Sam Fender has given the full amount of his £25,000 Mercury Prize prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the Britain's independent music venues.
He was given the cheque on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was named the best record of the previous year.
He has opted to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the crucial part small stages had in his beginning days.
"I couldn't be pursuing this success if it weren't for all the shows I performed around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have shut down – about one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Recently, top acts including the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Fender also joined in, raising in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help 38 local spots across Britain.
The donation supported locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties arising from floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces received funding support in improving amenities and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The concept that money from concerts in big venues helps the independent spots, where it all starts for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is not the first artist to give his Mercury Prize funds to charitable organizations.
In they won the award in the mid-90s for their record the album, vocalist the singer declared that the act would contribute their cash to the non-profit War Child.
That year, rapper and singer she split her award across multiple good causes, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they required new equipment," she explained to outlets.
Previously, the band donated their prize money to the local youth club that nurtured their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also the 1994 recipients the group donated their winnings to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said vocalist Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory impacted the lives of others."
In the past week, the MVT shared it had saved several small stages in the South East, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in the city were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "shares" in the venues.
