The star has given the full amount of his £25,000 award prize money to the Music Venues Trust, which operates to preserve the United Kingdom's grassroots live music spots.
He was awarded the prize on 16 October as his third album People Watching was named the outstanding release of the past year.
He has chosen to hand the money over to the trust, in appreciation of the crucial part small stages had in his initial steps.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing what I am doing today if it hadn't been for all the shows I performed around the area, and further afield, when I was starting out," said Fender. "These spaces are renowned, but they are facing challenges."
Since the start of 2023, over 150 of these locations have permanently closed – approximately one-sixth of the total UK scene.
In the last year, well-known musicians including the band Pulp, Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all supported the trust in its initiatives to keep the scene afloat, by applying a modest fee to their ticket costs, which supports independent venues.
He also took part, raising over £100k on his recent tour to support numerous grassroots venues across Britain.
These funds helped locations that were dealing with potential shutdown due to difficulties arising from water damage, fires and family tragedies, as well as regulatory hurdles, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Some locations obtained funding support in modernizing infrastructure and technical equipment that helped artists and fans.
"The idea that revenue from shows in large arenas backs the independent spots, where it kicks off for musicians like me, is just sensible," Sam Fender has stated.
The musician is far from the only musician to give his honor funds to charitable organizations.
Back when they earned the award in the year 1996 for their record their work, frontman Jarvis Cocker announced that the act would give their prize money to the organization War Child.
In 2002, musician the artist split her award among multiple good causes, including the children's charity and a Sickle Cell organization.
"And I gave a grand to the center, to their gymnastics program, because I did gymnastics when I was younger and they required new equipment," Ms Dynamite explained to the media.
Two years ago, Ezra Collective gave their winnings to the youth organization that nurtured their band, alongside other independent music bodies.
Also 1994 winners the group contributed their winnings to a charity for MS after a acquaintance was found to have the disease.
"The victory was quite enough," stated artist Small. "The money was the cherry on top but we could do without the extra, because we had the honor. So our winning impacted another person's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had rescued a couple of local spots in south-east England, by bringing them into local control.
The Joiners in Southampton and The Croft in the city were acquired under the public acquisition initiative, which is funded by the arts council and music fans who buy "shares" in the buildings.
