The star has donated the complete sum of his £25,000 award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the UK's independent live music spots.
Fender was presented with the award on October 16 as his third album the album was declared the best record of the previous year.
The musician has decided to donate the funds to the MVT, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues had in his initial steps.
"I wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the gigs I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these locations have shut down – approximately 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, well-known musicians such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
He also participated, generating in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to assist thirty-eight small stages across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to difficulties caused by water damage, blazes and personal losses, as well as permit problems, court cases and noise complaints.
Some locations obtained financial assistance in upgrading infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted performers and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from shows in big venues backs the smaller venues, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has said.
He is not the first artist to contribute his award funds to good deeds.
When they earned the prize in the year 1996 for their album their work, vocalist Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would contribute their cash to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer she divided her bounty across a few charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they required better apparatus," she shared with the media.
In recent years, the band donated their funds to the local youth club that developed their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
And 1994 winners M People gave their award to a MS organization after a acquaintance was found to have the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," said singer Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning impacted the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved two small stages in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in Bristol were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
