Sam Fender has donated the full amount of his £25k honor winnings to the MVT, which operates to protect the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the prize on 16 October as his latest record his work was chosen as the best record of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to donate the funds to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues had in his beginning days.
"As an artist would not have achieved my current career if it weren't for all the performances I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was starting out," remarked Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – about 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its attempts to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
Fender also participated, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to support numerous local spots across the UK.
These funds supported spaces that were facing potential shutdown due to challenges stemming from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and sound issues.
Some locations were granted financial assistance in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that helped musicians and audiences.
"The notion that funds from concerts in big venues helps the local stages, where it all starts for artists like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his award winnings to charitable organizations.
When they earned the trophy in 1996 for their album the album, frontman Cocker declared that the band would contribute their winnings to the charity the charity.
That year, artist Ms Dynamite split her prize across a few organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also gave a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
In recent years, they donated their winnings to the youth organization that developed their band, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Also 1994 winners the group gave their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was quite enough," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our success affected another person's life."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
The first in Southampton and The Croft in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
