The artist has given the entirety of his £25k award winnings to the MVT, which functions to protect the Britain's small music venues.
Fender was presented with the prize on 16 October as his latest record People Watching was named the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to hand the money over to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function small stages had in his early career.
"I couldn't be pursuing this success if it weren't for all the shows I played around the area, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated Sam Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have shut down – about 16% of the entire UK sector.
Recently, major artists including the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
Fender also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support numerous local spots across Britain.
These funds helped locations that were facing imminent closure due to challenges caused by flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted monetary aid in modernizing facilities and sound and lighting systems that directly benefitted artists and fans.
"The concept that revenue from shows in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it begins for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has commented.
Fender is not the first artist to give his honor funds to good deeds.
In they earned the award in 1996 for their release the album, frontman Cocker stated that the band would give their cash to the organization the charity.
In 2002, artist the artist shared her bounty among multiple good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they needed new equipment," she explained to outlets.
In recent years, the band gave their prize money to the youth organization that supported their band, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year they contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a friend was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was quite enough," said artist Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning touched the lives of others."
Last week, the trust announced it had protected two local spots in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and The Croft in the city were acquired under the public acquisition program, which is backed by a national body and supporters who buy "stakes" in the buildings.