Sam Fender has given the entirety of his £25,000 award winnings to the MVT, which works to protect the UK's grassroots live music spots.
He was awarded the prize on October 16 as his latest record the album was declared the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to give the cash to the trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role local spots had in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it weren't for all the shows I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly 16% of the total UK scene.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also joined in, generating over £100k on his live tour to help 38 local spots across Britain.
The donation supported venues that were facing potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from floods, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and sound issues.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in improving amenities and gear that helped artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from performances in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
He is far from the only musician to give his honor winnings to charitable organizations.
In the band earned the award in the year 1996 for their album the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would contribute their winnings to the organization War Child.
In 2002, artist she split her bounty across several good causes, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked updated gear," the artist told outlets.
In recent years, they gave their prize money to the youth organization that developed their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
And 1994 winners the group donated their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was ample," said artist the singer. "The cash was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted another person's life."
Recently, the MVT shared it had saved a couple of small stages in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in that area and the second in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
