Sam Fender has given the complete sum of his £25,000 award prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the Britain's small music venues.
Fender was presented with the prize on 16 October as his third album the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the past year.
He has chosen to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the essential function local spots had in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it hadn't been for all the performances I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Fender also took part, generating in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds supported locations that were facing possible closure due to issues caused by floods, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from performances in large arenas supports the independent spots, where it begins for artists like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is among several artists to give his honor prize money to charitable organizations.
In they earned the trophy in 1996 for their release Different Class, lead singer the singer declared that the act would donate their cash to the charity the charity.
In 2002, musician Ms Dynamite split her award among several good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I donated a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed new equipment," the artist explained to outlets.
In recent years, the band contributed their funds to the community center that nurtured their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners the group gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated artist Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the honor. So our winning affected somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had saved several local spots in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
One venue in that area and The Croft in Bristol were bought under the public acquisition program, which is funded by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "shares" in the properties.
