Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

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Washington, DC 20006

Telephone 202-822-9611

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Jessica D. Burt, Esquire

202-419-8409

jburt@stradley.com

1933 Act Rule 497(j)

1933 Act File No. 333-40455

1940 Act File No. 811-08495

August 26, 2026

VIA EDGAR

Filing Desk

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, DC 20549


	Re:	Nationwide Mutual Funds (the “Registrant”)
		Rule 497(j) filing

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, this letter serves as certification that the form of Prospectus for the Nationwide International Small Cap Fund, a series of the Registrant, and the form of Statement of Additional Information for the series listed below that would have been filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 would not have differed from those contained in Post-Effective Amendment Nos. 296/323 (“PEA 296/323”) to the Registration Statement of the Registrant, which was filed electronically on August 26, 2026, pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the 1933 Act:


	Nationwide Bailard International Equities Fund
	Nationwide Bailard Small Cap Value Fund (formerly, Nationwide Bailard Cognitive Value Fund)
	Nationwide Bailard Technology Fund (formerly, Nationwide Bailard Technology & Science Fund)
	Nationwide BNY Mellon Dynamic U.S. Core Fund
	Nationwide BNY Mellon Dynamic U.S. Equity Income Fund
	Nationwide Bond Index Fund
	Nationwide Fund
	Nationwide Geneva Mid Cap Growth Fund
	Nationwide Geneva Small Cap Growth Fund
	Nationwide Government Money Market Fund
	Nationwide GQG US Quality Equity Fund
	Nationwide Inflation-Protected Securities Fund
	Nationwide International Index Fund
	Nationwide International Small Cap Fund
	Nationwide Invesco Core Plus Bond Fund (formerly, Nationwide BNY Mellon Core Plus Bond Fund)

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August 26, 2026

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	Nationwide Loomis All Cap Growth Fund
	Nationwide Loomis Core Bond Fund
	Nationwide Loomis Short Term Bond Fund
	Nationwide Mid Cap Market Index Fund
	Nationwide NYSE Arca Tech 100 Index Fund
	Nationwide Renaissance Small Cap Growth Fund (formerly, Nationwide WCM Focused Small Cap Fund)
	Nationwide S&P 500 Index Fund
	Nationwide Schroders Global Equity Fund (formerly, Nationwide Global Sustainable Equity Fund)
	Nationwide Small Cap Index Fund
	Nationwide Strategic Income Fund (formerly, Nationwide Amundi Strategic Income Fund)

PEA 296/323 became effective with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on August 26, 2026.

Please direct questions or comments relating to this filing to me at the above-referenced telephone number or, in my absence, to Christopher J. Zimmerman, Esquire, at (202) 419-8402.


							Very truly yours,

							/s/ Jessica D. Burt
							Jessica D. Burt, Esquire

A Pennsylvania Limited Liability Partnership