The star has donated the full amount of his £25k award prize money to the MVT, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's independent live music spots.
The star was presented with the prize on October 16 as his third album his work was declared the best record of the past year.
He has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function local spots had in his early career.
"I personally would not have achieved what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated the artist. "These spaces are legendary, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the total UK scene.
In the last year, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help independent venues.
Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation assisted venues that were facing possible closure due to difficulties stemming from flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as permit problems, court cases and sound issues.
Some locations obtained funding support in upgrading facilities and technical equipment that positively impacted artists and audiences.
"The notion that revenue from performances in big venues backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is not the first artist to give his award winnings to worthy causes.
When the band earned the trophy in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker announced that the act would donate their cash to the non-profit the charity.
During 2002, musician she divided her award among a few good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they required updated gear," the artist explained to outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their prize money to the local youth club that developed their band, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients the group donated their prize to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said vocalist Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched another person's life."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had protected two local spots in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
The first in the city and the other in Bristol were acquired under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by a national body and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
