The artist has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 honor winnings to the trust for venues, which works to save the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was given the prize on mid-October as his new release his work was declared the top album of the past year.
He has decided to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the essential function small stages had in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing this success if it weren't for all the performances I performed around the North East, and further afield, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – roughly 16% of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting over £100k on his live tour to support thirty-eight local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money helped spaces that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties arising from flooding, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, court cases and noise complaints.
Some locations obtained financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and technical equipment that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from shows in big venues helps the local stages, where it all starts for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has stated.
He is not the first artist to contribute his honor funds to worthy causes.
Back when the band won the award in the year 1996 for their record their work, vocalist Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would contribute their prize money to the organization War Child.
That year, rapper and singer the artist split her bounty between several good causes, such as the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," the artist shared with the media.
Previously, the band contributed their funds to the youth organization that supported their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
And the 1994 recipients they gave their award to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the condition.
"The victory was quite enough," stated vocalist Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning impacted the lives of others."
Last week, the MVT shared it had protected several local spots in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in that area and the second in Bristol were purchased under the community ownership initiative, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
