Sam Fender has handed over the full amount of his £25k honor winnings to the trust for venues, which works to protect the Britain's grassroots live music spots.
The star was given the prize on October 16 as his third album his work was named the top album of the previous year.
He has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the vital role small stages played in his initial steps.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Recently, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its efforts to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
Fender also took part, generating over £100k on his live tour to help numerous local spots across Britain.
The donation supported locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to challenges stemming from water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, conflicts and noise complaints.
Some locations were granted monetary aid in improving facilities and gear that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The idea that revenue from concerts in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it begins for artists like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
He is among several artists to donate his Mercury Prize prize money to good deeds.
In the band earned the prize in the year 1996 for their record their work, vocalist Cocker stated that the group would contribute their cash to the organization the charity.
That year, musician the artist shared her bounty among multiple charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I donated a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," she shared with outlets.
Two years ago, they donated their winnings to the youth organization that developed their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally winners that year M People contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"The victory was sufficient," remarked artist Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the cake. So our success impacted another person's life."
Recently, the trust revealed it had saved a couple of local spots in that region, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in the city and The Croft in that location were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
