The star has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the Britain's small concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the award on mid-October as his third album his work was declared the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to hand the money over to the trust, in recognition of the vital role small stages had in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it weren't for all the shows I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was beginning," said Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, top acts such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports independent venues.
He also joined in, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to support thirty-eight small stages across Britain.
The money assisted venues that were facing potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from floods, blazes and personal losses, as well as permit problems, court cases and neighbor objections.
Other venues received financial assistance in upgrading facilities and technical equipment that helped musicians and fans.
"The notion that revenue from performances in major spaces helps the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to give his award prize money to good deeds.
In Pulp won the award in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, vocalist Cocker declared that the act would contribute their winnings to the charity the charity.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite divided her prize among multiple organizations, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked updated gear," the artist shared with the media.
Two years ago, they donated their funds to the youth organization that supported their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
And winners that year M People gave their award to a MS organization after a close contact was diagnosed the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked vocalist Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success impacted another person's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust announced it had saved a couple of local spots in that region, by placing them under public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and the other in that location were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is backed by a national body and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
