The star has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound honor winnings to the MVT, which works to protect the UK's small music venues.
Fender was given the cheque on 16 October as his third album his work was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
He has decided to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I personally would not have achieved what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the performances I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these locations have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
He also took part, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to help 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation helped venues that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties arising from water damage, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that helped performers and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from concerts in big venues supports the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," Fender has commented.
Fender is among several artists to give his honor prize money to charitable organizations.
When they earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their record their work, lead singer the singer declared that the act would donate their prize money to the charity War Child.
During 2002, artist the artist split her bounty among several charities, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," the artist shared with the media.
Previously, the band contributed their winnings to the youth organization that supported their group, as well as other independent music bodies.
Also the 1994 recipients M People gave their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"The victory was ample," stated singer the singer. "The money was the cherry on top but we could do without the bonus, because we had the cake. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the trust announced it had saved a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to community ownership.
The first in Southampton and The Croft in that location were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who buy "shares" in the venues.
