The star has given the complete sum of his £25,000 award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to preserve the Britain's small concert spaces.
The star was presented with the award on mid-October as his third album his work was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
Fender has chosen to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the crucial part small stages played in his early career.
"I couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the performances I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," remarked Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these locations have ceased operations – about one-sixth of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which benefits independent venues.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support numerous small stages across Britain.
These funds helped locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties stemming from floods, fires and bereavements, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and sound issues.
Other venues received monetary aid in improving facilities and gear that positively impacted musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from shows in big venues backs the independent spots, where it all starts for artists like me, is just sensible," Fender has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his award funds to worthy causes.
In Pulp received the award in the mid-90s for their album the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would contribute their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, artist Ms Dynamite split her prize across a few good causes, including the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I did gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked updated gear," she explained to outlets.
In recent years, the band contributed their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients the group contributed their award to a MS organization after a acquaintance was identified with the condition.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," stated artist Small. "The prize was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
Last week, the trust revealed it had saved several local spots in that region, by bringing them into local control.
One venue in the city and the second in that location were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who buy "shares" in the buildings.
