The artist has given the entirety of his £25,000 award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to save the Britain's grassroots live music spots.
The star was awarded the prize on 16 October as his third album the album was chosen as the best record of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages played in his early career.
"I personally wouldn't be doing this success if it hadn't been for all the shows I did around the region, and further afield, when I was starting out," remarked Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, top acts including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to support numerous local spots across the UK.
These funds helped locations that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties caused by flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as permit problems, conflicts and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted monetary aid in modernizing facilities and gear that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The idea that money from performances in big venues backs the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to give his honor winnings to worthy causes.
Back when Pulp received the prize in the year 1996 for their album the album, vocalist Cocker stated that the group would contribute their cash to the non-profit War Child.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite split her prize between multiple organizations, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
In recent years, they contributed their winnings to the community center that developed their band, as well as other local music groups.
And 1994 winners they contributed their award to a MS organization after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"Winning was ample," said artist the singer. "The money was the extra but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our winning affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had protected two grassroots venues in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in that area and the other in the city were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is supported by a national body and music fans who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
