The star has donated the entirety of his £25k honor prize money to the trust for venues, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
Fender was awarded the award on 16 October as his latest record People Watching was chosen as the best record of the past year.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part grassroots venues had in his initial steps.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the performances I did around the area, and further afield, when I was starting out," remarked Sam Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – about 16% of the total UK scene.
Recently, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits independent venues.
He also took part, raising more than £100,000 on his live tour to support 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation supported locations that were facing potential shutdown due to challenges caused by floods, fires and personal losses, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Some locations were granted monetary aid in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted artists and audiences.
"The concept that money from shows in large arenas helps the smaller venues, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," Fender has said.
Fender is among several artists to contribute his honor prize money to good deeds.
Back when the band received the prize in the year 1996 for their record their work, frontman Cocker declared that the band would donate their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer she split her bounty between multiple organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I gave a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed new equipment," the artist shared with outlets.
Previously, the band contributed their prize money to the local youth club that nurtured their band, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also 1994 winners M People contributed their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"Receiving the award was ample," said artist Heather Small. "The cash was the extra but we didn't need the extra, because we had the main prize. So our success impacted somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT announced it had saved two local spots in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in the city and the second in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is backed by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
