The star has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 award cash to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the UK's small live music spots.
Fender was awarded the cheque on October 16 as his new release his work was named the best record of the previous year.
Fender has chosen to give the cash to the MVT, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved what I am doing today if it weren't for all the performances I did around the region, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – roughly 16% of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, top acts like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the MVT in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which supports local stages.
Sam Fender also took part, raising over £100k on his recent tour to help thirty-eight grassroots venues across the UK.
The money supported locations that were facing possible closure due to issues stemming from water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as permit problems, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Other venues obtained monetary aid in upgrading facilities and gear that positively impacted musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that revenue from shows in large arenas helps the local stages, where it all starts for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to give his honor funds to good deeds.
When they earned the prize in the mid-90s for their album their work, lead singer Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would donate their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, musician she divided her award between several organizations, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," the artist shared with a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their winnings to the local youth club that developed their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also the 1994 recipients the group contributed their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was found to have the disease.
"The victory was sufficient," stated singer Heather Small. "The money was the extra but we could do without the extra, because we had the main prize. So our victory impacted the lives of others."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued two local spots in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.
The first in the city and The Croft in Bristol were acquired under the community ownership program, which is supported by Arts Council England and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
