The star has handed over the complete sum of his £25k award prize money to the trust for venues, which operates to save the Britain's independent live music spots.
The star was presented with the award on mid-October as his third album People Watching was named the best record of the past year.
He has opted to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role small stages fulfilled in his beginning days.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it hadn't been for all the shows I played around the North East, and beyond, when I was starting out," said the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have shut down – about one-sixth of the total UK scene.
Recently, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its attempts to support the industry, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Fender also joined in, raising over £100k on his live tour to support numerous local spots across Britain.
These funds assisted locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties caused by water damage, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, conflicts and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in improving facilities and gear that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from shows in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his award winnings to charitable organizations.
Back when they earned the prize in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would contribute their cash to the organization War Child.
That year, artist she split her prize between a few good causes, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," she told outlets.
In recent years, the band contributed their prize money to the local youth club that supported their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally 1994 winners they donated their prize to a MS organization after a friend was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated artist the singer. "The money was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the cake. So our success impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the MVT shared it had rescued several small stages in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
One venue in that area and The Croft in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues program, which is backed by the arts council and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the buildings.
