Sam Fender has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the cheque on October 16 as his new release his work was declared the best record of the last 12 months.
He has opted to donate the funds to the trust, in appreciation of the essential function grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"I wouldn't be doing this success if it weren't for all the performances I played around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," remarked the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – approximately 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, top acts like Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, generating over £100k on his recent tour to help numerous local spots across Britain.
The money supported venues that were facing possible closure due to issues arising from water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in improving facilities and gear that helped artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from concerts in big venues supports the smaller venues, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just sensible," the star has stated.
Fender is among several artists to donate his Mercury Prize funds to good deeds.
When they received the trophy in 1996 for their release Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker stated that the act would donate their winnings to the organization War Child.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite divided her bounty across several good causes, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," she explained to a publication.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their group, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally the 1994 recipients M People donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was found to have the condition.
"The victory was sufficient," said vocalist the singer. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't require the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The first in the city and the second in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by a national body and supporters who acquire "shares" in the properties.
