Sam Fender has donated the complete sum of his £25,000 Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which operates to protect the Britain's independent live music spots.
He was awarded the award on 16 October as his new release the album was named the top album of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I did around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their ticket prices, which supports local stages.
Fender also took part, raising over £100k on his live tour to help 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds helped locations that were facing possible closure due to challenges arising from floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Some locations obtained financial assistance in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from performances in big venues supports the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just sensible," the star has stated.
He is not the first artist to contribute his honor prize money to charitable organizations.
When Pulp won the award in the year 1996 for their record their work, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the act would contribute their winnings to the organization War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite split her bounty among a few charities, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they needed new equipment," Ms Dynamite shared with the media.
In recent years, they donated their prize money to the community center that nurtured their act, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally the 1994 recipients M People gave their prize to a charity for MS after a friend was found to have the condition.
"The victory was ample," said vocalist the singer. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the honor. So our success touched another person's life."
Last week, the trust revealed it had saved a couple of grassroots venues in that region, by transferring them to community ownership.
One venue in the city and the second in the city were acquired under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who buy "stakes" in the venues.
