497

FORWARD FUNDS

345 California Street, Suite 1600

San Francisco, CA 94104

June 28, 2018

VIA EDGAR

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Investment Management

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549-1520

RE: Forward Funds (“Registrant”)

File Nos.: 033-48940 and 811-06722

Salient Select Income Fund

Dear Sir or Madam:

On behalf of the Registrant and pursuant to Rule 497(e) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, attached for filing are exhibits containing interactive data format risk/return summary information that mirrors the risk/return summary information in the 497(e) supplement filed and dated June 13, 2018 to the Prospectuses dated May 1, 2018, as supplemented, for Investor Class, Institutional Class, Class A, Class C and Class I2 shares of the Salient Select Income Fund (Accession Number: 0001193125-18-191684) (the “Fund”). The purpose of this filing is to submit the Fund’s June 13, 2018 497(e) filing in XBRL.

If you have any questions regarding this filing, please contact me at the Registrant’s service provider, ALPS Fund Services, Inc., via telephone at (720) 917-0566 or via email at vilma.valdez@alpsinc.com.

Sincerely,

/s/ Vilma V. DeVooght                    

Vilma V. DeVooght, Esq.

Enclosures

cc: Jonathan W. DePriest, Esq., Salient Partners, L.P.

Paul Bachtold, Chief Compliance Officer, Forward Funds and Salient MF Trust

Barbara H. Tolle, Treasurer, Forward Funds and Salient MF Trust

George J. Zornada, Esq., K&L Gates LLP

Richard F. Kerr, Esq., K&L Gates LLP

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May 01, 2018

FORWARD FUNDS

Supplement dated June 13, 2018

to the

Salient Select Income Fund Investor Class, Institutional Class and

Class I2 Prospectus (“No-Load Prospectus”) and

Salient Select Income Fund Class A and Class C Prospectus (“Load Prospectus”)

each dated May 1, 2018, as supplemented (collectively, the “Prospectus”)

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING CHANGES TO FUND EXPENSES

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of Forward Funds (the “Trust”) held on June 8, 2018, the Trustees, including all of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees,” as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)), approved, on behalf of the Salient Select Income Fund (the “Fund”), effective on or about July 1, 2018 the introduction of expense limits for the Fund. Accordingly, effective on or about July 1, 2018, the following changes shall be reflected in the Fund’s registration statement:

Effective July 1, 2018, Forward Management d/b/a Salient (“Salient Management”) has agreed to enter into a management fee waiver and expense limitation agreement with the Salient Select Income Fund (the “Fund”) which will reduce the management fee of the Fund to 0.75% on all assets and limit the net annual operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage costs, interest, taxes, dividends, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) of the Fund’s Class A (1.55%), Class C (2.10%), Investor Class (1.50%), Institutional Class (1.15%) and Class I2 (1.10%) shares, effective until April 30, 2019. Accordingly, the following information shall be incorporated into the Fund’s “Fund Summary” sections of the registration statement:

1. The “Annual Fund Operating Expenses” table and the “Examples” table for the Fund in the No-Load Prospectus shall be replaced to read as follows:

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

	Investor Class		Institutional Class		Class I2
Management Fee		1.00%		1.00%		1.00%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		0.25%		N/A		N/A
Other Expenses(1)(2)		0.47%		0.37%		0.32%
Dividend and Interest Expense on Short Sales(1)		0.04%		0.04%		0.04%
Interest Expense on Borrowings(1)		0.35%		0.35%		0.35%
Total Other Expenses		0.86%		0.76%		0.71%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		2.11%		1.76%		1.71%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement(3)		–0.25%		–0.25%		–0.25%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement		1.86%		1.51%		1.46%

(1) Other Expenses, Dividend and Interest Expense on Short Sales, and Interest Expense on Borrowings for Class I2 shares are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

(2) Other Expenses for Investor Class and Institutional Class shares include shareholder services fees that may be temporarily suspended by the Fund, in which case, the fees may not accrue to the full amounts payable.

