Sam Fender has given the full amount of his £25,000 award cash to the MVT, which operates to save the Britain's independent music venues.
Fender was given the cheque on mid-October as his third album the album was named the best record of the past year.
He has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues had in his early career.
"I couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which benefits local stages.
Fender also joined in, generating more than £100,000 on his live tour to help thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
The money assisted venues that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues caused by water damage, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues were granted monetary aid in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The idea that money from performances in big venues supports the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," the star has said.
Fender is not the first artist to give his award winnings to charitable organizations.
In Pulp earned the award in 1996 for their release Different Class, vocalist Cocker announced that the band would give their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite shared her prize between a few charities, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I gave a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," the artist shared with outlets.
Two years ago, the band donated their funds to the youth organization that supported their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year M People contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the illness.
"Winning was sufficient," said artist the singer. "The prize was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our victory affected the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved several small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
The Joiners in that area and the second in that location were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who acquire "stakes" in the properties.
