The star has handed over the full amount of his £25k award winnings to the MVT, which operates to protect the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
Fender was awarded the award on October 16 as his latest record People Watching was named the best record of the past year.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the vital role small stages played in his initial steps.
"I wouldn't be doing this success if it wasn't for all the shows I did around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," remarked Sam Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also took part, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted spaces that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties caused by floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces were granted monetary aid in improving amenities and gear that helped performers and fans.
"The notion that money from shows in big venues helps the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has commented.
Fender is among several artists to contribute his award funds to worthy causes.
When Pulp received the prize in the year 1996 for their release the album, vocalist the singer declared that the band would donate their winnings to the charity War Child.
That year, rapper and singer the artist split her prize between several good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I donated a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they required new equipment," she shared with a publication.
Previously, the band donated their prize money to the local youth club that supported their group, in addition to other local music groups.
And 1994 winners the group gave their prize to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the disease.
"The victory was sufficient," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the extra, because we had the honor. So our victory affected another person's life."
Last week, the trust revealed it had saved several grassroots venues in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in the city and the second in the city were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who acquire "shares" in the properties.
