The star has donated the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the trust for venues, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's small concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his latest record People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
He has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues played in his early career.
"I couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the gigs I played around the North East, and beyond, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to support the industry, by adding a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
Fender also took part, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to support 38 small stages across Britain.
The money helped spaces that were dealing with possible closure due to challenges caused by water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Some locations received financial assistance in upgrading amenities and technical equipment that helped musicians and audiences.
"The concept that revenue from performances in major spaces helps the independent spots, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his honor winnings to good deeds.
When Pulp received the award in 1996 for their album their work, lead singer Cocker stated that the act would donate their prize money to the organization War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist shared her bounty between several organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," the artist explained to outlets.
In recent years, the band gave their prize money to the youth organization that developed their act, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally 1994 winners M People contributed their prize to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was identified with the disease.
"Winning was quite enough," remarked vocalist the singer. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the honor. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under local control.
One venue in the city and the second in that location were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is funded by a national body and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the buildings.
