The star has donated the complete sum of his £25k honor cash to the MVT, which works to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was given the prize on mid-October as his new release his work was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
He has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the gigs I did around the region, and beyond, when I was beginning," remarked Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have shut down – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, major artists including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
Fender also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to support thirty-eight small stages across Britain.
The money helped venues that were facing possible closure due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and sound issues.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from concerts in big venues supports the local stages, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his honor funds to worthy causes.
When Pulp won the award in 1996 for their record the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker declared that the band would contribute their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite shared her award between multiple good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I donated a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," she told outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their prize money to the local youth club that nurtured their group, alongside other local music groups.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group donated their award to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," remarked artist the singer. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust announced it had rescued two small stages in the South East, by placing them under local control.
One venue in that area and the other in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues program, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who acquire "ownership units" in the properties.
