Sam Fender has donated the complete sum of his £25k award winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the UK's independent music venues.
The star was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his third album the album was named the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has chosen to give the cash to the MVT, in recognition of the vital role small stages fulfilled in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it wasn't for all the gigs I did around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
Fender also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to support numerous small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation supported venues that were dealing with potential shutdown due to challenges caused by floods, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and noise complaints.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The idea that money from shows in major spaces supports the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his award prize money to worthy causes.
Back when they won the trophy in the mid-90s for their release the album, frontman the singer announced that the group would donate their cash to the organization War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite shared her prize among a few charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," the artist explained to outlets.
Two years ago, the band gave their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their group, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
And 1994 winners M People donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"Receiving the award was ample," stated artist Small. "The cash was the bonus but we could do without the cherry, because we had the cake. So our victory affected somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT revealed it had saved several small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to local control.
The first in the city and the second in the city were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is supported by a national body and music fans who purchase "shares" in the buildings.
