The star has handed over the full amount of his £25,000 honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
Fender was given the prize on mid-October as his latest record the album was named the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the MVT, in acknowledgment of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his initial steps.
"As an artist would not have achieved my current career if it hadn't been for all the performances I did around the North East, and beyond, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the trust in its attempts to support the industry, by adding a modest fee to their admission fees, which goes to help independent venues.
He also joined in, generating more than £100,000 on his live tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation supported spaces that were facing potential shutdown due to challenges stemming from flooding, blazes and personal losses, as well as permit problems, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted monetary aid in upgrading amenities and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and fans.
"The idea that money from shows in major spaces supports the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is not the first artist to give his honor winnings to worthy causes.
When the band earned the prize in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, frontman Cocker stated that the group would donate their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, rapper and singer she shared her award among several charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told the media.
In recent years, they contributed their funds to the local youth club that developed their act, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Additionally 1994 winners the group donated their prize to a charity for MS after a friend was found to have the condition.
"The victory was quite enough," said vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the honor. So our success touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into community ownership.
The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in Bristol were bought under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is backed by Arts Council England and music fans who buy "stakes" in the venues.
