The artist has donated the full amount of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's independent concert spaces.
He was given the cheque on mid-October as his latest record his work was named the top album of the past year.
He has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in appreciation of the vital role local spots played in his beginning days.
"I couldn't be pursuing my current career if it hadn't been for all the shows I performed around the region, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the total UK scene.
In the last year, top acts like the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, generating more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation supported locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues caused by floods, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, court cases and noise complaints.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted musicians and audiences.
"The notion that money from concerts in large arenas helps the smaller venues, where it begins for artists like me, is just logical," Fender has said.
He is among several artists to contribute his award prize money to worthy causes.
When they earned the award in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, lead singer the singer declared that the band would donate their cash to the organization War Child.
That year, artist the artist divided her award among multiple good causes, such as the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I gave a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they needed updated gear," the artist shared with the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their winnings to the community center that developed their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
And 1994 winners M People donated their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was ample," remarked artist Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our success impacted somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had protected two grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The first in Southampton and The Croft in the city were acquired under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by a national body and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the buildings.
