Sam Fender has donated the full amount of his £25k award cash to the MVT, which functions to save the Britain's independent live music spots.
The star was awarded the prize on 16 October as his third album People Watching was chosen as the top album of the past year.
He has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages played in his initial steps.
"I couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the gigs I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists including the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a modest fee to their ticket prices, which supports independent venues.
Fender also participated, generating over £100k on his live tour to assist 38 small stages across the UK.
The donation helped venues that were confronting imminent closure due to challenges stemming from floods, blazes and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in improving facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and fans.
"The concept that funds from concerts in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
He is far from the only musician to contribute his award funds to good deeds.
When the band received the award in the mid-90s for their record the album, lead singer the singer stated that the group would contribute their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, rapper and singer the artist split her prize between multiple organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a grand to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite explained to a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective contributed their funds to the local youth club that supported their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year they contributed their prize to a MS organization after a friend was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was ample," said vocalist the singer. "The cash was the extra but we didn't require the extra, because we had the honor. So our success affected somebody else's life."
In the past week, the trust revealed it had saved two small stages in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in that area and the second in Bristol were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