(3) The Fund’s investment advisor is contractually obligated to waive 0.25% of the Fund’s management fee so that until April 30, 2019 the Fund’s management fee will be 0.75%. Additionally, the Fund’s investment advisor is contractually obligated until April 30, 2019 to limit the Fund’s operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage costs, interest, taxes, dividends, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) for Investor Class, Institutional Class and Class I2 shares to an annual rate (as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets) of 1.50%, 1.15% and 1.10%, respectively. Each of the management fee waiver and the expense limitation arrangement may not be terminated by the Fund’s investment advisor prior to such date under any circumstances and may only be modified or terminated by a majority vote of the Independent Trustees. Under the expense limitation agreement, the Fund’s investment advisor is permitted to recoup expenses attributable to the Fund or a Class thereof that the investment advisor has borne (whether through a further reduction of its management fee or otherwise) in later periods to the extent that the expenses for a Class of shares fall below the annual rate in effect at the time of the actual waiver/reimbursement. Under the expense limitation agreement, the Fund is not obligated to reimburse such expenses beyond three years from the end of such year in which the investment advisor waived a fee or reimbursed an expense. Any such recoupment by the investment advisor will not cause a class to exceed the annual limitation rate in effect at the time of the actual waiver/reimbursement.

Examples

These Examples are intended to help you compare the costs of investing in Investor Class, Institutional Class or Class I2 shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Examples assume that you invest $10,000 in the noted class of shares of the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Examples also assume that your investment has a 5% return each year, that the Fund’s total annual operating expenses remain the same, and that the contractual fee waiver/reimbursement is in place for the first year.

Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs whether or not you redeemed your shares would be:

	Investor Class		Institutional Class		Class I2
1 Year	$	189	$	154	$	149
3 Years	$	637	$	530	$	514
5 Years	$	1,110	$	930	$	904
10 Years	$	2,418	$	2,050	$	1,996

2. The “Annual Fund Operating Expenses” table and the “Examples” tables for the Fund in the Load Prospectus shall be replaced to read as follows:

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

	Class A		Class C
Management Fee		1.00%		1.00%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		0.25%		0.75%
Other Expenses(1)		0.52%		0.57%
Dividend and Interest Expense on Short Sales		0.04%		0.04%
Interest Expense on Borrowings		0.35%		0.35%
Total Other Expenses		0.91%		0.96%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		2.16%		2.71%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement(2)		–0.25%		–0.25%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement		1.91%		2.46%

(1) Other Expenses for Class A shares include shareholder services fees that may be temporarily suspended by the Fund, in which case, the fees may not accrue to the full amounts payable.

(2) The Fund’s investment advisor is contractually obligated to waive 0.25% of the Fund’s management fee so that until April 30, 2019 the Fund’s management fee will be 0.75%. Additionally, the Fund’s investment advisor is contractually obligated until April 30, 2019 to limit the Fund’s operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage costs, interest, taxes, dividends, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) for Class A and Class C shares to an annual rate (as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets) of 1.55% and 2.10%, respectively. Each of the management fee waiver and the expense limitation arrangement may not be terminated by the Fund’s investment advisor prior to such date under any circumstances and may only be modified or terminated by a majority vote of the Independent Trustees. Under the expense limitation agreement, the Fund’s investment advisor is permitted to recoup expenses attributable to the Fund or a Class thereof that the investment advisor has borne (whether through a further reduction of its management fee or otherwise) in later periods to the extent that the expenses for a Class of shares fall below the annual rate in effect at the time of the actual waiver/reimbursement. Under the expense limitation agreement, the Fund is not obligated to reimburse such expenses beyond three years from the end of such year in which the investment advisor waived a fee or reimbursed an expense. Any such recoupment by the investment advisor will not cause a class to exceed the annual limitation rate in effect at the time of the actual waiver/reimbursement.

