Sam Fender has given the full amount of his £25,000 award winnings to the MVT, which works to protect the UK's independent concert spaces.
He was given the prize on mid-October as his latest record the album was chosen as the best record of the last 12 months.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role local spots played in his early career.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – approximately one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, well-known musicians such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its attempts to support the industry, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which benefits independent venues.
He also took part, raising in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds helped venues that were facing possible closure due to difficulties arising from flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, conflicts and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that money from shows in big venues supports the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just common sense," Fender has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his honor prize money to charitable organizations.
In Pulp received the trophy in 1996 for their record Different Class, frontman Cocker stated that the group would contribute their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, artist the artist divided her award across a few charities, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked updated gear," she told a publication.
In recent years, the band contributed their prize money to the local youth club that developed their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year they donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," stated singer the singer. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory touched another person's life."
Recently, the trust shared it had protected two grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The Joiners in the city and the other in that location were purchased under the community ownership initiative, which is supported by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
