The artist has given the entirety of his £25,000 award prize money to the MVT, which functions to save the Britain's grassroots music venues.
He was presented with the cheque on mid-October as his latest record his work was chosen as the best record of the last 12 months.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part local spots played in his initial steps.
"I would not have achieved this success if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Recently, major artists such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports local stages.
Sam Fender also took part, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to help numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
The money helped spaces that were confronting possible closure due to issues caused by water damage, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces received financial assistance in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The concept that funds from shows in large arenas supports the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just logical," the star has said.
He is not the first artist to donate his award funds to charitable organizations.
When Pulp won the trophy in the year 1996 for their record Different Class, vocalist Cocker announced that the band would donate their prize money to the non-profit the charity.
In 2002, artist she divided her prize among a few charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked new equipment," she shared with outlets.
In recent years, the band donated their prize money to the youth organization that nurtured their group, as well as other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients they gave their prize to a MS organization after a acquaintance was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," said artist the singer. "The cash was the extra but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our winning touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in south-east England, by bringing them into community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and the second in that location were purchased under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by the arts council and music fans who buy "shares" in the properties.