Examples

These Examples are intended to help you compare the costs of investing in Class A or Class C shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Examples assume that you invest $10,000 in the noted class of shares of the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all your shares at the end of those periods. The Examples also assume that your investment has a 5% return each year, that the Fund’s total annual operating expenses remain the same, and that the contractual fee waiver/reimbursement is in place for the first year.

Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

	Class A		Class C
1 Year	$	758	$	349
3 Years	$	1,189	$	817
5 Years	$	1,646	$	1,412
10 Years	$	2,903	$	3,019

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

	Class A		Class C
1 Year	$	758	$	249
3 Years	$	1,189	$	817
5 Years	$	1,646	$	1,412
10 Years	$	2,903	$	3,019

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Supplement [Text Block]

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FORWARD FUNDS

Supplement dated June 13, 2018

to the

Salient Select Income Fund Investor Class, Institutional Class and

Class I2 Prospectus (“No-Load Prospectus”) and

Salient Select Income Fund Class A and Class C Prospectus (“Load Prospectus”)

each dated May 1, 2018, as supplemented (collectively, the “Prospectus”)

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING CHANGES TO FUND EXPENSES

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of Forward Funds (the “Trust”) held on June 8, 2018, the Trustees, including all of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees,” as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)), approved, on behalf of the Salient Select Income Fund (the “Fund”), effective on or about July 1, 2018 the introduction of expense limits for the Fund. Accordingly, effective on or about July 1, 2018, the following changes shall be reflected in the Fund’s registration statement:

Effective July 1, 2018, Forward Management d/b/a Salient (“Salient Management”) has agreed to enter into a management fee waiver and expense limitation agreement with the Salient Select Income Fund (the “Fund”) which will reduce the management fee of the Fund to 0.75% on all assets and limit the net annual operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage costs, interest, taxes, dividends, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) of the Fund’s Class A (1.55%), Class C (2.10%), Investor Class (1.50%), Institutional Class (1.15%) and Class I2 (1.10%) shares, effective until April 30, 2019. Accordingly, the following information shall be incorporated into the Fund’s “Fund Summary” sections of the registration statement:

1. The “Annual Fund Operating Expenses” table and the “Examples” table for the Fund in the No-Load Prospectus shall be replaced to read as follows:

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

	Investor Class		Institutional Class		Class I2
Management Fee		1.00%		1.00%		1.00%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		0.25%		N/A		N/A
Other Expenses(1)(2)		0.47%		0.37%		0.32%
Dividend and Interest Expense on Short Sales(1)		0.04%		0.04%		0.04%
Interest Expense on Borrowings(1)		0.35%		0.35%		0.35%
Total Other Expenses		0.86%		0.76%		0.71%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		2.11%		1.76%		1.71%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement(3)		–0.25%		–0.25%		–0.25%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement		1.86%		1.51%		1.46%

(1) Other Expenses, Dividend and Interest Expense on Short Sales, and Interest Expense on Borrowings for Class I2 shares are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

(2) Other Expenses for Investor Class and Institutional Class shares include shareholder services fees that may be temporarily suspended by the Fund, in which case, the fees may not accrue to the full amounts payable.

(3) The Fund’s investment advisor is contractually obligated to waive 0.25% of the Fund’s management fee so that until April 30, 2019 the Fund’s management fee will be 0.75%. Additionally, the Fund’s investment advisor is contractually obligated until April 30, 2019 to limit the Fund’s operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage costs, interest, taxes, dividends, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) for Investor Class, Institutional Class and Class I2 shares to an annual rate (as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets) of 1.50%, 1.15% and 1.10%, respectively. Each of the management fee waiver and the expense limitation arrangement may not be terminated by the Fund’s investment advisor prior to such date under any circumstances and may only be modified or terminated by a majority vote of the Independent Trustees. Under the expense limitation agreement, the Fund’s investment advisor is permitted to recoup expenses attributable to the Fund or a Class thereof that the investment advisor has borne (whether through a further reduction of its management fee or otherwise) in later periods to the extent that the expenses for a Class of shares fall below the annual rate in effect at the time of the actual waiver/reimbursement. Under the expense limitation agreement, the Fund is not obligated to reimburse such expenses beyond three years from the end of such year in which the investment advisor waived a fee or reimbursed an expense. Any such recoupment by the investment advisor will not cause a class to exceed the annual limitation rate in effect at the time of the actual waiver/reimbursement.

