Sam Fender has donated the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize cash to the MVT, which functions to preserve the UK's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was given the prize on mid-October as his latest record the album was chosen as the top album of the past year.
He has opted to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role local spots played in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I performed around the area, and beyond, when I was beginning," said the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – about 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his live tour to help 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
These funds helped locations that were facing imminent closure due to issues arising from water damage, blazes and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, court cases and noise complaints.
Some locations received financial assistance in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The concept that funds from concerts in big venues backs the local stages, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has said.
Fender is among several artists to contribute his award prize money to good deeds.
In they won the prize in the mid-90s for their record the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would contribute their winnings to the organization War Child.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite split her prize among a few charities, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also donated a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," she explained to a publication.
Two years ago, they donated their winnings to the youth organization that supported their band, as well as other independent music bodies.
And the 1994 recipients they donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was found to have the condition.
"Receiving the award was ample," stated vocalist the singer. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't require the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success affected the lives of others."
In the past week, the MVT shared it had rescued two local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in that area and The Croft in that location were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the properties.
