The star has donated the entirety of his £25,000 honor prize money to the MVT, which works to save the UK's small live music spots.
The star was awarded the cheque on 16 October as his latest record People Watching was declared the best record of the previous year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues played in his early career.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing this success if it weren't for all the shows I did around the North East, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," stated Sam Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, well-known musicians including Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which goes to help independent venues.
Sam Fender also participated, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help numerous small stages across Britain.
These funds assisted venues that were dealing with imminent closure due to challenges stemming from floods, fire incidents and personal losses, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and sound issues.
Additional spaces received financial assistance in modernizing infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that helped musicians and concertgoers.
"The idea that revenue from performances in major spaces backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," the star has commented.
Fender is far from the only musician to donate his award funds to worthy causes.
In they won the prize in 1996 for their record Different Class, vocalist Cocker stated that the band would give their prize money to the non-profit the charity.
During 2002, musician she divided her award among a few organizations, like the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I donated a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed better apparatus," the artist shared with a publication.
Two years ago, they contributed their funds to the community center that developed their group, alongside other independent music bodies.
Additionally 1994 winners M People contributed their award to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was identified with the condition.
"Winning was ample," stated singer Small. "The money was the extra but we didn't need the cherry, because we had the cake. So our winning affected somebody else's life."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust shared it had saved several local spots in the South East, by placing them under community ownership.
One venue in the city and The Croft in the city were bought under the public acquisition program, which is funded by Arts Council England and music fans who purchase "shares" in the properties.
