The star has donated the entirety of his £25,000 honor winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the Britain's independent music venues.
He was presented with the award on October 16 as his new release his work was named the best record of the past year.
Fender has opted to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part local spots had in his early career.
"I would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the area, and beyond, when I was just getting going," stated Fender. "These spaces are legendary, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help 38 grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation helped locations that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties caused by flooding, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Other venues were granted funding support in modernizing facilities and gear that directly benefitted artists and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from performances in large arenas supports the independent spots, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
He is among several artists to contribute his honor winnings to good deeds.
Back when Pulp earned the prize in 1996 for their record their work, frontman Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would give their cash to the charity War Child.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite shared her prize among multiple good causes, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I gave a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they needed new equipment," the artist told outlets.
Two years ago, the band contributed their funds to the local youth club that supported their band, as well as other independent music bodies.
Also winners that year they donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the condition.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked singer Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our success impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the MVT announced it had rescued two small stages in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
The Joiners in that area and the second in that location were acquired under the community ownership program, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the properties.
