The star has given the complete sum of his £25k award prize money to the trust for venues, which operates to protect the Britain's small concert spaces.
The star was awarded the prize on 16 October as his new release People Watching was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
Fender has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages played in his beginning days.
"As an artist would not have achieved what I am doing today if it weren't for all the performances I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by adding a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which benefits independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to support 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money helped spaces that were dealing with possible closure due to issues stemming from water damage, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, conflicts and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and fans.
"The notion that revenue from performances in big venues backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just common sense," the star has stated.
The musician is not the first artist to contribute his award funds to worthy causes.
When Pulp earned the award in the year 1996 for their record the album, frontman Cocker declared that the group would donate their winnings to the organization the charity.
In 2002, artist she split her prize among 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 lacked updated gear," she told a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their funds to the community center that supported their group, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally winners that year the group contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said artist Heather Small. "The prize was the bonus but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning affected the lives of others."
Last week, the MVT shared it had saved a couple of local spots in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The first in the city and the other in Bristol were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is backed by a national body and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
