Sam Fender has given the complete sum of his £25,000 Mercury Prize prize money to the trust for venues, which operates to protect the Britain's small concert spaces.
He was given the award on mid-October as his third album People Watching was declared the best record of the past year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function small stages played in his early career.
"I personally would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I did around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its efforts to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also took part, raising more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
The donation supported spaces that were facing possible closure due to challenges caused by floods, blazes and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in improving facilities and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from concerts in large arenas helps the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his honor funds to charitable organizations.
Back when Pulp received the award in 1996 for their record Different Class, lead singer the singer announced that the group would donate their winnings to the organization the charity.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist split her prize across several organizations, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I gave a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they needed updated gear," Ms Dynamite told a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their winnings to the youth organization that supported their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And 1994 winners M People contributed their award to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was ample," said singer Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our victory affected the lives of others."
Last week, the trust revealed it had protected several local spots in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
The Joiners in the city and The Croft in the city were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "shares" in the buildings.
