Sam Fender has given the entirety of his £25k award cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the Britain's small concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the prize on October 16 as his new release his work was chosen as the top album of the past year.
He has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the vital role small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"I couldn't be pursuing this success if it wasn't for all the performances I played around the area, and beyond, when I was starting out," remarked Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
Fender also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to support thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
The donation helped spaces that were confronting possible closure due to issues stemming from flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and sound issues.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in modernizing facilities and gear that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from shows in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is among several artists to donate his honor winnings to charitable organizations.
In the band earned the award in 1996 for their release the album, vocalist the singer stated that the act would give their prize money to the charity the charity.
That year, musician she split her bounty between multiple organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they needed updated gear," Ms Dynamite explained to outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their band, alongside other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners they gave their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was quite enough," said singer the singer. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success touched another person's life."
Last week, the trust announced it had rescued two grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.
One venue in the city and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the community ownership initiative, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "shares" in the properties.
