Nuveen Small Cap Blend Index Fund

TIAA-CREF Funds · 4 share classes

U.S. equity index fund
One fund, 4 share classes:TISBXTRBIXTRHBXTRHWX
$3.95B NAV
1,928 positions · as of 2026-04-30 · filed 2026-06-24

Fund classification

Classified from what the fund holds · as of 2026 Q2

Nuveen Small Cap Blend Index Fund is a U.S. equity index fund that tracks the Russell 2000 Index. 35% of TISBX’s stock holdings are in companies whose revenue grew in the top quartile of U.S. companies over the last five fiscal years (covering 90% of the fund’s equity).

Asset class
Equity
Region
United States
Management
Index (passive)
Fund type
Open-end fund

Fund profile

As filed in the prospectus · 2026 Q1

The Fund seeks a favorable long-term total return, mainly through capital appreciation, by investing primarily in a portfolio of equity securities in smaller domestic companies based on a market index.

Strategy · summarised

The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in equity securities in the Russell 2000 Index, buying most but not necessarily all of the stocks in that index to closely match its overall investment characteristics. Because the fund's returns are reduced by transaction costs and fees while the index return is not, the fund's performance will lag its benchmark.

Expenses
0.00% 0.30%across 4 share classes
Share classGrossNet
TISBX0.05%0.05%
TRBIX0.30%0.30%
TRHBX0.17%0.17%
TRHWX0.05%0.00%

Net is what a holder pays after the adviser's contractual waiver; gross is before it. A waiver can expire.

Portfolio turnover 13.00% · as of 2026 Q1

Allocation

Asset groups · long / short shown separately, never netted · 2026 Q2

102.90%
of net assets
Stocks98.79%
Cash & short-term3.07%
Derivatives1.05%

Derivatives are shown at market value, not notional exposure.

Sector allocation

The same holdings as Allocation above, grouped by market sector instead of asset type · as of 2026 Q2

100%
of net assets
Industrials18.2%
Information Technology15.6%
Health Care15.6%
Financials15.5%
11 smaller35.1%

Government, Securitized and Cash are non-corporate buckets; International is foreign holdings we don’t sector-classify, and Other is the residual (held funds, unresolved names).

Portfolio growth profile

How much of the fund’s stock holdings are in fast-growing companies · as of 2026 Q2

Revenue growth
35%of stock holdings in top-quartile growers
covering 90% of the fund’s equity

Share of the fund’s equity (by value) in companies whose trailing five-year revenue — or net-income — growth ranks in the top 25% of U.S. public companies. Foreign and newly-listed holdings are excluded, so the figure covers only part of the book. From SEC filings — not investment advice. How we measure this.

Latest quarter

What changed since the fund's previous filing

2026Q2 vs 2026Q1: 22 new45 exited

Largest new: Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes, PIPR, ASST, Brookfield Business Corp, CDNL, YSS, BETA, TRAX

Largest exited: Avidity Biosciences Inc, Cadence Bank, Piper Sandler Cos, Amicus Therapeutics Inc, United States Treasury Bill, PCH, TEGNA Inc, REV Group Inc

Return profile

Chart:

Total return as filed — price change plus distributions reinvested · trailing figures to Apr 2026

Share class1-year3-year5-yearVolWorst fall
+42.36%+62.89%+30.86%14.65%-18.85%
+42.00%+61.63%+29.19%14.64%-18.91%
+42.19%+62.33%+29.98%14.65%-18.80%

These classes hold the same portfolio, so the 1.67pp spread over 5 years is the cost difference between them — roughly 0.33pp a year — not a difference in what they own.

Cumulative return· May 2023 – Apr 2026

Holdings

By % of NAV · equity positions carry filed share counts · every resolvable issuer links to its company page

Issuer%NAVValue
STATE STR NAVIGATOR SECS L TR1.99%$78.70M
Bloom Energy CorpBE1.87%$73.80M
CME E-mini Russell 2000 Index Futures1.05%$41.42M
Credo Technology Group Holding LtdCRDO0.85%$33.47M
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY0.82%$32.53M
FabrinetFN0.74%$29.42M
Coeur Mining IncCDE0.55%$21.88M
NEXTracker IncNXT0.52%$20.71M
EchoStar CorpECHO0.50%$19.89M
TTM Technologies IncTTMI0.49%$19.30M
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Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-04-30 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.

Top 10 positions are 9.39% of net assets, top 25 15.01%, across 1.9K issuers.

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