The artist has given the full amount of his £25k award prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
He was awarded the cheque on mid-October as his third album People Watching was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the essential function small stages fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I played around the North East, and beyond, when I was just getting going," remarked Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their ticket prices, which supports local stages.
He also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to support 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
These funds supported venues that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties arising from floods, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues received funding support in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from shows in large arenas supports the local stages, where it begins for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to give his honor prize money to charitable organizations.
Back when they received the award in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, frontman Cocker stated that the group would give their winnings to the organization the charity.
During 2002, musician the artist divided her prize across multiple charities, such as the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with outlets.
Two years ago, they contributed their funds to the local youth club that supported their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally 1994 winners they gave their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was found to have the disease.
"The victory was ample," remarked artist Heather Small. "The cash was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the cake. So our success impacted another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected several small stages in south-east England, by bringing them into community ownership.
The Joiners in that area and the other in the city were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by a national body and music fans who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
