The star has given the full amount of his £25,000 honor winnings to the MVT, which functions to save the UK's grassroots music venues.
Fender was presented with the prize on October 16 as his third album People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
He has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the essential function small stages played in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I played around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," remarked Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have shut down – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
He also took part, raising over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
These funds helped locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to issues caused by floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained funding support in upgrading amenities and technical equipment that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from performances in big venues supports the local stages, where it begins for performers like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
He is not the first artist to donate his award funds to worthy causes.
Back when the band received the award in 1996 for their album the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would contribute their prize money to the non-profit the charity.
That year, artist Ms Dynamite shared her award across a few charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," she told outlets.
In recent years, the band contributed their funds to the local youth club that developed their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients the group donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was ample," said singer Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the honor. So our success impacted another person's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had rescued two local spots in that region, by placing them under community ownership.
The first in Southampton and the second in the city were bought under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is backed by Arts Council England and music fans who acquire "stakes" in the properties.
