The artist has given the complete sum of his £25k honor cash to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
Fender was given the prize on 16 October as his new release the album was declared the top album of the past year.
The musician has decided to give the cash to the trust, in appreciation of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his early career.
"I personally wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it weren't for all the performances I played around the region, and beyond, when I was just getting going," stated Fender. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these spaces have permanently closed – approximately 16% of the total UK scene.
In the last year, major artists such as Pulp, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
Sam Fender also joined in, collecting over £100k on his recent tour to help 38 local spots across Britain.
The donation helped venues that were dealing with potential shutdown due to difficulties stemming from water damage, fire incidents and bereavements, as well as permit problems, court cases and sound issues.
Other venues received monetary aid in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that positively impacted musicians and concertgoers.
"The concept that money from concerts in major spaces supports the independent spots, where it begins for performers like me, is just logical," the star has commented.
The musician is among several artists to give his award winnings to charitable organizations.
In the band received the prize in the year 1996 for their album Different Class, lead singer Jarvis Cocker declared that the group would donate their cash to the organization War Child.
That year, rapper and singer the artist split her bounty between multiple organizations, including the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I contributed a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I trained in gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," the artist explained to a publication.
Previously, the band gave their funds to the local youth club that supported their act, as well as other local music groups.
And winners that year the group gave their award to a MS organization after a close contact was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," said artist the singer. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't require the extra, because we had the cake. So our success touched another person's life."
Recently, the Music Venues Trust announced it had protected several grassroots venues in that region, by transferring them to community ownership.
The Joiners in the city and the other in the city were bought under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by a national body and supporters who acquire "shares" in the venues.