Examples

These Examples are intended to help you compare the costs of investing in Investor Class, Institutional Class or Class I2 shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Examples assume that you invest $10,000 in the noted class of shares of the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Examples also assume that your investment has a 5% return each year, that the Fund’s total annual operating expenses remain the same, and that the contractual fee waiver/reimbursement is in place for the first year.

Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs whether or not you redeemed your shares would be:

	Investor Class		Institutional Class		Class I2
1 Year	$	189	$	154	$	149
3 Years	$	637	$	530	$	514
5 Years	$	1,110	$	930	$	904
10 Years	$	2,418	$	2,050	$	1,996

2. The “Annual Fund Operating Expenses” table and the “Examples” tables for the Fund in the Load Prospectus shall be replaced to read as follows:

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

	Class A		Class C
Management Fee		1.00%		1.00%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		0.25%		0.75%
Other Expenses(1)		0.52%		0.57%
Dividend and Interest Expense on Short Sales		0.04%		0.04%
Interest Expense on Borrowings		0.35%		0.35%
Total Other Expenses		0.91%		0.96%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		2.16%		2.71%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement(2)		–0.25%		–0.25%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement		1.91%		2.46%

(1) Other Expenses for Class A shares include shareholder services fees that may be temporarily suspended by the Fund, in which case, the fees may not accrue to the full amounts payable.

(2) The Fund’s investment advisor is contractually obligated to waive 0.25% of the Fund’s management fee so that until April 30, 2019 the Fund’s management fee will be 0.75%. Additionally, the Fund’s investment advisor is contractually obligated until April 30, 2019 to limit the Fund’s operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage costs, interest, taxes, dividends, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) for Class A and Class C shares to an annual rate (as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets) of 1.55% and 2.10%, respectively. Each of the management fee waiver and the expense limitation arrangement may not be terminated by the Fund’s investment advisor prior to such date under any circumstances and may only be modified or terminated by a majority vote of the Independent Trustees. Under the expense limitation agreement, the Fund’s investment advisor is permitted to recoup expenses attributable to the Fund or a Class thereof that the investment advisor has borne (whether through a further reduction of its management fee or otherwise) in later periods to the extent that the expenses for a Class of shares fall below the annual rate in effect at the time of the actual waiver/reimbursement. Under the expense limitation agreement, the Fund is not obligated to reimburse such expenses beyond three years from the end of such year in which the investment advisor waived a fee or reimbursed an expense. Any such recoupment by the investment advisor will not cause a class to exceed the annual limitation rate in effect at the time of the actual waiver/reimbursement.

Examples

These Examples are intended to help you compare the costs of investing in Class A or Class C shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Examples assume that you invest $10,000 in the noted class of shares of the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all your shares at the end of those periods. The Examples also assume that your investment has a 5% return each year, that the Fund’s total annual operating expenses remain the same, and that the contractual fee waiver/reimbursement is in place for the first year.

Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

	Class A		Class C
1 Year	$	758	$	349
3 Years	$	1,189	$	817
5 Years	$	1,646	$	1,412
10 Years	$	2,903	$	3,019

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

	Class A		Class C
1 Year	$	758	$	249
3 Years	$	1,189	$	817
5 Years	$	1,646	$	1,412
10 Years	$	2,903	$	3,019

No Load | Salient Select Income Fund

Risk/Return:

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Supplement [Text Block]

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FORWARD FUNDS

Supplement dated June 13, 2018

to the

Salient Select Income Fund Investor Class, Institutional Class and

Class I2 Prospectus (“No-Load Prospectus”) and

Salient Select Income Fund Class A and Class C Prospectus (“Load Prospectus”)

each dated May 1, 2018, as supplemented (collectively, the “Prospectus”)

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING CHANGES TO FUND EXPENSES

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of Forward Funds (the “Trust”) held on June 8, 2018, the Trustees, including all of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees,” as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)), approved, on behalf of the Salient Select Income Fund (the “Fund”), effective on or about July 1, 2018 the introduction of expense limits for the Fund. Accordingly, effective on or about July 1, 2018, the following changes shall be reflected in the Fund’s registration statement:

Effective July 1, 2018, Forward Management d/b/a Salient (“Salient Management”) has agreed to enter into a management fee waiver and expense limitation agreement with the Salient Select Income Fund (the “Fund”) which will reduce the management fee of the Fund to 0.75% on all assets and limit the net annual operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage costs, interest, taxes, dividends, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) of the Fund’s Class A (1.55%), Class C (2.10%), Investor Class (1.50%), Institutional Class (1.15%) and Class I2 (1.10%) shares, effective until April 30, 2019. Accordingly, the following information shall be incorporated into the Fund’s “Fund Summary” sections of the registration statement:

1. The “Annual Fund Operating Expenses” table and the “Examples” table for the Fund in the No-Load Prospectus shall be replaced to read as follows:

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

	Investor Class		Institutional Class		Class I2
Management Fee		1.00%		1.00%		1.00%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		0.25%		N/A		N/A
Other Expenses(1)(2)		0.47%		0.37%		0.32%
Dividend and Interest Expense on Short Sales(1)		0.04%		0.04%		0.04%
Interest Expense on Borrowings(1)		0.35%		0.35%		0.35%
Total Other Expenses		0.86%		0.76%		0.71%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		2.11%		1.76%		1.71%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement(3)		–0.25%		–0.25%		–0.25%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement		1.86%		1.51%		1.46%

(1) Other Expenses, Dividend and Interest Expense on Short Sales, and Interest Expense on Borrowings for Class I2 shares are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

(2) Other Expenses for Investor Class and Institutional Class shares include shareholder services fees that may be temporarily suspended by the Fund, in which case, the fees may not accrue to the full amounts payable.

(3) The Fund’s investment advisor is contractually obligated to waive 0.25% of the Fund’s management fee so that until April 30, 2019 the Fund’s management fee will be 0.75%. Additionally, the Fund’s investment advisor is contractually obligated until April 30, 2019 to limit the Fund’s operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage costs, interest, taxes, dividends, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) for Investor Class, Institutional Class and Class I2 shares to an annual rate (as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets) of 1.50%, 1.15% and 1.10%, respectively. Each of the management fee waiver and the expense limitation arrangement may not be terminated by the Fund’s investment advisor prior to such date under any circumstances and may only be modified or terminated by a majority vote of the Independent Trustees. Under the expense limitation agreement, the Fund’s investment advisor is permitted to recoup expenses attributable to the Fund or a Class thereof that the investment advisor has borne (whether through a further reduction of its management fee or otherwise) in later periods to the extent that the expenses for a Class of shares fall below the annual rate in effect at the time of the actual waiver/reimbursement. Under the expense limitation agreement, the Fund is not obligated to reimburse such expenses beyond three years from the end of such year in which the investment advisor waived a fee or reimbursed an expense. Any such recoupment by the investment advisor will not cause a class to exceed the annual limitation rate in effect at the time of the actual waiver/reimbursement.

Examples

These Examples are intended to help you compare the costs of investing in Investor Class, Institutional Class or Class I2 shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Examples assume that you invest $10,000 in the noted class of shares of the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Examples also assume that your investment has a 5% return each year, that the Fund’s total annual operating expenses remain the same, and that the contractual fee waiver/reimbursement is in place for the first year.

Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs whether or not you redeemed your shares would be:

	Investor Class		Institutional Class		Class I2
1 Year	$	189	$	154	$	149
3 Years	$	637	$	530	$	514
5 Years	$	1,110	$	930	$	904
10 Years	$	2,418	$	2,050	$	1,996

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Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

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April 30, 2019

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Other Expenses, Dividend and Interest Expense on Short Sales, and Interest Expense on Borrowings for Class I2 shares are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

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Examples

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These Examples are intended to help you compare the costs of investing in Investor Class, Institutional Class or Class I2 shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Examples assume that you invest $10,000 in the noted class of shares of the Fund for the time periods indicated. The Examples also assume that your investment has a 5% return each year, that the Fund’s total annual operating expenses remain the same, and that the contractual fee waiver/reimbursement is in place for the first year.

Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs whether or not you redeemed your shares would be:

No Load | Salient Select Income Fund | Investor Class

Risk/Return:

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Management Fee

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

1.00%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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0.25%

Other Expenses

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0.47%

^[1],[2]

Dividend and Interest Expense on Short Sales

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0.04%

^[2]

Interest Expense on Borrowings

rr_Component3OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.35%

^[2]

Total Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.86%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

2.11%

Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

(0.25%)

^[3]

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

1.86%

1 Year

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

$ 189

3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

637

5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

1,110

10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

2,418

1 Year

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189

3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03

637

5 Years

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1,110

10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10

$ 2,418

No Load | Salient Select Income Fund | Institutional Class

Risk/Return:

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Management Fee

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1.00%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

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Other Expenses

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0.37%

^[1],[2]

Dividend and Interest Expense on Short Sales

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0.04%

^[2]

Interest Expense on Borrowings

rr_Component3OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.35%

^[2]

Total Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.76%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

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1.76%

Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

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(0.25%)

^[3]

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

1.51%

1 Year

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

$ 154

3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

530

5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

930

10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

2,050

1 Year

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01

154

3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03

530

5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05

930

10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10

$ 2,050

No Load | Salient Select Income Fund | Class I2

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Management Fee

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

1.00%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

Other Expenses

rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.32%

^[1],[2]

Dividend and Interest Expense on Short Sales

rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.04%

^[2]

Interest Expense on Borrowings

rr_Component3OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.35%

^[2]

Total Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.71%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

1.71%

Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

(0.25%)

^[3]

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

1.46%

1 Year

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

$ 149

3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

514

5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

904

10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

1,996

1 Year

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01

149

3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03

514

5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05

904

10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10

$ 1,996

Load | Salient Select Income Fund

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Supplement [Text Block]

ff1_SupplementTextBlock

FORWARD FUNDS

Supplement dated June 13, 2018

to the

Salient Select Income Fund Investor Class, Institutional Class and

Class I2 Prospectus (“No-Load Prospectus”) and

Salient Select Income Fund Class A and Class C Prospectus (“Load Prospectus”)

each dated May 1, 2018, as supplemented (collectively, the “Prospectus”)

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING CHANGES TO FUND EXPENSES

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of Forward Funds (the “Trust”) held on June 8, 2018, the Trustees, including all of the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust (the “Independent Trustees,” as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)), approved, on behalf of the Salient Select Income Fund (the “Fund”), effective on or about July 1, 2018 the introduction of expense limits for the Fund. Accordingly, effective on or about July 1, 2018, the following changes shall be reflected in the Fund’s registration statement:

Effective July 1, 2018, Forward Management d/b/a Salient (“Salient Management”) has agreed to enter into a management fee waiver and expense limitation agreement with the Salient Select Income Fund (the “Fund”) which will reduce the management fee of the Fund to 0.75% on all assets and limit the net annual operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage costs, interest, taxes, dividends, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) of the Fund’s Class A (1.55%), Class C (2.10%), Investor Class (1.50%), Institutional Class (1.15%) and Class I2 (1.10%) shares, effective until April 30, 2019. Accordingly, the following information shall be incorporated into the Fund’s “Fund Summary” sections of the registration statement:

