The star has given the entirety of his £25,000 honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the UK's small concert spaces.
The star was given the prize on mid-October as his third album his work was chosen as the outstanding release of the past year.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in appreciation of the essential function small stages had in his initial steps.
"I wouldn't be doing my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have shut down – about 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, well-known musicians including Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the trust in its initiatives to help venues survive, by applying a modest fee to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
Fender also joined in, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support 38 local spots across Britain.
The money helped locations that were facing possible closure due to challenges caused by water damage, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Other venues received financial assistance in upgrading facilities and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and audiences.
"The notion that money from concerts in big venues supports the independent spots, where it begins for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has said.
He is far from the only musician to donate his honor funds to charitable organizations.
Back when the band received the prize in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman Cocker announced that the band would donate their cash to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer the artist shared her bounty across several organizations, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked updated gear," the artist explained to a publication.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the community center that developed their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally winners that year they donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked artist Heather Small. "The prize was the extra but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the honor. So our success impacted somebody else's life."
Recently, the trust revealed it had protected a couple of local spots in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in the city and the second in that location were acquired under the community ownership initiative, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
