The artist has donated the full amount of his £25k award prize money to the MVT, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's small concert spaces.
Fender was given the prize on mid-October as his latest record his work was declared the top album of the last 12 months.
He has opted to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the essential function grassroots venues played in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these venues have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its initiatives to support the industry, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits independent venues.
He also joined in, generating over £100k on his live tour to support numerous small stages across the UK.
These funds helped spaces that were dealing with potential shutdown due to difficulties stemming from flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from performances in large arenas supports the independent spots, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," Fender has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to contribute his award funds to worthy causes.
In Pulp earned the award in 1996 for their album the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would contribute their prize money to the charity War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer the artist divided her prize across multiple organizations, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," she shared with a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their funds to the youth organization that nurtured their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally winners that year they contributed their award to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," stated artist the singer. "The cash was the extra but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory impacted another person's life."
Last week, the trust revealed it had protected several small stages in that region, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in the city and the second in that location were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
