The artist has given the complete sum of his £25k award prize money to the MVT, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
The star was awarded the cheque on 16 October as his new release his work was named the best record of the past year.
Fender has decided to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the essential function grassroots venues played in his beginning days.
"I personally would not have achieved my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I played around the region, and beyond, when I was beginning," remarked Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the total UK scene.
In the last year, top acts including the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds assisted venues that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues stemming from flooding, fires and bereavements, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Some locations received monetary aid in modernizing amenities and gear that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The idea that money from performances in big venues helps the local stages, where it all starts for artists like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has stated.
Fender is not the first artist to give his award prize money to good deeds.
Back when Pulp received the trophy in the mid-90s for their album the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker announced that the band would donate their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer she split her bounty between several organizations, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," the artist explained to the media.
Previously, the band contributed their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their act, alongside other independent music bodies.
And the 1994 recipients the group gave their award to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," stated artist the singer. "The prize was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success impacted the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had saved several local spots in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in that area and the other in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
