The star has given the full amount of his £25,000 honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to preserve the Britain's small live music spots.
The star was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his new release People Watching was named the top album of the previous year.
Fender has chosen to hand the money over to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues played in his beginning days.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the North East, and beyond, when I was beginning," remarked the artist. "These spaces are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – approximately 16 percent of the total UK scene.
In the last year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also participated, raising more than £100,000 on his recent tour to support 38 grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation helped locations that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Some locations received monetary aid in upgrading facilities and technical equipment that positively impacted artists and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from shows in major spaces backs the local stages, where it all starts for artists like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his award prize money to good deeds.
In they earned the award in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, frontman the singer declared that the band would donate their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer she split her prize between several charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," the artist told the media.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective contributed their prize money to the community center that developed their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year M People contributed their award to a MS organization after a acquaintance was found to have the condition.
"The victory was ample," remarked singer the singer. "The money was the extra but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our victory impacted another person's life."
Last week, the MVT revealed it had protected several local spots in the South East, by transferring them to community ownership.
The first in Southampton and The Croft in that location were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is funded by a national body and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
