The star has handed over the complete sum of his twenty-five thousand pound honor prize money to the trust for venues, which operates to preserve the UK's grassroots concert spaces.
The star was presented with the cheque on 16 October as his new release the album was named the top album of the previous year.
Fender has decided to give the cash to the trust, in acknowledgment of the essential function local spots had in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved what I am doing today if it weren't for all the shows I performed around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these locations have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports local stages.
Fender also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation supported venues that were confronting imminent closure due to difficulties arising from water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Other venues obtained funding support in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The concept that funds from shows in major spaces backs the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his award prize money to charitable organizations.
When Pulp received the trophy in the mid-90s for their album the album, frontman Cocker declared that the band would give their winnings to the organization War Child.
In 2002, artist she divided her award between multiple good causes, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they needed new equipment," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
Two years ago, the band donated their prize money to the local youth club that developed their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year they donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was identified with the illness.
"The victory was sufficient," stated singer Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our success affected another person's life."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had rescued two local spots in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in that area and The Croft in that location were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by the arts council and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
