Sam Fender has given the full amount of his £25k award winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's independent live music spots.
He was given the cheque on October 16 as his latest record People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has decided to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages had in his beginning days.
"I personally would not have achieved my current career if it weren't for all the performances I played around the area, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their ticket costs, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, raising over £100k on his recent tour to support 38 small stages across the UK.
The donation assisted venues that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues were granted monetary aid in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that positively impacted artists and fans.
"The notion that revenue from shows in big venues backs the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just common sense," the star has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his award prize money to worthy causes.
When Pulp won the prize in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman Cocker announced that the act would give their cash to the organization War Child.
That year, rapper and singer she divided her bounty between several good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their funds to the youth organization that nurtured their band, in addition to other local music groups.
And winners that year they contributed their prize to a MS organization after a acquaintance was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said vocalist Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory affected somebody else's life."
Last week, the trust announced it had protected several local spots in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and the other in Bristol were purchased under the community ownership scheme, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.