Sam Fender has donated the entirety of his £25k honor winnings to the trust for venues, which operates to protect the UK's small music venues.
The star was presented with the cheque on October 16 as his new release his work was declared the best record of the past year.
He has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the vital role local spots played in his initial steps.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," said the artist. "These spaces are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, major artists like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, generating in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to assist 38 local spots across the UK.
The money assisted locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues caused by flooding, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Other venues received financial assistance in improving facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from performances in big venues supports the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to give his Mercury Prize prize money to worthy causes.
When they won the award in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, vocalist Cocker stated that the group would contribute their cash to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite divided her award across a few good causes, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also gave a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with the media.
Previously, the band donated their winnings to the community center that developed their band, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year M People donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was found to have the disease.
"The victory was sufficient," said singer Heather Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success affected another person's life."
In the past week, the MVT shared it had saved several grassroots venues in that region, by bringing them into community ownership.
One venue in the city and The Croft in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is backed by Arts Council England and music fans who acquire "shares" in the venues.
