The artist has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's small concert spaces.
The star was given the award on 16 October as his new release his work was chosen as the top album of the last 12 months.
Fender has chosen to give the cash to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the crucial part grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally wouldn't be doing my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I played around the region, and beyond, when I was just getting going," stated Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – roughly one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which supports smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help numerous small stages across the UK.
These funds helped venues that were facing potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from floods, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and sound issues.
Other venues obtained financial assistance in improving amenities and technical equipment that positively impacted artists and audiences.
"The concept that money from shows in large arenas supports the independent spots, where it all starts for artists like me, is just sensible," Fender has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to contribute his honor prize money to worthy causes.
When Pulp earned the prize in 1996 for their album Different Class, lead singer Cocker announced that the group would give their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
In 2002, artist Ms Dynamite divided her prize across a few good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they required better apparatus," she told a publication.
In recent years, Ezra Collective gave their funds to the youth organization that developed their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
And 1994 winners M People contributed their award to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"The victory was sufficient," said singer the singer. "The money was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had rescued two small stages in south-east England, by transferring them to community ownership.
The first in the city and the second in that location were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is supported by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
