The star has handed over the full amount of his £25k award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to preserve the UK's small concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the award on mid-October as his new release his work was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the essential function small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it weren't for all the shows I performed around the region, and beyond, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have shut down – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to support the industry, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports independent venues.
He also participated, generating in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
These funds supported spaces that were confronting possible closure due to issues stemming from floods, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and sound issues.
Other venues obtained funding support in upgrading facilities and gear that positively impacted musicians and fans.
"The notion that revenue from concerts in large arenas supports the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to contribute his honor prize money to worthy causes.
When Pulp won the prize in 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman Cocker stated that the group would contribute their winnings to the organization War Child.
During 2002, musician she shared her award between multiple good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," she explained to outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their prize money to the community center that supported their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also the 1994 recipients the group gave their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was sufficient," said singer Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory touched another person's life."
In the past week, the trust shared it had rescued two grassroots venues in that region, by transferring them to local control.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in Bristol were purchased under the community ownership scheme, which is backed by the arts council and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
