Sam Fender has given the full amount of his £25k award winnings to the MVT, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's small music venues.
The star was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his new release People Watching was named the top album of the past year.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in appreciation of the crucial part local spots had in his initial steps.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the region, and beyond, when I was starting out," remarked Sam Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly 16% of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, major artists including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
Fender also joined in, generating in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to support 38 local spots across the UK.
These funds assisted venues that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues stemming from water damage, blazes and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Other venues received financial assistance in modernizing amenities and gear that helped performers and audiences.
"The notion that money from shows in major spaces backs the local stages, where it begins for performers like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his award funds to good deeds.
Back when the band earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their album Different Class, vocalist Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would donate their winnings to the organization the charity.
In 2002, musician Ms Dynamite divided her bounty among a few organizations, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I donated a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," she told outlets.
Previously, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the community center that developed their band, alongside other local music groups.
Also the 1994 recipients the group contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said artist Heather Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the cake. So our victory affected another person's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had protected two grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to community ownership.
The first in the city and the other in Bristol were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is backed by a national body and enthusiasts who purchase "shares" in the buildings.
