Sam Fender has given the entirety of his £25,000 award prize money to the trust for venues, which works to protect the United Kingdom's small music venues.
He was awarded the cheque on 16 October as his new release the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the past year.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function local spots played in his early career.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it weren't for all the performances I performed around the area, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have ceased operations – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
He also participated, generating over £100k on his recent tour to support 38 small stages across the UK.
The money assisted spaces that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues stemming from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that funds from shows in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to contribute his Mercury Prize prize money to worthy causes.
In Pulp earned the prize in the year 1996 for their release their work, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the act would contribute their cash to the organization the charity.
During 2002, rapper and singer the artist divided her bounty among multiple good causes, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required new equipment," Ms Dynamite explained to outlets.
In recent years, the band gave their prize money to the youth organization that supported their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year M People donated their prize to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the condition.
"The victory was ample," remarked artist the singer. "The money was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the cake. So our winning affected another person's life."
Last week, the trust revealed it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in that region, by placing them under local control.
One venue in that area and The Croft in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "shares" in the venues.
