Sam Fender has given the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound award cash to the trust for venues, which operates to save the UK's grassroots music venues.
He was given the prize on October 16 as his third album his work was declared the best record of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role grassroots venues had in his initial steps.
"I couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these locations have ceased operations – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a small levy to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
Fender also joined in, raising over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support 38 local spots across the UK.
The donation supported locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues stemming from flooding, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in upgrading infrastructure and gear that positively impacted performers and fans.
"The concept that revenue from shows in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his honor prize money to charitable organizations.
When they received the prize in the mid-90s for their record their work, frontman the singer declared that the group would donate their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, artist she shared her award between several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," she shared with outlets.
Previously, they gave their winnings to the local youth club that developed their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year M People contributed their award to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was ample," said singer Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched another person's life."
Last week, the trust shared it had rescued two grassroots venues in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
One venue in the city and the other in the city were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is backed by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.