The star has given the entirety of his £25k honor winnings to the MVT, which operates to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
The star was given the award on 16 October as his third album the album was declared the top album of the last 12 months.
He has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part local spots played in his initial steps.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the gigs I played around the region, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately 16% of the total UK scene.
Recently, major artists including Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help independent venues.
He also joined in, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous small stages across the UK.
These funds assisted spaces that were dealing with potential shutdown due to issues stemming from water damage, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and concertgoers.
"The idea that funds from shows in big venues backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his honor winnings to good deeds.
Back when they received the prize in 1996 for their album the album, vocalist Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would donate their prize money to the charity War Child.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite divided her prize between multiple charities, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they needed updated gear," she shared with the media.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their prize money to the youth organization that supported their act, as well as other local music groups.
Additionally 1994 winners M People donated their award to a MS organization after a close contact was found to have the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the extra but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had protected a couple of local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in Southampton and the other in that location were acquired under the Own Our Venues program, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
