The star has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to save the Britain's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was presented with the prize on mid-October as his new release the album was chosen as the best record of the past year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the essential function small stages played in his initial steps.
"I wouldn't be doing this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I played around the region, and beyond, when I was starting out," said the artist. "These venues are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
In the last year, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to help venues survive, by adding a small levy to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
He also participated, raising in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help thirty-eight local spots across Britain.
The money assisted locations that were facing potential shutdown due to difficulties stemming from floods, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Other venues received financial assistance in modernizing amenities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted artists and fans.
"The idea that funds from shows in big venues supports the local stages, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
Fender is far from the only musician to contribute his award funds to charitable organizations.
In the band won the prize in the mid-90s for their album their work, vocalist Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would give their prize money to the charity War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer she split her prize between several organizations, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," the artist told the media.
In recent years, the band donated their funds to the community center that supported their act, as well as other local music groups.
And winners that year they gave their prize to a multiple sclerosis charity after a acquaintance was found to have the condition.
"Winning was ample," remarked artist the singer. "The money was the bonus but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the cake. So our success impacted another person's life."
Last week, the MVT shared it had protected several grassroots venues in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
The first in the city and the second in the city were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
