Sam Fender has handed over the full amount of his £25k Mercury Prize cash to the MVT, which works to protect the United Kingdom's independent live music spots.
Fender was presented with the prize on mid-October as his new release the album was named the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues had in his initial steps.
"I personally would not have achieved what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the region, and beyond, when I was just getting going," said the artist. "These spaces are legendary, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Recently, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to assist thirty-eight small stages across Britain.
The donation assisted locations that were facing possible closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted monetary aid in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and audiences.
"The idea that revenue from shows in large arenas helps the smaller venues, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is not the first artist to give his honor prize money to charitable organizations.
Back when they received the trophy in the year 1996 for their album their work, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would give their cash to the charity the charity.
In 2002, rapper and singer she split her prize among several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required new equipment," the artist told a publication.
In recent years, the band donated their funds to the local youth club that nurtured their band, alongside other local music groups.
And 1994 winners the group gave their award to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was found to have the condition.
"Winning was sufficient," stated artist the singer. "The money was the bonus but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT announced it had saved several grassroots venues in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in the city were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is funded by the arts council and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the properties.
