Sam Fender has handed over the full amount of his £25k honor cash to the MVT, which functions to protect the Britain's grassroots music venues.
He was presented with the prize on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was named the best record of the past year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the essential function small stages played in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the gigs I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have ceased operations – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, generating in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation assisted venues that were confronting potential shutdown due to challenges caused by flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and sound issues.
Some locations were granted monetary aid in upgrading infrastructure and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The idea that funds from shows in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just sensible," the star has said.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his award funds to good deeds.
When Pulp earned the prize in 1996 for their album Different Class, vocalist Cocker declared that the band would contribute their prize money to the non-profit the charity.
During 2002, musician the artist shared her prize among several charities, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I donated a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they required new equipment," the artist explained to the media.
Two years ago, the band donated their prize money to the community center that developed their band, alongside other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners the group donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the disease.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked artist Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected a couple of small stages in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and the other in the city were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by a national body and music fans who purchase "stakes" in the buildings.
