Sam Fender has given the full amount of his £25,000 honor cash to the trust for venues, which operates to protect the Britain's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was awarded the award on 16 October as his latest record the album was declared the best record of the last 12 months.
Fender has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in recognition of the crucial part local spots played in his beginning days.
"I personally would not have achieved this success if it hadn't been for all the performances I did around the area, and further afield, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which benefits independent venues.
Fender also took part, generating more than £100,000 on his live tour to support numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation helped locations that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties caused by water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations received monetary aid in modernizing amenities and gear that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from concerts in major spaces helps the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," Fender has commented.
Fender is among several artists to give his honor funds to good deeds.
In the band received the trophy in the year 1996 for their album the album, vocalist the singer announced that the act would give their cash to the organization War Child.
That year, artist the artist divided her prize across multiple organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required new equipment," the artist told a publication.
Two years ago, the band contributed their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their group, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year the group contributed their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the condition.
"The victory was sufficient," remarked artist Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the trust announced it had rescued a couple of small stages in south-east England, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in that area and The Croft in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by a national body and supporters who buy "stakes" in the properties.
