Sam Fender has donated the full amount of his £25k Mercury Prize cash to the MVT, which operates to save the UK's small music venues.
He was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his third album People Watching was named the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the essential function grassroots venues played in his beginning days.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I performed around the region, and beyond, when I was beginning," stated the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – about one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Recently, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their ticket costs, which goes to help independent venues.
He also took part, collecting over £100k on his live tour to support numerous local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation assisted spaces that were dealing with potential shutdown due to challenges arising from water damage, fires and personal losses, as well as permit problems, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received financial assistance in improving amenities and technical equipment that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from performances in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is among several artists to donate his Mercury Prize funds to good deeds.
When Pulp earned the trophy in the year 1996 for their record the album, lead singer the singer announced that the band would donate their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite divided her bounty across a few charities, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," she explained to the media.
In recent years, the band gave their prize money to the local youth club that nurtured their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally the 1994 recipients M People gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was sufficient," stated artist Heather Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our victory affected another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust announced it had rescued a couple of local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into community ownership.
One venue in the city and the second in Bristol were purchased under the community ownership initiative, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who acquire "shares" in the venues.
