Sam Fender has given the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which works to save the Britain's independent concert spaces.
The star was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his third album his work was chosen as the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has chosen to give the cash to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages played in his beginning days.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I played around the region, and beyond, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – about 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help independent venues.
Fender also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help numerous grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation assisted venues that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges arising from flooding, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and sound issues.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted artists and concertgoers.
"The notion that money from performances in big venues supports the local stages, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to contribute his Mercury Prize funds to good deeds.
In the band won the award in 1996 for their album their work, vocalist Cocker stated that the band would contribute their cash to the non-profit the charity.
During 2002, artist she split her prize among several good causes, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required new equipment," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
Previously, they donated their winnings to the community center that nurtured their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients M People donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was found to have the condition.
"Winning was quite enough," remarked singer Small. "The money was the bonus but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the MVT announced it had saved a couple of small stages in south-east England, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in that location were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is backed by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "ownership units" in the buildings.
