The star has donated the entirety of his £25,000 award prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to save the Britain's small concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the prize on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was chosen as the best record of the past year.
He has chosen to give the cash to the trust, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues had in his beginning days.
"I personally wouldn't be doing this success if it wasn't for all the shows I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated Sam Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have shut down – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its attempts to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports independent venues.
Fender also joined in, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to support thirty-eight local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The money supported spaces that were dealing with imminent closure due to issues arising from floods, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted monetary aid in upgrading facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from performances in big venues supports the local stages, where it begins for artists like me, is just common sense," the star has commented.
He is among several artists to contribute his award funds to charitable organizations.
In Pulp received the prize in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, lead singer the singer stated that the group would donate their winnings to the organization War Child.
During 2002, musician the artist shared her prize across multiple charities, such as the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I gave a £1,000 to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," the artist told the media.
Previously, the band contributed their funds to the youth organization that nurtured their band, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally the 1994 recipients the group contributed their award to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was diagnosed the disease.
"The victory was quite enough," stated artist Heather Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't require the extra, because we had the main prize. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had protected several grassroots venues in the South East, by transferring them to local control.
The first in that area and The Croft in that location were bought under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by the arts council and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
