The star has donated the complete sum of his £25,000 honor prize money to the MVT, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the cheque on October 16 as his third album the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has decided to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues had in his early career.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to support the industry, by adding a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
Fender also joined in, generating in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation assisted venues that were facing potential shutdown due to difficulties caused by floods, fires and personal losses, as well as permit problems, conflicts and noise complaints.
Other venues obtained funding support in upgrading amenities and technical equipment that directly benefitted performers and fans.
"The notion that funds from performances in large arenas helps the independent spots, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has said.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his honor funds to good deeds.
In they won the trophy in the year 1996 for their record their work, frontman the singer announced that the band would contribute their winnings to the charity War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite shared her bounty between several good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I gave a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they needed new equipment," she told a publication.
Previously, the band gave their prize money to the community center that supported their act, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year the group contributed their award to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," remarked artist Heather Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the honor. So our success affected somebody else's life."
Last week, the trust shared it had saved a couple of local spots in that region, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who purchase "shares" in the venues.
