The artist has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 award prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's small music venues.
The star was awarded the award on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was named the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues had in his beginning days.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I did around the area, and beyond, when I was beginning," remarked Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Recently, major artists including Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to support the industry, by including a small levy to their ticket prices, which supports local stages.
Fender also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation helped spaces that were dealing with imminent closure due to issues caused by flooding, fires and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces received funding support in upgrading infrastructure and gear that helped artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from performances in large arenas supports the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is not the first artist to give his award funds to good deeds.
Back when they earned the award in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, lead singer the singer announced that the group would contribute their winnings to the organization the charity.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite shared her award between a few good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," the artist shared with the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their funds to the local youth club that nurtured their group, in addition to other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners they gave their award to a MS organization after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was quite enough," said artist Heather Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our victory affected another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had rescued several small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in that area and The Croft in the city were acquired under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "stakes" in the properties.
