The star has handed over the entirety of his £25,000 award prize money to the MVT, which operates to protect the UK's independent concert spaces.
Fender was given the award on 16 October as his third album his work was chosen as the best record of the past year.
The musician has opted to give the cash to the Music Venues Trust, in appreciation of the vital role small stages played in his beginning days.
"As an artist couldn't be pursuing my current career if it weren't for all the gigs I did around the North East, and beyond, when I was starting out," said Sam Fender. "These spaces are iconic, but they are in difficulty."
Since the start of 2023, at least 150 of these venues have shut down – roughly 16 percent of the entire UK sector.
Recently, major artists like Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Sheeran have all backed the trust in its attempts to support the industry, by adding a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports smaller concert halls.
He also joined in, collecting over £100k on his live tour to assist numerous grassroots venues across the UK.
The money assisted venues that were dealing with imminent closure due to difficulties arising from floods, fire incidents and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, court cases and noise complaints.
Additional spaces received funding support in upgrading facilities and gear that positively impacted artists and fans.
"The notion that revenue from shows in big venues backs the independent spots, where it all starts for performers like me, is just logical," the star has said.
He is not the first artist to contribute his award prize money to charitable organizations.
In Pulp earned the award in 1996 for their release Different Class, frontman Cocker stated that the act would give their prize money to the charity War Child.
That year, artist she divided her prize across multiple charities, like the children's charity and a Sickle Cell charity.
"Additionally, I contributed a grand to my local community centre, to their gymnastics program, because I practiced gymnastics when I was younger and they lacked better apparatus," Ms Dynamite explained to a publication.
Previously, Ezra Collective gave their funds to the youth organization that developed their band, as well as other local music groups.
And winners that year the group donated their winnings to a charity for MS after a friend was diagnosed the disease.
"Winning was sufficient," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we didn't require the cherry, because we had the honor. So our victory impacted somebody else's life."
Last week, the trust revealed it had saved two small stages in south-east England, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in the city and the other in that location were purchased under the community ownership scheme, which is funded by Arts Council England and supporters who acquire "ownership units" in the venues.