2. The “Annual Fund Operating Expenses” table and the “Examples” tables for the Fund in the Load Prospectus shall be replaced to read as follows:

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

	Class A		Class C
Management Fee		1.00%		1.00%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees		0.25%		0.75%
Other Expenses(1)		0.52%		0.57%
Dividend and Interest Expense on Short Sales		0.04%		0.04%
Interest Expense on Borrowings		0.35%		0.35%
Total Other Expenses		0.91%		0.96%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses		2.16%		2.71%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement(2)		–0.25%		–0.25%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement		1.91%		2.46%

(1) Other Expenses for Class A shares include shareholder services fees that may be temporarily suspended by the Fund, in which case, the fees may not accrue to the full amounts payable.

(2) The Fund’s investment advisor is contractually obligated to waive 0.25% of the Fund’s management fee so that until April 30, 2019 the Fund’s management fee will be 0.75%. Additionally, the Fund’s investment advisor is contractually obligated until April 30, 2019 to limit the Fund’s operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage costs, interest, taxes, dividends, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) for Class A and Class C shares to an annual rate (as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets) of 1.55% and 2.10%, respectively. Each of the management fee waiver and the expense limitation arrangement may not be terminated by the Fund’s investment advisor prior to such date under any circumstances and may only be modified or terminated by a majority vote of the Independent Trustees. Under the expense limitation agreement, the Fund’s investment advisor is permitted to recoup expenses attributable to the Fund or a Class thereof that the investment advisor has borne (whether through a further reduction of its management fee or otherwise) in later periods to the extent that the expenses for a Class of shares fall below the annual rate in effect at the time of the actual waiver/reimbursement. Under the expense limitation agreement, the Fund is not obligated to reimburse such expenses beyond three years from the end of such year in which the investment advisor waived a fee or reimbursed an expense. Any such recoupment by the investment advisor will not cause a class to exceed the annual limitation rate in effect at the time of the actual waiver/reimbursement.

Examples

These Examples are intended to help you compare the costs of investing in Class A or Class C shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Examples assume that you invest $10,000 in the noted class of shares of the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all your shares at the end of those periods. The Examples also assume that your investment has a 5% return each year, that the Fund’s total annual operating expenses remain the same, and that the contractual fee waiver/reimbursement is in place for the first year.

Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

	Class A		Class C
1 Year	$	758	$	349
3 Years	$	1,189	$	817
5 Years	$	1,646	$	1,412
10 Years	$	2,903	$	3,019

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

	Class A		Class C
1 Year	$	758	$	249
3 Years	$	1,189	$	817
5 Years	$	1,646	$	1,412
10 Years	$	2,903	$	3,019

Operating Expenses Caption [Text]

rr_OperatingExpensesCaption

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination

April 30, 2019

Expense Example [Heading]

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Examples

Expense Example Narrative [Text Block]

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These Examples are intended to help you compare the costs of investing in Class A or Class C shares of the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Examples assume that you invest $10,000 in the noted class of shares of the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all your shares at the end of those periods. The Examples also assume that your investment has a 5% return each year, that the Fund’s total annual operating expenses remain the same, and that the contractual fee waiver/reimbursement is in place for the first year.

