Sam Fender has donated the full amount of his £25k award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to save the UK's independent live music spots.
Fender was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his latest record the album was named the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages played in his early career.
"I personally wouldn't be doing this success if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help independent venues.
Sam Fender also took part, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to assist thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
The money helped venues that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties caused by water damage, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in improving infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The idea that revenue from concerts in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it begins for artists like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
He is far from the only musician to contribute his Mercury Prize winnings to good deeds.
Back when the band won the prize in 1996 for their album their work, vocalist Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would give their cash to the organization the charity.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite divided her award among multiple charities, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I gave a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite explained to the media.
Two years ago, they donated their prize money to the community center that nurtured their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally 1994 winners the group donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was found to have the disease.
"Winning was ample," stated singer Small. "The money was the extra but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory affected the lives of others."
Last week, the MVT revealed it had protected two grassroots venues in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in the city and the other in the city were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "shares" in the buildings.
