The artist has handed over the complete sum of his £25,000 award prize money to the MVT, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
He was given the cheque on October 16 as his new release the album was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
Fender has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the shows I played around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated Sam Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists such as the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
He also took part, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
These funds assisted locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to difficulties caused by flooding, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received monetary aid in upgrading facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and fans.
"The notion that revenue from shows in big venues helps the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his honor prize money to worthy causes.
When they earned the award in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, vocalist Cocker announced that the group would donate their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
That year, musician Ms Dynamite split her bounty among a few organizations, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I contributed a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they required updated gear," she told outlets.
In recent years, Ezra Collective donated their funds to the community center that developed their act, in addition to other local music groups.
Also 1994 winners M People contributed their prize to a MS organization after a friend was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," stated singer Heather Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning affected another person's life."
Last week, the trust shared it had rescued several local spots in the South East, by transferring them to community ownership.
The first in the city and The Croft in that location were bought under the community ownership program, which is funded by a national body and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
