Sam Fender has given the full amount of his £25k award prize money to the MVT, which operates to preserve the Britain's grassroots music venues.
He was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his new release People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the crucial part local spots fulfilled in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I played around the area, and further afield, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent 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 MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which goes to help independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, raising over £100k on his live tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation helped locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues arising from floods, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and sound issues.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in upgrading facilities and technical equipment that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from performances in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it begins for artists like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his award winnings to worthy causes.
When Pulp earned the trophy in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, lead singer the singer stated that the group would contribute their cash to the organization War Child.
That year, artist the artist shared her award across a few charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I gave a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they needed updated gear," the artist shared with a publication.
Previously, the band gave their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their act, alongside other local music groups.
Also winners that year the group donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," said singer Heather Small. "The cash was the extra but we could do without the extra, because we had the main prize. So our winning affected the lives of others."
Last week, the trust shared it had saved several local spots in that region, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in that area and the other in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is funded by a national body and music fans who acquire "stakes" in the properties.
