The artist has given the entirety of his £25k honor cash to the MVT, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
He was given the cheque on 16 October as his new release his work was chosen as the top album of the past year.
He has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the essential function grassroots venues played in his beginning days.
"I personally would not have achieved what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the region, and beyond, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts such as the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help local stages.
Fender also took part, raising more than £100,000 on his live tour to support 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
The money supported venues that were confronting possible closure due to difficulties stemming from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Some locations were granted funding support in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and audiences.
"The idea that revenue from shows in major spaces helps the smaller venues, where it all starts for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is among several artists to contribute his award winnings to worthy causes.
In the band won the prize in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, lead singer the singer stated that the act would give their prize money to the charity the charity.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite shared her prize across multiple charities, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also donated a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite shared with the media.
Previously, they donated their winnings to the local youth club that nurtured their act, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year the group contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said vocalist Heather Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the honor. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
The first in Southampton and The Croft in that location were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "shares" in the venues.
