The artist has given the full amount of his £25,000 award prize money to the MVT, which operates to save the Britain's grassroots music venues.
Fender was awarded the cheque on 16 October as his new release his work was named the outstanding release of the past year.
He has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally would not have achieved this success if it weren't for all the shows I did around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," stated Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have shut down – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, raising more than £100,000 on his live tour to help thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
The donation helped locations that were facing imminent closure due to difficulties arising from water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and noise complaints.
Some locations were granted monetary aid in modernizing amenities and gear that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The idea that money from performances in large arenas helps the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has said.
Fender is among several artists to give his honor winnings to worthy causes.
In they won the award in the mid-90s for their record the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would donate their winnings to the organization War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer the artist split her prize between multiple good causes, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I donated a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," the artist shared with a publication.
Previously, the band contributed their funds to the youth organization that developed their band, as well as other independent music bodies.
And winners that year they contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a acquaintance was found to have the illness.
"Winning was quite enough," remarked vocalist Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our victory impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The Joiners in the city and The Croft in that location were bought under the community ownership program, which is funded by the arts council and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the properties.
