The star has handed over the complete sum of his £25k honor cash to the MVT, which operates to protect the UK's small music venues.
He was awarded the award on October 16 as his new release his work was declared the top album of the past year.
Fender has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the crucial part grassroots venues had in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it hadn't been for all the shows I did around the area, and further afield, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, top acts such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, generating more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist thirty-eight grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation supported locations that were facing potential shutdown due to challenges caused by floods, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as permit problems, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained monetary aid in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from concerts in large arenas helps the local stages, where it begins for performers like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to contribute his award funds to worthy causes.
In they received the award in the mid-90s for their release the album, lead singer Cocker stated that the act would donate their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, musician Ms Dynamite split her award across multiple organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite explained to a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the local youth club that developed their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year M People gave their winnings to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"Receiving the award was ample," stated artist Heather Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our success affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had rescued a couple of small stages in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in Southampton and the second in the city were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the buildings.
