The artist has given the entirety of his £25k honor cash to the trust for venues, which works to save the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
Fender was given the prize on mid-October as his new release the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in appreciation of the crucial part grassroots venues played in his initial steps.
"I wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the shows I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was starting out," remarked the artist. "These venues are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its efforts to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
Fender also participated, generating in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help thirty-eight local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money assisted locations that were facing possible closure due to difficulties arising from flooding, fires and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations received monetary aid in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from performances in big venues helps the independent spots, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
He is not the first artist to contribute his award prize money to good deeds.
In Pulp earned the prize in the mid-90s for their release Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the band would give their winnings to the charity War Child.
That year, musician she shared her prize among a few charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," she told outlets.
In recent years, they donated their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their band, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally the 1994 recipients M People donated their award to a charity for MS after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"The victory was ample," said artist Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we could do without the cherry, because we had the cake. So our success impacted somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT shared it had rescued two local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and The Croft in that location were acquired under the community ownership program, which is funded by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the buildings.
