The artist has donated the full amount of his £25k Mercury Prize prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the UK's grassroots live music spots.
The star was presented with the award on 16 October as his latest record People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," said the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have shut down – about one-sixth of the total UK scene.
In the last year, major artists including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which benefits independent venues.
He also joined in, raising over £100k on his recent tour to support 38 small stages across the UK.
The money helped spaces that were dealing with imminent closure due to challenges stemming from floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in modernizing amenities and gear that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from concerts in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is among several artists to donate his Mercury Prize winnings to charitable organizations.
In Pulp received the award in the mid-90s for their album their work, lead singer Cocker announced that the group would donate their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, artist she split her bounty among a few good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," she told the media.
Previously, the band gave their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their group, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And 1994 winners they gave their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated artist Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we could do without the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved a couple of small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to local control.
The Joiners in the city and The Croft in that location were bought under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is funded by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
