The star has given the entirety of his £25k award prize money to the MVT, which operates to preserve the UK's grassroots music venues.
Fender was given the award on 16 October as his latest record the album was declared the outstanding release of the past year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the trust, in appreciation of the crucial part local spots fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the performances I did around the area, and beyond, when I was beginning," remarked the artist. "These spaces are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to assist thirty-eight small stages across Britain.
These funds helped venues that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties caused by water damage, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces were granted financial assistance in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and fans.
"The concept that money from performances in large arenas supports the independent spots, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his honor funds to worthy causes.
Back when the band won the award in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, vocalist Cocker announced that the act would donate their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
That year, artist she shared her award among a few organizations, such as the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a grand to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed new equipment," she told the media.
In recent years, they contributed their prize money to the local youth club that supported their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients M People contributed their award to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was ample," remarked singer Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had saved two local spots in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
One venue in the city and the second in that location were purchased under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is supported by a national body and enthusiasts who acquire "stakes" in the venues.
