The star has donated the entirety of his £25,000 honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was given the prize on 16 October as his latest record the album was declared the best record of the past year.
He has opted to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role local spots played in his early career.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it weren't for all the performances I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said the artist. "These spaces are renowned, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which goes to help independent venues.
He also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his live tour to assist numerous small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds assisted spaces that were dealing with possible closure due to issues stemming from floods, fires and personal losses, as well as permit problems, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in upgrading facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from shows in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," the star has said.
The musician is among several artists to contribute his Mercury Prize winnings to worthy causes.
In they won the trophy in 1996 for their release the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would give their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite split her award across several charities, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required updated gear," Ms Dynamite shared with outlets.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the local youth club that developed their act, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"Winning was quite enough," said artist Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the cake. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had rescued several grassroots venues in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
The first in Southampton and the second in that location were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who acquire "shares" in the buildings.
