The star has handed over the entirety of his £25k award prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which functions to save the Britain's independent live music spots.
Fender was given the award on mid-October as his third album People Watching was named the top album of the past year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the trust, in acknowledgment of the crucial part small stages had in his beginning days.
"I would not have achieved this success if it wasn't for all the performances I performed around the North East, and beyond, when I was beginning," stated the artist. "These locations are legendary, but they are facing challenges."
Beginning in 2023, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – approximately one-sixth of the whole industry in the UK.
Recently, well-known musicians like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the Music Venues Trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by adding a minor surcharge to their ticket prices, which goes to help local stages.
He also took part, collecting in excess of £100,000 on his live tour to help thirty-eight small stages across the UK.
These funds supported venues that were facing possible closure due to challenges arising from flooding, blazes and bereavements, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and noise complaints.
Additional spaces obtained funding support in upgrading infrastructure and gear that positively impacted artists and concertgoers.
"The idea that money from shows in major spaces helps the smaller venues, where it begins for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has said.
The musician is not the first artist to donate his award funds to worthy causes.
When they received the trophy in 1996 for their release the album, lead singer the singer declared that the band would give their cash to the non-profit War Child.
During 2002, musician the artist split her prize between multiple good causes, such as the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also contributed a £1,000 to Highgate Newtown, to their gymnastics class, because I practiced gymnastics when I was growing up and they needed updated gear," Ms Dynamite explained to a publication.
Previously, the band contributed their prize money to the local youth club that supported their group, in addition to other independent music bodies.
And 1994 winners the group gave their winnings to a MS organization after a acquaintance was found to have the condition.
"Receiving the award was quite enough," said singer Small. "The cash was the extra but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our winning affected the lives of others."
In the past week, the trust announced it had protected a couple of local spots in that region, by transferring them to public stewardship.
One venue in that area and the other in Bristol were purchased under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by Arts Council England and supporters who buy "ownership units" in the properties.
