The artist has handed over the complete sum of his £25k award cash to the MVT, which functions to save the Britain's grassroots live music spots.
The star was given the cheque on 16 October as his latest record the album was declared the best record of the previous year.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role local spots had in his initial steps.
"I wouldn't be doing this success if it wasn't for all the shows I did around the region, and beyond, when I was starting out," remarked the artist. "These locations are iconic, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these spaces have shut down – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help independent venues.
Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds supported spaces that were facing possible closure due to challenges stemming from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted funding support in upgrading infrastructure and gear that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from performances in big venues helps the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has said.
He is not the first artist to donate his award funds to worthy causes.
Back when they earned the prize in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, lead singer the singer declared that the act would contribute their prize money to the organization the charity.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist divided her award among several charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a grand to the center, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," she told outlets.
Previously, the band gave their winnings to the local youth club that supported their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year the group donated their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was found to have the condition.
"Winning was ample," said artist Heather Small. "The money was the bonus but we could do without the cherry, because we had the honor. So our success touched another person's life."
Recently, the MVT shared it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
The Joiners in that area and the other in that location were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is funded by the arts council and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
