The star has donated the complete sum of his £25,000 award prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to protect the UK's small concert spaces.
The star was given the prize on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was named the top album of the past year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the essential function small stages played in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the gigs I performed around the North East, and further afield, when I was just getting going," stated Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these locations have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Recently, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to support the industry, by adding a small levy to their admission fees, which supports independent venues.
He also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to help thirty-eight local spots across the UK.
The money supported spaces that were dealing with potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from flooding, fires and family tragedies, as well as licensing issues, conflicts and noise complaints.
Some locations received financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that helped performers and fans.
"The idea that funds from shows in major spaces supports the independent spots, where it begins for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
He is far from the only musician to contribute his award prize money to good deeds.
When they won the award in the year 1996 for their record their work, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would donate their cash to the organization War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer she split her prize between a few organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also gave a grand to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite shared with a publication.
Previously, they donated their funds to the youth organization that developed their act, as well as other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year the group donated their winnings to a multiple sclerosis charity after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"The victory was sufficient," remarked singer Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our success touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT announced it had saved several local spots in south-east England, by transferring them to local control.
The first in that area and the other in that location were bought under the Own Our Venues initiative, which is backed by a national body and enthusiasts who buy "stakes" in the buildings.
