EXHIBIT 99.906CERT
CERTIFICATIONS BY PRESIDENT AND TREASURER OF
Parnassus Funds and the Parnassus Income Funds
PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF
THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 (18 U.S.C. 1350)
I, Jerome L. Dodson and Marc C. Mahon, President and Principal Financial Officer respectively of the Parnassus Funds and the Parnassus Income Funds (the “Registrant”).
This certification is being furnished pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, in connection with the filing of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form N-CSR for the year ended December 31, 2015 (the “Report”).
We hereby certify that to the best of our knowledge:
1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a) or 78o(d)); and
2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
| Date: February 12, 2016 | /s/ Jerome L. Dodson | |||||
| Jerome L. Dodson | ||||||
| President | ||||||
| Date: February 12, 2016 | /s/ Marc C. Mahon | |||||
| Marc C. Mahon | ||||||
| Principal Financial Officer | ||||||