Sam Fender has handed over the entirety of his £25k honor cash to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the UK's independent concert spaces.
He was given the cheque on October 16 as his third album People Watching was chosen as the best record of the past year.
Fender has chosen to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the essential function local spots played in his initial steps.
"I personally would not have achieved what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the total UK scene.
In the last year, well-known musicians including Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its efforts to support the industry, by applying a small levy to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, generating in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support numerous small stages across Britain.
The money supported venues that were facing imminent closure due to issues caused by flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues were granted funding support in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that helped artists and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from performances in major spaces helps the independent spots, where it all starts for artists like me, is just sensible," the star has said.
He is far from the only musician to give his Mercury Prize winnings to charitable organizations.
In the band won the prize in 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman the singer declared that the band would donate their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, artist Ms Dynamite shared her prize between several charities, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told a publication.
Previously, they gave their winnings to the local youth club that nurtured their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And 1994 winners they donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning affected somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had saved a couple of small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in the city were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is funded by a national body and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
