The artist has given the entirety of his £25,000 honor winnings to the MVT, which works to save the United Kingdom's small concert spaces.
He was given the cheque on October 16 as his latest record People Watching was chosen as the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally would not have achieved my current career if it weren't for all the performances I performed around the area, and beyond, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the total UK scene.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which goes to help independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation assisted venues that were facing possible closure due to challenges stemming from floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from concerts in big venues backs the independent spots, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
Fender is among several artists to donate his award winnings to worthy causes.
In Pulp earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, frontman Cocker stated that the act would give their winnings to the charity War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist split her award among several good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," she shared with the media.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the youth organization that nurtured their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
And 1994 winners M People gave their award to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"The victory was ample," remarked artist Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning affected the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved several local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in the city and The Croft in that location were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the properties.
