The artist has given the full amount of his £25,000 honor winnings to the MVT, which works to protect the United Kingdom's small concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the award on mid-October as his new release People Watching was chosen as the best record of the previous year.
The musician has chosen to donate the funds to the trust, in appreciation of the essential function small stages fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I personally couldn't be pursuing this success if it weren't for all the shows I performed around the area, and further afield, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are struggling."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these locations have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, top acts including Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its attempts to support the industry, by applying a modest fee to their ticket costs, which goes to help local stages.
Fender also took part, collecting over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist 38 grassroots venues across the UK.
The donation supported locations that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues caused by water damage, fires and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, legal disputes and sound issues.
Some locations were granted financial assistance in modernizing amenities and technical equipment that positively impacted performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from concerts in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it all starts for musicians like me, is just common sense," the star has said.
Fender is among several artists to contribute his honor winnings to good deeds.
In they earned the prize in the year 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would donate their winnings to the non-profit the charity.
In 2002, artist she split her bounty among a few charities, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell organization.
"I also donated a thousand pounds to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they lacked new equipment," she shared with the media.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their prize money to the youth organization that supported their band, in addition to other local music groups.
And the 1994 recipients they gave their award to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"Winning was ample," said singer Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we could do without the bonus, because we had the cake. So our winning affected the lives of others."
Last week, the MVT revealed it had rescued several grassroots venues in south-east England, by bringing them into community ownership.
One venue in that area and The Croft in that location were bought under the public acquisition program, which is funded by a national body and supporters who buy "shares" in the properties.
