Sam Fender has given the full amount of his £25,000 award cash to the MVT, which operates to save the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was given the prize on 16 October as his latest record his work was chosen as the outstanding release of the past year.
Fender has opted to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues had in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it weren't for all the shows I performed around the region, and beyond, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists such as the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also participated, raising more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds supported venues that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues caused by flooding, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces received financial assistance in improving facilities and technical equipment that helped musicians and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from concerts in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has said.
Fender is not the first artist to give his award winnings to good deeds.
Back when the band won the trophy in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, frontman the singer stated that the group would donate their cash to the organization War Child.
That year, musician she divided her prize between multiple good causes, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required new equipment," Ms Dynamite told the media.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their winnings to the youth organization that supported their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year M People gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated singer Heather Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our success affected the lives of others."
Last week, the MVT shared it had saved several local spots in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in that location were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who buy "shares" in the properties.
