The artist has given the full amount of his £25,000 award cash to the trust for venues, which operates to save the United Kingdom's small concert spaces.
The star was given the prize on October 16 as his latest record his work was named the best record of the previous year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the essential function local spots had in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it weren't for all the performances I did around the North East, and beyond, when I was just getting going," said the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – about 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its initiatives to support the industry, by adding a small levy to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising over £100k on his recent tour to support numerous grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds assisted venues that were confronting imminent closure due to challenges stemming from floods, blazes and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted performers and fans.
"The idea that money from concerts in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just logical," the star has stated.
He is not the first artist to donate his award prize money to worthy causes.
Back when Pulp earned the prize in the year 1996 for their album their work, vocalist Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would give their winnings to the charity War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer she divided her award across several good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required new equipment," she explained to the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the local youth club that supported their group, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients the group contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was ample," stated vocalist Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our victory affected another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued a couple of small stages in that region, by bringing them into local control.
The first in that area and the second in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is funded by a national body and music fans who acquire "shares" in the venues.
