Sam Fender has given the full amount of his £25k Mercury Prize winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's small concert spaces.
Fender was given the award on 16 October as his new release his work was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has decided to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the North East, and beyond, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to support the industry, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
Sam Fender also took part, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to assist numerous small stages across the UK.
The money assisted locations that were facing potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and sound issues.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in upgrading amenities and gear that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from shows in large arenas helps the local stages, where it all starts for artists like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
The musician is not the first artist to contribute his honor prize money to good deeds.
When they won the award in 1996 for their release the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker stated that the act would donate their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite split her award among several charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
Previously, they contributed their funds to the local youth club that developed their band, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally 1994 winners they donated their winnings to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"Winning was sufficient," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the extra but we could do without the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning affected somebody else's life."
Last week, the MVT announced it had protected two local spots in that region, by transferring them to local control.
The first in that area and the second in that location were purchased under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by the arts council and supporters who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
