The star has given the complete sum of his £25k honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which works to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots concert spaces.
Fender was given the prize on 16 October as his new release the album was declared the top album of the past year.
He has decided to give the cash to the trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part local spots played in his beginning days.
"I couldn't be pursuing this success if it hadn't been for all the gigs I did around the region, and elsewhere, when I was starting out," stated Sam Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are struggling."
From early 2023 onward, more than 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – about 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Recently, well-known musicians including Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all aided the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to help venues survive, by including a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which supports independent venues.
Fender also participated, collecting more than £100,000 on his live tour to help thirty-eight small stages across the UK.
The donation helped venues that were facing potential shutdown due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as licensing issues, court cases and noise complaints.
Some locations obtained financial assistance in upgrading amenities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The idea that money from concerts in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for artists like me, is just logical," the star has said.
The musician is not the first artist to contribute his honor prize money to charitable organizations.
When the band earned the trophy in the mid-90s for their release the album, frontman the singer announced that the group would donate their prize money to the charity the charity.
During 2002, musician Ms Dynamite divided her award among several good causes, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"And I donated a £1,000 to the center, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they needed updated gear," the artist explained to the media.
In recent years, the band donated their prize money to the local youth club that developed their group, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Additionally winners that year they donated their award to a MS organization after a close contact was diagnosed the condition.
"Receiving the award was ample," said vocalist Heather Small. "The cash was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our success touched the lives of others."
Last week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued several grassroots venues in south-east England, by bringing them into community ownership.
The first in the city and the second in the city were purchased under the community ownership program, which is supported by a national body and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the venues.
