Sam Fender has handed over the complete sum of his £25,000 award cash to the trust for venues, which operates to protect the UK's independent concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the prize on October 16 as his new release the album was declared the top album of the past year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the essential function small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports independent venues.
He also participated, generating in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to assist numerous small stages across the UK.
These funds supported spaces that were dealing with imminent closure due to challenges caused by floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and fans.
"The notion that funds from shows in major spaces backs the local stages, where it all starts for artists like me, is just sensible," Fender has stated.
He is not the first artist to give his Mercury Prize prize money to charitable organizations.
In the band won the prize in the mid-90s for their record their work, frontman the singer declared that the group would donate their cash to the non-profit the charity.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist divided her bounty across several charities, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed new equipment," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their funds to the local youth club that developed their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners they donated their award to a MS organization after a friend was diagnosed the illness.
"Winning was sufficient," remarked singer the singer. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our victory impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved several small stages in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in the city and The Croft in Bristol were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "stakes" in the venues.
