The star has handed over the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound honor cash to the trust for venues, which works to protect the Britain's small concert spaces.
He was awarded the award on October 16 as his latest record the album was chosen as the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
Fender has chosen to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the essential function local spots played in his initial steps.
"I couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the performances I performed around the region, and beyond, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – roughly 16% of the total UK scene.
Recently, major artists including the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports local stages.
Sam Fender also joined in, raising more than £100,000 on his live tour to support 38 grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money helped locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to challenges stemming from floods, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, conflicts and noise complaints.
Some locations received monetary aid in improving facilities and technical equipment that helped artists and fans.
"The concept that funds from performances in large arenas helps the local stages, where it begins for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his honor prize money to worthy causes.
Back when they received the award in the mid-90s for their album Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would give their cash to the charity War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer she split her prize among multiple good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required better apparatus," she shared with a publication.
Two years ago, they gave their funds to the community center that developed their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
And the 1994 recipients the group gave their award to a MS organization after a acquaintance was found to have the illness.
"Winning was quite enough," said vocalist Small. "The money was the extra but we could do without the cherry, because we had the honor. So our success touched the lives of others."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued several local spots in south-east England, by transferring them to local control.
The Joiners in that area and the other in the city were purchased under the community ownership initiative, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
