The star has handed over the full amount of his £25,000 honor prize money to the trust for venues, which operates to save the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
Fender was awarded the award on October 16 as his third album the album was declared the best record of the previous year.
He has chosen to give the cash to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part grassroots venues had in his beginning days.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it wasn't for all the shows I performed around the area, and further afield, when I was just getting going," said the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these spaces have ceased operations – about one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, well-known musicians like Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the MVT in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by including a modest fee to their ticket costs, which benefits smaller concert halls.
Sam Fender also participated, generating over £100k on his live tour to support 38 small stages across Britain.
The donation helped locations that were facing possible closure due to issues stemming from water damage, fires and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and sound issues.
Additional spaces received funding support in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The notion that funds from concerts in major spaces helps the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just sensible," Fender has commented.
The musician is among several artists to give his honor funds to worthy causes.
In the band received the award in the year 1996 for their release the album, frontman the singer declared that the act would donate their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer she divided her bounty among multiple charities, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked better apparatus," the artist shared with the media.
Previously, they contributed their prize money to the community center that nurtured their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year the group gave their prize to a charity for MS after a friend was found to have the disease.
"The victory was quite enough," stated vocalist the singer. "The money was the extra but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our success affected another person's life."
In the past week, the trust revealed it had saved several grassroots venues in south-east England, by transferring them to local control.
One venue in Southampton and the second in the city were bought under the community ownership initiative, which is supported by a national body and supporters who purchase "stakes" in the venues.
