As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22, 2011

Securities Act File No. 33-21844

Investment Company Act File No. 811-05555

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	x
Pre-Effective Amendment No.	¨
Post-Effective Amendment No. 52	x
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	x

Amendment No. 53

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York	10105
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code 1-212-756-4097

Mark R. Manley, Esq.

AllianceBernstein L.P.

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10105

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

COPY TO:

Margery K. Neale, Esq.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019-6099

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

x immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

¨ on                      pursuant to paragraph (b)

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

¨ on                      pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

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

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

If appropriate, check the following box:

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

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement under rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, and State of New York, on the 16^th day of February, 2011.

SANFORD C. BERNSTEIN FUND, INC.
By:	*
	Dianne F. Lob President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 52 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A has been signed below by the following persons, in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
*	President and Director
Dianne F. Lob
*	Director
Bart Friedman
*	Director
William Kristol
*	Director
Donald K. Petersen
*	Director
Thomas B. Stiles II
*	Director
Rosalie J. Wolf

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Joseph J. Mantineo	Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer	February 16, 2011
Joseph J. Mantineo

* This Registration Statement has been signed by each of the persons so indicated by the undersigned as Attorney-in-Fact.

By:	/s/ Nancy E. Hay	February 16, 2011
	Nancy E. Hay
	Attorney-in-Fact

EXHIBIT INDEX

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