The artist has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound honor winnings to the MVT, which operates to save the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
Fender was presented with the award on mid-October as his new release People Watching was chosen as the best record of the last 12 months.
He has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the vital role small stages played in his early career.
"I couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the performances I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated the artist. "These spaces are legendary, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to support the industry, by applying a small levy to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
Fender also participated, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
The money helped locations that were confronting imminent closure due to issues arising from floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues were granted financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and gear that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The notion that money from performances in major spaces helps the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has said.
He is not the first artist to give his honor winnings to charitable organizations.
When they won the award in 1996 for their record Different Class, lead singer Cocker announced that the band would donate their winnings to the organization War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite split her prize between several organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also contributed a grand to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," the artist explained to a publication.
In recent years, the band donated their winnings to the community center that supported their band, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also 1994 winners the group gave their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was identified with the condition.
"Receiving the award was ample," said vocalist Heather Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning affected the lives of others."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved several local spots in south-east England, by placing them under public stewardship.
One venue in the city and the second in Bristol were acquired under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and music fans who acquire "stakes" in the buildings.
