Sam Fender has donated the full amount of his £25k award cash to the trust for venues, which works to save the UK's independent concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the prize on 16 October as his third album People Watching was named the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has chosen to give the cash to the trust, in recognition of the essential function small stages had in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it weren't for all the gigs I performed around the region, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said the artist. "These spaces are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to support the industry, by adding a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Fender also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to assist 38 small stages across the UK.
The money assisted spaces that were dealing with imminent closure due to challenges stemming from floods, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Some locations obtained monetary aid in modernizing facilities and gear that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from performances in major spaces supports the local stages, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is not the first artist to contribute his Mercury Prize winnings to good deeds.
In the band earned the trophy in the year 1996 for their record the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would contribute their cash to the organization War Child.
During 2002, musician the artist split her award between a few organizations, including the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," she explained to a publication.
In recent years, the band contributed their funds to the local youth club that nurtured their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
And the 1994 recipients they gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was ample," stated singer the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our victory impacted another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued two local spots in that region, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in that area and the other in that location were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "shares" in the buildings.
