The artist has donated the full amount of his £25k honor cash to the MVT, which works to protect the United Kingdom's small live music spots.
Fender was awarded the award on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was named the top album of the past year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part local spots had in his early career.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to support the industry, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which goes to help independent venues.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist 38 small stages across the UK.
The money supported spaces that were facing potential shutdown due to issues arising from flooding, blazes and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues received monetary aid in upgrading facilities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and audiences.
"The concept that money from shows in large arenas helps the smaller venues, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
He is not the first artist to donate his honor winnings to charitable organizations.
When the band earned the award in 1996 for their record the album, lead singer the singer declared that the band would contribute their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist shared her bounty across several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," she told a publication.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective donated their winnings to the community center that developed their band, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year they contributed their prize to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"Winning was sufficient," stated singer Heather Small. "The prize was the bonus but we could do without the extra, because we had the cake. So our success affected the lives of others."
Last week, the trust announced it had protected two grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and The Croft in the city were purchased under the public acquisition program, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who purchase "shares" in the buildings.
