The artist has donated the full amount of his £25k honor prize money to the trust for venues, which works to save the United Kingdom's small concert spaces.
He was awarded the prize on 16 October as his latest record his work was chosen as the best record of the last 12 months.
He has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it wasn't for all the performances I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated Sam Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – roughly 16% of the total UK scene.
Over the past year, well-known musicians including Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports local stages.
Fender also participated, generating over £100k on his live tour to assist thirty-eight grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation helped spaces that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties arising from flooding, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received monetary aid in improving amenities and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The notion that funds from concerts in large arenas supports the local stages, where it all starts for artists like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his award winnings to worthy causes.
In Pulp received the prize in 1996 for their record Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker stated that the act would give their prize money to the charity War Child.
In 2002, artist the artist shared her award between multiple organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they required new equipment," she explained to a publication.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective contributed their funds to the community center that developed their group, in addition to other local music groups.
Also winners that year they contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the illness.
"Receiving the award was ample," stated singer Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't need the extra, because we had the honor. So our success affected the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had protected two local spots in south-east England, by placing them under local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and the other in Bristol were bought under the public acquisition program, which is supported by the arts council and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the properties.
