Sam Fender has donated the entirety of his £25k Mercury Prize winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
He was given the prize on mid-October as his third album the album was chosen as the best record of the past year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the trust, in recognition of the essential function grassroots venues had in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it weren't for all the gigs I played around the area, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have shut down – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which benefits smaller concert halls.
He also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds assisted venues that were facing imminent closure due to difficulties caused by floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and sound issues.
Some locations obtained financial assistance in upgrading amenities and gear that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that money from concerts in large arenas supports the smaller venues, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
He is not the first artist to give his award prize money to good deeds.
In the band earned the trophy in 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would give their cash to the organization War Child.
In 2002, musician the artist split her award among several good causes, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also gave a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," the artist explained to outlets.
Two years ago, the band gave their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their act, alongside other local music groups.
And the 1994 recipients the group contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the illness.
"The victory was ample," stated singer Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched another person's life."
In the past week, the trust announced it had rescued a couple of small stages in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in the city and The Croft in the city were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is backed by Arts Council England and music fans who acquire "stakes" in the properties.
