The artist has given the entirety of his twenty-five thousand pound award prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to save the Britain's independent concert spaces.
Fender was presented with the award on mid-October as his third album his work was named the outstanding release of the last 12 months.
Fender has opted to donate the funds to the MVT, in recognition of the crucial part small stages fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I personally would not have achieved my current career if it wasn't for all the performances I played around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, more than 150 of these venues have shut down – about 16% of the total UK scene.
In the last year, well-known musicians like the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports local stages.
Fender also participated, generating in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The donation supported locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to challenges arising from floods, fires and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Some locations were granted financial assistance in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and concertgoers.
"The notion that money from concerts in major spaces helps the smaller venues, where it begins for artists like me, is just logical," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is not the first artist to contribute his honor winnings to charitable organizations.
Back when Pulp received the trophy in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker stated that the group would donate their cash to the charity War Child.
In 2002, rapper and singer she divided her bounty between multiple good causes, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked new equipment," she told a publication.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective contributed their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also the 1994 recipients they donated their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was found to have the illness.
"Receiving the award was ample," stated singer Heather Small. "The cash was the cherry on top but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our victory affected somebody else's life."
Recently, the MVT revealed it had saved two grassroots venues in the South East, by placing them under public stewardship.
The first in that area and the other in Bristol were purchased under the Own Our Venues scheme, which is supported by the arts council and music fans who buy "ownership units" in the venues.
