The star has donated the full amount of his £25,000 award winnings to the MVT, which works to save the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his new release his work was named the top album of the past year.
Fender has decided to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the vital role small stages fulfilled in his initial steps.
"As an artist 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 beginning," remarked the artist. "These spaces are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – about 16% of the total UK scene.
In the last year, major artists such as the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to support the industry, by including a small levy to their admission fees, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Fender also took part, raising more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation assisted locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to difficulties caused by flooding, fires and personal losses, as well as permit problems, conflicts and sound issues.
Some locations obtained funding support in improving amenities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from shows in large arenas helps the local stages, where it begins for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his honor prize money to good deeds.
Back when they won the trophy in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would donate their winnings to the charity War Child.
That year, rapper and singer the artist shared her prize between a few good causes, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I donated a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed updated gear," Ms Dynamite told outlets.
In recent years, they donated their funds to the local youth club that developed their band, in addition to other local music groups.
And 1994 winners the group donated their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was ample," remarked artist the singer. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our success affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had protected several grassroots venues in south-east England, by bringing them into community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and The Croft in the city were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is supported by the arts council and enthusiasts who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
