Sam Fender has donated the complete sum of his £25,000 award cash to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the UK's grassroots music venues.
He was presented with the prize on October 16 as his latest record his work was named the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to give the cash to the MVT, in recognition of the vital role small stages fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist would not have achieved what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," stated the artist. "These venues are renowned, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, top acts such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their ticket prices, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, raising more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds supported locations that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from floods, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Some locations obtained funding support in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and audiences.
"The concept that funds from shows in big venues helps the independent spots, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," the star has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to give his honor prize money to good deeds.
In the band earned the prize in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, vocalist the singer announced that the act would give their prize money to the non-profit the charity.
In 2002, artist she split her prize among several charities, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed updated gear," the artist explained to the media.
Two years ago, the band gave their winnings to the local youth club that nurtured their act, alongside other independent music bodies.
And winners that year the group gave their award to a MS organization after a acquaintance was identified with the illness.
"The victory was sufficient," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the cake. So our success affected another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had saved a couple of grassroots venues in that region, by placing them under local control.
One venue in the city and the other in the city were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is supported by a national body and enthusiasts who purchase "stakes" in the venues.
