Sam Fender has handed over the full amount of his £25k award winnings to the MVT, which operates to protect the United Kingdom's small music venues.
He was presented with the award on 16 October as his new release his work was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
He has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved this success if it weren't for all the shows I performed around the region, and beyond, when I was beginning," said the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – roughly 16% of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, major artists including the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by adding a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, raising more than £100,000 on his live tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds helped spaces that were facing potential shutdown due to challenges arising from floods, blazes and personal losses, as well as permit problems, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and audiences.
"The idea that revenue from concerts in large arenas supports the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is among several artists to give his Mercury Prize prize money to good deeds.
When they received the prize in the mid-90s for their album the album, lead singer Cocker declared that the act would give their cash to the non-profit the charity.
During 2002, artist the artist split her award among a few charities, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also donated a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their funds to the youth organization that developed their band, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients they donated their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," stated singer the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our success affected another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved a couple of grassroots venues in south-east England, by bringing them into community ownership.
One venue in the city and the second in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues program, which is backed by a national body and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
