The artist has handed over the full amount of his £25,000 award winnings to the trust for venues, which works to protect the United Kingdom's grassroots music venues.
Fender was presented with the award on mid-October as his new release his work was named the best record of the past year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the crucial part small stages played in his beginning days.
"As an artist would not have achieved my current career if it hadn't been for all the gigs I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated the artist. "These spaces are renowned, but they are in difficulty."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these spaces have shut down – approximately 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket costs, which goes to help independent venues.
He also participated, generating more than £100,000 on his 2024 arena tour to support 38 grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation assisted locations that were dealing with possible closure due to difficulties arising from flooding, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, conflicts and noise complaints.
Some locations received monetary aid in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and audiences.
"The idea that revenue from shows in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it begins for performers like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is among several artists to contribute his award prize money to good deeds.
In Pulp received the prize in the year 1996 for their record the album, lead singer Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would give their cash to the organization War Child.
That year, rapper and singer she shared her award across multiple charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"Additionally, I gave a grand to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," Ms Dynamite explained to the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their winnings to the youth organization that supported their act, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year they contributed their award to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the condition.
"The victory was sufficient," said artist Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the main prize. So our winning affected somebody else's life."
In the past week, the MVT announced it had protected several grassroots venues in that region, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in that area and The Croft in the city were acquired under the community ownership program, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who purchase "shares" in the properties.
