Sam Fender has donated the entirety of his £25,000 award winnings to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the UK's small concert spaces.
The star was awarded the prize on 16 October as his new release his work was declared the top album of the past year.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it weren't for all the shows I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked the artist. "These spaces are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a small levy to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
He also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help 38 local spots across the UK.
These funds supported locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to difficulties stemming from water damage, blazes and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in improving infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from shows in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it begins for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has stated.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his award prize money to charitable organizations.
Back when the band received the award in the mid-90s for their record their work, frontman the singer announced that the band would contribute their prize money to the charity the charity.
In 2002, artist the artist split her bounty among a few good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," the artist explained to a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their winnings to the youth organization that supported their band, in addition to other independent music bodies.
And 1994 winners M People contributed their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was identified with the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked vocalist the singer. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning impacted the lives of others."
Last week, the MVT announced it had protected two local spots in that region, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in that area and the second in Bristol were purchased under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.