Sam Fender has given the entirety of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the MVT, which functions to protect the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was awarded the cheque on 16 October as his third album his work was named the best record of the past year.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in appreciation of the crucial part local spots fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally would not have achieved this success if it hadn't been for all the performances I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," remarked Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
He also took part, generating more than £100,000 on his live tour to support numerous small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted venues that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties caused by water damage, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from performances in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to contribute his award funds to worthy causes.
Back when they earned the trophy in the year 1996 for their release the album, lead singer the singer stated that the group would contribute their prize money to the non-profit the charity.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite shared her award between several charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," she explained to a publication.
Previously, the band donated their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And 1994 winners M People gave their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was ample," stated artist Heather Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the honor. So our victory affected somebody else's life."
Last week, the MVT shared it had saved a couple of grassroots venues in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
The first in Southampton and the other in the city were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is backed by Arts Council England and music fans who acquire "ownership units" in the properties.
