The artist has handed over the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound award winnings to the trust for venues, which works to protect the UK's independent concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the cheque on October 16 as his new release his work was declared the outstanding release of the previous year.
He has decided to donate the funds to the Music Venues Trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part local spots had in his early career.
"I wouldn't be doing this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I did around the North East, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, over 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
In the last year, major artists including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its initiatives to support the industry, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help smaller concert halls.
He also took part, raising in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to support 38 local spots across the UK.
The donation helped venues that were confronting potential shutdown due to issues arising from flooding, fires and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and neighbor objections.
Some locations received monetary aid in improving facilities and technical equipment that helped artists and concertgoers.
"The notion that money from performances in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is among several artists to contribute his award prize money to worthy causes.
When the band received the prize in 1996 for their record Different Class, lead singer Cocker declared that the band would donate their cash to the non-profit the charity.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite shared her prize across several charities, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," the artist shared with outlets.
Previously, they contributed their funds to the community center that supported their band, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners the group contributed their award to a MS organization after a close contact was identified with the condition.
"Winning was quite enough," remarked vocalist the singer. "The money was the bonus but we could do without the bonus, because we had the honor. So our success impacted the lives of others."
Recently, the trust revealed it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in south-east England, by transferring them to public stewardship.
The Joiners in Southampton and the second in the city were bought under the community ownership program, which is funded by the arts council and enthusiasts who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
