The star has given the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was given the prize on 16 October as his new release his work was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
He has decided to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"I would not have achieved what I am doing today if it weren't for all the gigs I played around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which supports independent venues.
He also participated, raising more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist thirty-eight grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation assisted venues that were facing potential shutdown due to issues stemming from flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and sound issues.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from concerts in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just sensible," Fender has said.
Fender is not the first artist to donate his honor prize money to worthy causes.
In the band won the award in the year 1996 for their release the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker declared that the act would contribute their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, rapper and singer the artist split her award between multiple good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they required updated gear," she shared with a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their group, in addition to other independent music bodies.
And 1994 winners they contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," remarked vocalist the singer. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't require the extra, because we had the honor. So our victory affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had rescued a couple of small stages in south-east England, by placing them under public stewardship.
The first in the city and the second in that location were bought under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the properties.
