The star has given the full amount of his £25k honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to preserve the Britain's grassroots concert spaces.
He was given the prize on mid-October as his third album the album was named the top album of the last 12 months.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I wouldn't be doing this success if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the area, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated Sam Fender. "These venues are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these venues have ceased operations – approximately one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its attempts to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
He also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support 38 small stages across Britain.
These funds assisted spaces that were facing potential shutdown due to issues arising from floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted financial assistance in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted performers and fans.
"The notion that funds from performances in large arenas helps the independent spots, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his honor prize money to worthy causes.
When the band won the prize in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, lead singer Cocker declared that the band would contribute their prize money to the charity War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist split her award across a few charities, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite shared with outlets.
Two years ago, they donated their funds to the local youth club that supported their band, as well as other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners M People contributed their award to a MS organization after a friend was identified with the illness.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said artist the singer. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust revealed it had saved two small stages in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
The first in Southampton and the second in that location were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by a national body and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the properties.
