Sam Fender has given the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound award cash to the Music Venues Trust, which works to save the UK's independent music venues.
Fender was presented with the prize on 16 October as his new release his work was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has chosen to give the cash to the trust, in recognition of the essential function grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist would not have achieved what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I played around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated the artist. "These venues are iconic, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have ceased operations – approximately 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which benefits independent venues.
Sam Fender also took part, generating in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help numerous local spots across the UK.
The donation supported locations that were facing possible closure due to difficulties stemming from flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as permit problems, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues were granted funding support in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that helped artists and audiences.
"The concept that money from performances in major spaces backs the local stages, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," the star has stated.
He is not the first artist to give his Mercury Prize winnings to charitable organizations.
When they won the prize in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would contribute their winnings to the charity War Child.
In 2002, musician the artist shared her prize across several organizations, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they needed new equipment," she told outlets.
Two years ago, they donated their winnings to the local youth club that developed their band, alongside other local music groups.
Also winners that year M People gave their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated artist Small. "The cash was the extra but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had protected two local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and the second in Bristol were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who acquire "shares" in the properties.