The artist has donated the full amount of his £25k honor cash to the trust for venues, which works to protect the UK's grassroots live music spots.
The star was awarded the award on 16 October as his third album his work was named the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
The musician has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I personally wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it wasn't for all the shows I did around the region, and further afield, when I was beginning," stated Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the total UK scene.
Recently, major artists like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its attempts to help venues survive, by applying a small levy to their ticket prices, which supports independent venues.
Fender also joined in, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help 38 grassroots venues across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds helped locations that were facing possible closure due to difficulties arising from flooding, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as permit problems, conflicts and sound issues.
Additional spaces received financial assistance in modernizing amenities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that revenue from performances in major spaces supports the local stages, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to donate his honor funds to good deeds.
When they won the prize in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, vocalist Cocker stated that the group would give their prize money to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, artist the artist split her prize between multiple good causes, such as the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I gave a thousand pounds to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they needed better apparatus," the artist shared with outlets.
Previously, Ezra Collective donated their prize money to the community center that developed their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners they contributed their winnings to a MS organization after a acquaintance was diagnosed the condition.
"Winning was sufficient," said artist the singer. "The prize was the bonus but we could do without the cherry, because we had the cake. So our victory touched somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT shared it had protected two grassroots venues in south-east England, by placing them under public stewardship.
The first in that area and the second in Bristol were bought under the public acquisition scheme, which is supported by a national body and music fans who acquire "stakes" in the venues.
