Sam Fender has donated the complete sum of his £25k honor cash to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the Britain's small concert spaces.
He was given the award on October 16 as his new release People Watching was named the top album of the previous year.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages had in his beginning days.
"I couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a small levy to their admission fees, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also joined in, generating more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help thirty-eight local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds assisted locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues caused by floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, conflicts and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The idea that revenue from shows in big venues backs the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is among several artists to give his award prize money to charitable organizations.
When the band received the prize in 1996 for their album the album, vocalist Cocker announced that the act would contribute their winnings to the organization War Child.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite shared her prize between multiple good causes, including the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also donated a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the local youth club that nurtured their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally 1994 winners the group gave their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was ample," stated artist the singer. "The cash was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our winning touched the lives of others."
Last week, the MVT revealed it had rescued several grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and the other in that location were purchased under the community ownership program, which is supported by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the properties.
