The star has handed over the full amount of his £25,000 honor winnings to the MVT, which operates to protect the UK's independent live music spots.
He was presented with the award on mid-October as his latest record his work was declared the best record of the previous year.
He has decided to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role local spots fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I couldn't be pursuing this success if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the area, and beyond, when I was starting out," stated Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have shut down – approximately one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help local stages.
Sam Fender also took part, generating in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
The money assisted locations that were confronting imminent closure due to issues arising from flooding, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from concerts in major spaces supports the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his award winnings to worthy causes.
Back when they earned the trophy in the year 1996 for their release their work, lead singer Cocker declared that the act would donate their cash to the organization War Child.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite divided her bounty across multiple good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I donated a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," Ms Dynamite explained to the media.
In recent years, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the community center that supported their group, as well as other local music groups.
Also winners that year they gave their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"Winning was ample," stated artist the singer. "The cash was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the honor. So our winning affected another person's life."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had protected two small stages in the South East, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The first in that area and The Croft in Bristol were bought under the community ownership program, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who buy "shares" in the properties.
