The star has donated the entirety of his £25k Mercury Prize cash to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the Britain's grassroots live music spots.
He was given the award on mid-October as his new release the album was named the top album of the previous year.
He has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in recognition of the vital role small stages played in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," said the artist. "These venues are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – roughly one-sixth of the total UK scene.
In the last year, top acts including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their admission fees, which benefits independent venues.
He also took part, generating over £100k on his recent tour to help 38 small stages across Britain.
The money assisted locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties arising from floods, fires and personal losses, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in improving infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The concept that money from performances in big venues helps the smaller venues, where it begins for artists like me, is just common sense," the star has stated.
He is not the first artist to give his honor funds to charitable organizations.
In they earned the trophy in 1996 for their album their work, lead singer the singer stated that the band would give their cash to the charity War Child.
In 2002, musician she divided her award across several good causes, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they required new equipment," she explained to the media.
In recent years, they gave their funds to the youth organization that developed their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally the 1994 recipients they donated their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said vocalist Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success impacted another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had saved two small stages in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in the city and the second in the city were purchased under the community ownership initiative, which is funded by a national body and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
