The artist has handed over the full amount of his £25k award prize money to the MVT, which works to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
He was awarded the prize on 16 October as his latest record the album was declared the best record of the previous year.
He has opted to give the cash to the MVT, in recognition of the essential function local spots fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the total UK scene.
In the last year, major artists such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its attempts to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
Fender also took part, generating more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support thirty-eight grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds supported venues that were facing imminent closure due to issues caused by floods, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Some locations received financial assistance in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The idea that money from concerts in large arenas backs the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to contribute his award prize money to charitable organizations.
Back when the band earned the award in 1996 for their record the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker announced that the act would contribute their cash to the charity the charity.
During 2002, musician she shared her award between several good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," Ms Dynamite shared with the media.
In recent years, Ezra Collective gave their winnings to the community center that nurtured their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners the group contributed their award to a MS organization after a acquaintance was found to have the condition.
"Winning was quite enough," said vocalist the singer. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our victory affected the lives of others."
Last week, the trust revealed it had saved a couple of local spots in the South East, by placing them under local control.
One venue in that area and the other in Bristol were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is funded by a national body and music fans who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
