The star has given the entirety of his £25k honor prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which works to protect the Britain's grassroots music venues.
The star was given the prize on mid-October as his new release People Watching was declared the top album of the past year.
He has opted to hand the money over to the MVT, in recognition of the vital role grassroots venues fulfilled in his initial steps.
"I personally would not have achieved this success if it weren't for all the performances I did around the area, and further afield, when I was starting out," stated Fender. "These venues are legendary, but they are in difficulty."
From early 2023 onward, over 150 of these venues have ceased operations – roughly 16% of the total UK scene.
In the last year, major artists such as the band Pulp, the group Coldplay, Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the MVT in its efforts to keep the scene afloat, by adding a small levy to their ticket costs, which goes to help independent venues.
He also took part, raising in excess of £100,000 on his recent tour to help 38 local spots across Britain.
The donation assisted venues that were dealing with imminent closure due to challenges arising from water damage, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, court cases and neighbor objections.
Additional spaces were granted funding support in improving facilities and sound and lighting systems that positively impacted musicians and audiences.
"The notion that money from concerts in big venues helps the smaller venues, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just common sense," Sam Fender has commented.
The musician is far from the only musician to give his honor funds to charitable organizations.
In they won the trophy in the year 1996 for their record the album, lead singer Cocker declared that the act would donate their prize money to the organization War Child.
During 2002, rapper and singer Ms Dynamite shared her bounty among a few organizations, including the NSPCC and a charity for Sickle Cell.
"And I contributed a thousand pounds to my local community centre, to their classes, because I trained in gymnastics when I was growing up and they lacked updated gear," Ms Dynamite explained to the media.
In recent years, the band contributed their winnings to the community center that nurtured their group, in addition to other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners they donated their winnings to a MS organization after a acquaintance was found to have the disease.
"Winning was ample," stated vocalist Heather Small. "The prize was the cherry on top but we didn't need the bonus, because we had the main prize. So our success touched somebody else's life."
In the past week, the trust shared it had rescued a couple of grassroots venues in south-east England, by bringing them into public stewardship.
One venue in Southampton and the second in that location were bought under the Own Our Venues program, which is funded by the arts council and supporters who acquire "stakes" in the properties.
