Sam Fender has handed over the complete sum of his £25,000 honor cash to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the Britain's small live music spots.
He was given the cheque on mid-October as his third album People Watching was chosen as 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 local spots played in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it weren't for all the performances I played around the North East, and beyond, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to support the industry, by adding a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds supported locations that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties arising from water damage, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces received funding support in upgrading infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that funds from performances in big venues supports the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has said.
Fender is among several artists to donate his honor funds to worthy causes.
In the band won the trophy in the mid-90s for their record the album, lead singer the singer declared that the group would donate their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
During 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite split her bounty between multiple good causes, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I gave a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they needed new equipment," she told a publication.
Previously, they gave their funds to the community center that nurtured their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year the group gave their winnings to a MS organization after a friend was identified with the condition.
"Winning was ample," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched another person's life."
Last week, the trust shared it had rescued a couple of local spots in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
The first in that area and the other in the city were acquired under the community ownership initiative, which is backed by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "ownership units" in the buildings.
