Sam Fender has given the complete sum of his £25k award cash to the MVT, which operates to save the Britain's independent live music spots.
He was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his latest record the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the previous year.
Fender has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the essential function grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I couldn't be pursuing this success if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the area, and beyond, when I was beginning," stated the artist. "These venues are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a small levy to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
Fender also took part, generating more than £100,000 on his live tour to assist 38 small stages across Britain.
The donation supported locations that were confronting possible closure due to challenges stemming from floods, fires and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues received funding support in modernizing facilities and gear that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from shows in large arenas helps the independent spots, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to give his honor prize money to worthy causes.
When they won the trophy in the year 1996 for their release their work, lead singer Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would donate their cash to the charity War Child.
That year, musician the artist split her award across multiple charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite explained to outlets.
Two years ago, they gave their funds to the youth organization that supported their band, as well as other independent music bodies.
And 1994 winners the group gave their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said vocalist Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had rescued several local spots in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
The first in that area and the other in that location were bought under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is funded by a national body and music fans who buy "stakes" in the venues.
