The artist has handed over the full amount of his £25k award cash to the MVT, which functions to protect the United Kingdom's small live music spots.
He was awarded the cheque on mid-October as his latest record his work was chosen as the top album of the previous year.
The musician has opted to donate the funds to the trust, in recognition of the essential function small stages fulfilled in his early career.
"As an artist wouldn't be doing my current career if it weren't for all the performances I did around the area, and elsewhere, when I was just getting going," said Sam Fender. "These venues are iconic, but they are struggling."
Beginning in 2023, more than 150 of these venues have ceased operations – about 16 percent of the total UK scene.
Recently, top acts such as Pulp, the group Coldplay, the singer Katy Perry and Ed Sheeran have all backed the trust in its attempts to keep the scene afloat, by including a modest fee to their ticket prices, which benefits independent venues.
He also participated, collecting more than £100,000 on his recent tour to support 38 local spots across England, Scotland, and Wales.
These funds assisted locations that were dealing with imminent closure due to challenges arising from floods, blazes and family tragedies, as well as permit problems, legal disputes and noise complaints.
Other venues received monetary aid in improving infrastructure and sound and lighting systems that helped performers and audiences.
"The idea that revenue from shows in large arenas helps the smaller venues, where it all starts for artists like me, is just sensible," Fender has commented.
He is among several artists to contribute his honor winnings to good deeds.
When they won the trophy in the mid-90s for their record Different Class, vocalist Jarvis Cocker announced that the group would donate their winnings to the organization War Child.
That year, rapper and singer the artist split her award between multiple organizations, like the NSPCC and a Sickle Cell charity.
"I also gave a grand to the center, to their gymnastics class, because I trained in gymnastics when I was a child and they required updated gear," she told a publication.
Two years ago, they donated their winnings to the local youth club that developed their group, in addition to other local music groups.
Additionally winners that year M People gave their prize to a charity for MS after a close contact was identified with the disease.
"Receiving the award was sufficient," said singer Heather Small. "The prize was the bonus but we didn't require the bonus, because we had the cake. So our winning impacted somebody else's life."
In the past week, the Music Venues Trust revealed it had protected a couple of small stages in that region, by transferring them to local control.
One venue in the city and The Croft in the city were bought under the community ownership program, which is funded by the arts council and supporters who purchase "ownership units" in the buildings.
