The artist has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 award prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the United Kingdom's independent concert spaces.
Fender was awarded the cheque on mid-October as his latest record People Watching was chosen as the outstanding release of the past year.
He has opted to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the gigs I played around the North East, and beyond, when I was just getting going," remarked Sam Fender. "These locations are renowned, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the whole industry in the UK.
Over the past year, major artists such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a small levy to their ticket costs, which benefits smaller concert halls.
He also took part, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to support 38 local spots across the UK.
The donation helped locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to challenges stemming from water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, conflicts and sound issues.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in modernizing amenities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted performers and fans.
"The concept that funds from concerts in major spaces supports the local stages, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," the star has stated.
Fender is among several artists to give his honor prize money to worthy causes.
When the band won the award in the year 1996 for their album the album, frontman Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would donate their winnings to the non-profit War Child.
That year, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite shared her prize among multiple charities, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a £1,000 to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," Ms Dynamite told the media.
Two years ago, the band contributed their winnings to the community center that developed their band, alongside other grassroots music organisations.
Also winners that year they contributed their award to a multiple sclerosis charity after a friend was identified with the disease.
"The victory was quite enough," remarked artist the singer. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our victory touched another person's life."
Last week, the trust shared it had rescued two local spots in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in the city were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is backed by the arts council and enthusiasts who purchase "stakes" in the buildings.
