The star has given the full amount of his £25,000 award prize money to the MVT, which operates to protect the United Kingdom's independent concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the award on mid-October as his latest record his work was chosen as the best record of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the crucial part local spots fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I performed around the region, and beyond, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately 16% of the total UK scene.
Recently, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation helped locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to challenges caused by floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces received financial assistance in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from concerts in major spaces supports the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
He is far from the only musician to give his award funds to good deeds.
Back when they received the trophy in the year 1996 for their release the album, lead singer the singer announced that the act would contribute their winnings to the organization the charity.
That year, rapper and singer she split her bounty across a few good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also gave a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked updated gear," the artist told a publication.
In recent years, they gave their prize money to the youth organization that supported their act, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year M People contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was found to have the disease.
"The victory was ample," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't need the extra, because we had the cake. So our success touched another person's life."
Last week, the MVT shared it had saved several small stages in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
