VA awarded more than $77 million in grants in fiscal year 2025 for expansion/improvement of 20 state Veterans cemeteries and one establishment grant for Alaska.

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VA provided >$77 million in grants for the listed state Veterans cemetery expansion, improvement, and the Alaska establishment grant.

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The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded more than $77 million in fiscal year 2025 grants to expand or improve 20 state Veterans cemeteries and provided an establishment grant for Alaska’s first state Veterans cemetery. The awards reimburse states for construction items such as pre-placed crypts, columbaria, and outer burial receptacles; in FY2025 VA grant-funded cemeteries handled over 43,705 interments (about 25% of total annual interments). Since 1980 VA has provided over $1.1 billion to state, tribal and territorial cemeteries, helping ensure more than 94% of U.S. Veterans live within 75 miles of a Veterans cemetery.
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An official VA bulletin distributed via GovDelivery on December 30, 2025, states that the Department of Veterans Affairs "awarded more than $77 million in grants in fiscal year 2025 for the expansion and improvement of 20 state Veterans cemeteries throughout the nation and one establishment grant for Alaska’s first state Veterans cemetery." The same bulletin itemizes 21 cemetery projects, including one establishment grant for the Interior Alaska Veterans Cemetery and 20 expansion or improvement projects at other state Veterans cemeteries, with total primary grant amounts slightly exceeding $77 million. Therefore, the statement is True because it directly matches and is corroborated by official VA reporting on FY 2025 state cemetery grants.

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  1. Update · Jan 01, 2026, 12:37 PMTrue
    An official VA bulletin distributed via GovDelivery on December 30, 2025, states that the Department of Veterans Affairs "awarded more than $77 million in grants in fiscal year 2025 for the expansion and improvement of 20 state Veterans cemeteries throughout the nation and one establishment grant for Alaska’s first state Veterans cemetery." The same bulletin itemizes 21 cemetery projects, including one establishment grant for the Interior Alaska Veterans Cemetery and 20 expansion or improvement projects at other state Veterans cemeteries, with total primary grant amounts slightly exceeding $77 million. Therefore, the statement is True because it directly matches and is corroborated by official VA reporting on FY 2025 state cemetery grants.
  2. Original article · Dec 30, 2025

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