Sam Fender has given the full amount of his £25,000 award cash to the trust for venues, which operates to save the United Kingdom's small concert spaces.
Fender was given the prize on October 16 as his third album his work was named the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in appreciation of the vital role small stages had in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," stated Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, top acts like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their ticket prices, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, raising more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation supported locations that were facing possible closure due to challenges stemming from floods, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and sound issues.
Additional spaces received funding support in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The idea that money from concerts in big venues helps the smaller venues, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
He is among several artists to donate his honor prize money to worthy causes.
When Pulp received the award in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, lead singer Cocker stated that the act would give their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite shared her bounty between a few organizations, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with outlets.
Previously, Ezra Collective contributed their funds to the community center that nurtured their band, as well as other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year they contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the condition.
"Winning was quite enough," said vocalist Heather Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory touched the lives of others."
Last week, the MVT revealed it had saved a couple of local spots in that region, by placing them under local control.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in the city were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by a national body and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the venues.
