The artist has given the entirety of his £25,000 honor cash to the trust for venues, which functions to save the Britain's independent music venues.
He was awarded the cheque on October 16 as his latest record People Watching was named the outstanding release of the previous year.
The musician has decided to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the vital role small stages had in his initial steps.
"As an artist would not have achieved this success if it wasn't for all the shows I did around the North East, and beyond, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – roughly 16 percent of the total UK scene.
In the last year, top acts like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its attempts to support the industry, by including a modest fee to their admission fees, which benefits local stages.
He also took part, raising over £100k on his recent tour to assist numerous small stages across the UK.
The money assisted spaces that were confronting potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from flooding, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in upgrading infrastructure and gear that positively impacted artists and fans.
"The notion that money from performances in large arenas backs the local stages, where it kicks off for performers like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his award funds to charitable organizations.
Back when they won the trophy in 1996 for their record their work, frontman the singer declared that the group would donate their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
In 2002, artist she divided her award across a few charities, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I contributed a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they needed better apparatus," the artist shared with the media.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective gave their funds to the youth organization that developed their band, as well as other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners the group donated their award to a MS organization after a acquaintance was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was ample," said singer the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our winning touched the lives of others."
Recently, the trust revealed it had protected a couple of grassroots venues in the South East, by bringing them into local control.
The first in the city and the other in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by a national body and enthusiasts who acquire "stakes" in the buildings.
