TIAA-CREF Funds

01/07/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/07/2026 07:32

Prospectus by Investment Company (Form 497)

Mutual Funds Supplement

Nuveen U.S. Equity Funds

Nuveen Large Cap Growth Fund

SUPPLEMENT NO. 3
dated January 7, 2026 to the Statutory Prospectus dated March 1, 2025

Effective January 7, 2026, Scott Tonneson has been named a portfolio manager of the Nuveen Large Cap Growth Fund (the "Fund"). Karen Hiatt will continue to serve as a portfolio manager on the Fund. Terrence Kontos is no longer a portfolio manager of the Fund. Therefore, all references to Mr. Kontos are hereby removed from the Fund's portfolio management team disclosure in the Statutory Prospectus. There are no changes to the Fund's investment objective, principal investment strategies or principal risks. Further, the following is hereby added to the sub-section entitled "Portfolio Managers" in the section entitled "Portfolio management" on page 22 of the Statutory Prospectus:

Name: Scott Tonneson, CFA
Title: Managing Director
Experience on Fund: since 2026

Additionally, as a result of the portfolio management team changes described above, the following is hereby added to the entry for the Fund in the table of the sub-section entitled "Portfolio management teams" of the section entitled "Management of the Funds" on page 109 of the Statutory Prospectus:

Total Experience
(since dates
specified below)
Name & Title Portfolio Role Experience Over
Past Five Years
At
Advisors*
Total On
Team
NUVEEN LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND
Scott Tonneson, CFA
Managing Director Portfolio Manager Advisors, Nuveen Asset Management and other advisory affiliates-2007 to Present (portfolio management of equity portfolios and research) 2007 1994 2026

* Including tenure at affiliate or predecessor firms, as applicable.

MGN-NUVSTAT-0126P

Mutual Funds Supplement

Nuveen Inflation Linked Bond and Real Estate Securities Select Funds

Nuveen Real Estate Securities Select Fund

SUPPLEMENT NO. 1
dated January 7, 2026 to the Statutory Prospectus dated May 1, 2025

Effective January 7, 2026, Benjamin Kerl and Griffen Bazor have been named portfolio managers of the Nuveen Real Estate Securities Select Fund (the "Fund"). David Copp and Brendan Lee are no longer portfolio managers of the Fund. Therefore, all references to Mr. Copp and Mr. Lee are hereby removed from the Fund's portfolio management team disclosure in the Statutory Prospectus. There are no changes to the Fund's investment objective, principal investment strategies or principal risks. Further, the following is hereby added to the sub-section entitled "Portfolio Managers" in the section entitled "Portfolio management" on page 20 of the Statutory Prospectus:

Name: Benjamin Kerl Griffen Bazor
Title: Senior Managing Director Managing Director
Experience on Fund: since 2026 since 2026

Additionally, as a result of the portfolio management team changes described above, the following is hereby added to the entry for the Fund in the table of the sub-section entitled "Portfolio management teams" of the section entitled "Management of the Funds" on page 44 of the Statutory Prospectus:

Total Experience
(since dates
specified below)
Name & Title Portfolio Role Experience Over
Past Five Years
At
Advisors*
Total On
Team
NUVEEN REAL ESTATE SECURITIES SELECT FUND
Benjamin Kerl
Senior Managing Director Portfolio Manager Advisors, Nuveen Asset Management and other advisory affiliates-2012 to Present (global infrastructure and global real estate securities portfolio management) 2012 2005 2026
Griffen Bazor
Managing Director Portfolio Manager Advisors, Nuveen Asset Management and other advisory affiliates-2017 to Present (equity real estate investment trusts and global real estate securities portfolio management) 2017 2017 2026

* Including tenure at affiliate or predecessor firms, as applicable.

MGN-TCFILBRESSTAT-0126P

Mutual Funds Supplement

Nuveen Funds

SUPPLEMENT NO. 1
dated January 7, 2026 to the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") dated August 1, 2025, May 1, 2025 and March 1, 2025

Effective January 7, 2026, Scott Tonneson has been named a portfolio manager of the Nuveen Large Cap Growth Fund (the "Fund"). Terrence Kontos is no longer a portfolio manager of the Fund. Therefore, all references to Mr. Kontos are hereby removed from the Fund's portfolio management team disclosure in the SAI.

Effective January 7, 2026, Benjamin Kerl and Griffen Bazor have been named portfolio managers of the Nuveen Real Estate Securities Select Fund (the "Fund"). David Copp and Brendan Lee are no longer portfolio managers of the Fund. Therefore, all references to Mr. Copp and Mr. Lee are hereby removed from the Fund's portfolio management team disclosure in the SAI.

The following is hereby added to the entry for the Nuveen Large Cap Growth Fund in the chart appearing under the sub-section entitled "Additional information regarding portfolio managers" of the section entitled "Information about the Funds' portfolio management" on page 100 of the SAI:

Number of other accounts managed Total assets in other accounts managed (millions)
Name of portfolio manager Registered
investment
companies
Other pooled
investment
vehicles
Other
accounts
Registered
investment
companies
Other pooled
investment
vehicles
Other
accounts
Dollar range of
equity securities
owned in Fund*
Nuveen Large Cap Growth Fund
Scott Tonneson** 1 1 662 $147 $23 $587 $0
* Includes notional amounts awarded in connection with long-term compensation awards described above.
** This information is as of August 31, 2025.

The following is hereby added to the entry for the Nuveen Real Estate Securities Select Fund in the chart appearing under the sub-section entitled "Additional information regarding portfolio managers" of the section entitled "Information about the Funds' portfolio management" on page 101 of the SAI:

Number of other accounts managed Total assets in other accounts managed (millions)
Name of portfolio manager Registered
investment
companies
Other pooled
investment
vehicles
Other
accounts
Registered
investment
companies
Other pooled
investment
vehicles
Other
accounts
Dollar range of
equity securities
owned in Fund*
Nuveen Real Estate Securities Select Fund
Benjamin Kerl** 6 6 4 $3,190 $1,499 $719 $0
Griffen Bazor** 0 0 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $0
* Includes notional amounts awarded in connection with long-term compensation awards described above.
** This information is as of August 31, 2025.

MGN-TCFSAI-0126P

TIAA-CREF Funds published this content on January 07, 2026, and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed via EDGAR on January 07, 2026 at 13:32 UTC. If you believe the information included in the content is inaccurate or outdated and requires editing or removal, please contact us at [email protected]