The artist has handed over the full amount of his £25k honor winnings to the MVT, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's independent music venues.
Fender was awarded the award on mid-October as his latest record his work was declared the best record of the previous year.
He has opted to donate the funds to the trust, in acknowledgment of the vital role small stages played in his beginning days.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the performances I did around the area, and further afield, when I was beginning," said Sam Fender. "These locations are iconic, but they are facing challenges."
From early 2023 onward, at least 150 of these venues have permanently closed – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Over the past year, top acts like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by including a minor surcharge to their admission fees, which supports independent venues.
Fender also participated, raising over £100k on his 2024 arena tour to assist thirty-eight grassroots venues across Britain.
The donation supported spaces that were confronting imminent closure due to issues arising from flooding, fires and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, conflicts and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces obtained financial assistance in modernizing facilities and technical equipment that directly benefitted artists and concertgoers.
"The idea that money from performances in large arenas backs the smaller venues, where it begins for artists like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has commented.
He is far from the only musician to contribute his honor winnings to good deeds.
In the band earned the prize in the year 1996 for their release the album, frontman the singer declared that the band would contribute their cash to the charity the charity.
During 2002, artist Ms Dynamite split her award among multiple organizations, like the children's charity and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"Additionally, I contributed a thousand pounds to the center, to their classes, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they needed updated gear," Ms Dynamite told a publication.
In recent years, they contributed their winnings to the local youth club that nurtured their act, in addition to other grassroots music organisations.
And winners that year the group donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the illness.
"The victory was quite enough," said vocalist Heather Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the honor. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the MVT shared it had rescued two small stages in south-east England, by bringing them into public stewardship.
The first in Southampton and The Croft in Bristol were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is supported by a national body and music fans who purchase "ownership units" in the venues.
