The star has given the full amount of his £25,000 award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to preserve the UK's grassroots music venues.
Fender was presented with the prize on October 16 as his new release his work was named the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
Fender has chosen to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the crucial part small stages played in his initial steps.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it hadn't been for all the shows I performed around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Recently, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also participated, collecting more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support thirty-eight grassroots venues across the UK.
These funds supported spaces that were facing imminent closure due to issues arising from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces received financial assistance in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and audiences.
"The notion that money from concerts in large arenas helps the smaller venues, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just common sense," Fender has stated.
He is not the first artist to donate his honor prize money to worthy causes.
Back when they won the prize in 1996 for their release their work, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the act would donate their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, artist she shared her bounty between a few good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they needed new equipment," she explained to the media.
In recent years, Ezra Collective contributed their funds to the local youth club that developed their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also 1994 winners M People donated their winnings to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"Winning was ample," stated artist the singer. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected two grassroots venues in that region, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in that area and the second in that location were acquired under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by a national body and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
