The star has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound honor prize money to the MVT, which functions to save the Britain's small concert spaces.
He was awarded the cheque on 16 October as his third album People Watching was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has decided to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues had in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the shows I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated Sam Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately 16% of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports local stages.
Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
These funds assisted locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties caused by water damage, fires and personal losses, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in improving amenities and gear that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from concerts in large arenas supports the local stages, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just sensible," the star has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to give his award winnings to worthy causes.
When the band won the award in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, vocalist the singer stated that the band would donate their cash to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite shared her award between multiple good causes, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required new equipment," Ms Dynamite shared with the media.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the community center that nurtured their band, in addition to other local music groups.
Also the 1994 recipients the group gave their prize to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," stated singer Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the cake. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had rescued two local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
The first in Southampton and The Croft in that location were bought under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "stakes" in the buildings.
