President and Principal Executive Officer
Date:   March 7, 2025
By:   (Signature and Title)

/s/ Marc C. Mahon

Marc C. Mahon
Title:   Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer
Date:   March 7, 2025