Although actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example, No Redemption Narrative [Text Block]

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You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Load | Salient Select Income Fund | Class A

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Management Fee

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

1.00%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

0.25%

Other Expenses

rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.52%

^[4]

Dividend and Interest Expense on Short Sales

rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.04%

Interest Expense on Borrowings

rr_Component3OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.35%

Total Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.91%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

2.16%

Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

(0.25%)

^[5]

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

1.91%

1 Year

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

$ 758

3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

1,189

5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

1,646

10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

2,903

1 Year

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01

758

3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03

1,189

5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05

1,646

10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10

$ 2,903

Load | Salient Select Income Fund | Class C

Risk/Return:

rr_RiskReturnAbstract

Management Fee

rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets

1.00%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets

0.75%

Other Expenses

rr_Component1OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.57%

^[4]

Dividend and Interest Expense on Short Sales

rr_Component2OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.04%

Interest Expense on Borrowings

rr_Component3OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.35%

Total Other Expenses

rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets

0.96%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

rr_ExpensesOverAssets

2.71%

Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets

(0.25%)

^[5]

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement

rr_NetExpensesOverAssets

2.46%

1 Year

rr_ExpenseExampleYear01

$ 349

3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear03

817

5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear05

1,412

10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleYear10

3,019

1 Year

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear01

249

3 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear03

817

5 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear05

1,412

10 Years

rr_ExpenseExampleNoRedemptionYear10

$ 3,019

[1] Other Expenses for Investor Class and Institutional Class shares include shareholder services fees that may be temporarily suspended by the Fund, in which case, the fees may not accrue to the full amounts payable.

[2] Other Expenses, Dividend and Interest Expense on Short Sales, and Interest Expense on Borrowings for Class I2 shares are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.

[3] The Fund’s investment advisor is contractually obligated to waive 0.25% of the Fund’s management fee so that until April 30, 2019 the Fund’s management fee will be 0.75%. Additionally, the Fund’s investment advisor is contractually obligated until April 30, 2019 to limit the Fund’s operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage costs, interest, taxes, dividends, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) for Investor Class, Institutional Class and Class I2 shares to an annual rate (as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets) of 1.50%, 1.15% and 1.10%, respectively. Each of the management fee waiver and the expense limitation arrangement may not be terminated by the Fund’s investment advisor prior to such date under any circumstances and may only be modified or terminated by a majority vote of the Independent Trustees. Under the expense limitation agreement, the Fund’s investment advisor is permitted to recoup expenses attributable to the Fund or a Class thereof that the investment advisor has borne (whether through a further reduction of its management fee or otherwise) in later periods to the extent that the expenses for a Class of shares fall below the annual rate in effect at the time of the actual waiver/reimbursement. Under the expense limitation agreement, the Fund is not obligated to reimburse such expenses beyond three years from the end of such year in which the investment advisor waived a fee or reimbursed an expense. Any such recoupment by the investment advisor will not cause a class to exceed the annual limitation rate in effect at the time of the actual waiver/reimbursement.

[4] Other Expenses for Class A shares include shareholder services fees that may be temporarily suspended by the Fund, in which case, the fees may not accrue to the full amounts payable.

[5] The Fund’s investment advisor is contractually obligated to waive 0.25% of the Fund’s management fee so that until April 30, 2019 the Fund’s management fee will be 0.75%. Additionally, the Fund’s investment advisor is contractually obligated until April 30, 2019 to limit the Fund’s operating expenses (exclusive of brokerage costs, interest, taxes, dividends, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses) for Class A and Class C shares to an annual rate (as a percentage of the Fund’s average daily net assets) of 1.55% and 2.10%, respectively. Each of the management fee waiver and the expense limitation arrangement may not be terminated by the Fund’s investment advisor prior to such date under any circumstances and may only be modified or terminated by a majority vote of the Independent Trustees. Under the expense limitation agreement, the Fund’s investment advisor is permitted to recoup expenses attributable to the Fund or a Class thereof that the investment advisor has borne (whether through a further reduction of its management fee or otherwise) in later periods to the extent that the expenses for a Class of shares fall below the annual rate in effect at the time of the actual waiver/reimbursement. Under the expense limitation agreement, the Fund is not obligated to reimburse such expenses beyond three years from the end of such year in which the investment advisor waived a fee or reimbursed an expense. Any such recoupment by the investment advisor will not cause a class to exceed the annual limitation rate in effect at the time of the actual waiver/reimbursement.

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