Sam Fender has given the full amount of his £25,000 award cash to the MVT, which operates to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was awarded the award on mid-October as his new release his work was named the outstanding release of the previous year.
Fender has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in appreciation of the crucial part local spots played in his beginning days.
"I couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – roughly one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, major artists such as the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
These funds supported venues that were dealing with potential shutdown due to challenges caused by floods, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and fans.
"The concept that revenue from shows in large arenas helps the smaller venues, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
He is far from the only musician to donate his honor winnings to charitable organizations.
In Pulp earned the prize in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, frontman Cocker stated that the act would contribute their winnings to the charity War Child.
In 2002, musician the artist split her award among multiple organizations, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," she shared with the media.
Two years ago, they gave their funds to the youth organization that supported their act, as well as other local music groups.
And the 1994 recipients M People contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the illness.
"Winning was ample," remarked vocalist Small. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our winning affected somebody else's life."
Last week, the trust shared it had rescued several small stages in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in that area and the second in Bristol were bought under the public acquisition program, which is funded by the arts council and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
