The artist has handed over the full amount of his £25k honor cash to the trust for venues, which works to preserve the UK's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was awarded the award on October 16 as his third album 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 crucial part small stages had in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the area, and further afield, when I was starting out," stated Sam Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their ticket prices, which supports local stages.
Fender also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help 38 small stages across Britain.
The donation assisted locations that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from flooding, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Some locations obtained monetary aid in modernizing infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from concerts in major spaces supports the independent spots, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is among several artists to give his award funds to charitable organizations.
Back when they received the prize in the mid-90s for their album Different Class, vocalist the singer announced that the band would give their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
That year, rapper and singer the artist split her award among multiple good causes, such as the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also donated a grand to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," the artist told outlets.
Previously, they gave their prize money to the local youth club that supported their group, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group contributed their award to a MS organization after a friend was identified with the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," said artist the singer. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success impacted somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust revealed it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in that region, by placing them under community ownership.
The first in the city and the second in that location were bought under the community ownership program, which is backed by a national body and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
